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The Holocaust: a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire; any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life. http://www.ushmm.org. 1933- 1945. Historical Context of The Holocaust. Nationalistic fervor. Racism. Centuries-old bigotry. World War I. Antisemitism.
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The Holocaust: a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire; any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life http://www.ushmm.org
1933-1945 Historical Context of The Holocaust
Nationalistic fervor Racism Centuries-old bigotry World War I Antisemitism 1933-1945 Treaty of Versailles Weimar Republic International Indifference Propaganda The Depression Political charisma of Adolf Hitler http://www.ushmm.org
1933-1945 Anti-Semitism
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion http://www.ushmm.org
Henry Ford http://www.ushmm.org
1933-1945 Karl Lueger (1844-1907)Mayor of Vienna
“If Dr. Karl Lueger had lived in Germany, he would have been ranked among the great minds of our people.” -Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf http://www.ushmm.org
1933-1945 Beer Hall PutschNov. 9, 1923
“In 1935, the sixteen dead were moved from separate graves to a pair of “Honor Temples” in Munich where they took up “eternal watch.” It was as if they had been born again. Flags that formerly had flown at half mast were now at full mast. The New York Times correspondent observed that Munich was celebrating “not a funeral but a triumph.” As the names of the sixteen were called in a last roll call before the Honor Temples, the assembled crowd of thousands answered “here” to each name.” Bending Spines p. 21 http://www.ushmm.org
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF • “Mein Kampf” means “My Struggle”; Hitler wrote it while in prison in the 1920’s • Still banned in most European countries • Given to every newly married German couple from the late 1930’s onward
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF • “The relation of the Jews to prostitution and, even more, to the white-slave traffic, could be studied in Vienna…When thus for the first time I recognized the Jew as the cold-hearted, shameless, and calculating director of this revolting vice traffic in the scum of the big city, a cold shudder ran down my back.” (p. 59) • “Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.” (p. 65)
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF “On this first and greatest lie, that the Jews are not a race, but a religion, more and more lies are based in necessary consequence.” (p. 307)
1933-1945 1933-1945 http://www.ushmm.org
1933-1945 1933Hitler becomes Chancellor
1933-1945 March 22, 1933Dachau Concentration Camp
1933-1945 April 1, 1933Boycott of Jewish Businesses
1933-1945 May 10, 1933Book Burnings
1933-1945 Night of the Long KnivesJune 30, 1934
"If anyone reproaches me and asks why I did not resort to the regular courts of justice, then all I can say is this: In this hour I was responsible for the fate of the German people, and thereby I became the supreme judge of the German people." "It was no secret that this time the revolution would have to be bloody; when we spoke of it we called it 'The Night of the Long Knives.' Everyone must know for all future time that if he raises his hand to strike the State, then certain death is his lot." http://www.ushmm.org
1933-1945 Sept. 10, 1935Nuremberg Laws
http://www.ushmm.org: Jewish children being hidden in plain sight
1933-1945 August 1-16, 1936Summer Olympics in Berlin
1933-1945 July 1938Evian Conference
1933-1945 October 1938Deportations Begin
1933-1945 November 7, 1938Assassination of Ernst Vom Rath
'Being a Jew is not a crime. I am not a dog. I have a right to live and the Jewish people have a right to exist on this earth. Wherever I have been I have been chased like an animal.'9 --Herchel Grynszpan http://www.ushmm.org
1933-1945 November 9, 1938Kristallnacht- “The Night of the Broken Glass”
