The Holocaust

1. The Holocaust Define the following terms: • Genocide • Holocaust • Crimes Against Humanity

2. Share with a partner your definition & then come up with a common definition for each of the terms. Be ready to share. • Genocide • Holocaust • Crimes Against Humanity

3. Write this down! Genocide Geno- cide Geno – from the Greek word genos, which means birth, race, of a similar kind -Cide – from the French word cida, which means to cut, kill

4. Write this down! Holocaust Holo- caust -caust – from the Greek words kaustos or kautos which mean burnt Holo – from the Greek word olos, which means “whole” Derived from the Greek holokauston which meant a sacrifice totally burned by fire.

5. Holocaust • Appearing as early as the fifth century B.C., the term can mean a sacrifice wholly consumed by fire or a great destruction of life, especially by fire. • Today, the term refers to the systematic planned extermination of about six million European Jews and millions of others by the Nazis between 1933-1945.

6. Crimes Against Humanity • Defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Explanatory Memorandum, "are particularly odious offences in that they constitute a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of one or more human beings.”

7. Crimes Against Humanity • Crimes against humanity defined by the Allies in article 6 (c) of the Nuremberg Charter (August 8, 1945) as follows: “murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, and other inhumane acts committed against any civilian population…

8. Night “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.” Elie Wiesel By Elie Wiesel