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The Holocaust 1933 -1945. Mr. Neuberger, Ms. O’Rourke, & Ms. Orner Humanities 10 B/G blocks. “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” ― Elie Wiesel. Who Was Involved?. Perpetrators : Adolf Hitler and the Nazis
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The Holocaust 1933 -1945 Mr. Neuberger, Ms. O’Rourke, & Ms. Orner Humanities 10 B/G blocks “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” ― Elie Wiesel
Who Was Involved? • Perpetrators: Adolf Hitler and the Nazis • Victims: European Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, Communists, Mentally and Physically Disabled • Upstanders: • Armed: Partisans, Ghetto Revolts • Unarmed/Non-Violent: Hiding children, preserving culture, creating art, music
location • Where: Europe (began in Germany)
What Happened? Stages of genocide • Symbolization: • Nuremberg Laws (1935) • Propaganda • Dehumanization: • Separated from families • Identity destroyed • Brutal treatment • Polarization: • Ghettos (1939) • Concentration camps (1933 – 1945) • Extermination: 6 million Jews killed • Denial: Destruction of camps, Nazis flee to center of Germany
The Aftermath Liberation happened in 1945 Responses Post-WWII: • 1945 – 1949 Nuremberg Trials (Judicial) • 1948 – Creation of the State of Israel (Reconciliation) Responses Today: • Memorials (Cultural Response) • Educational Organizations – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Anti-Defamation League; Facing History, Facing Ourselves, JFCS (Jewish Family and Children’s Services)
UpstanderS/ResistanceRaoul Wallenberg Raoul Wallenberg (1912 – 1947) • Swedish businessman, architect, businessman • Rescued tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of Jews in Hungary • Issued protective passports • Sheltered Jews • Detained for espionage, disappeared
UpstanderOskar Schindler Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) • German businessman and member of Nazi party • Rescued 1,200 Jews by employing them in his enamelware and munitions factories • He was initially motivated by profit • Was very dedicated to saving his workers • He spent his entire fortune to save Jews
Call To Action(Yours needs to look better) • Educate • Advocate • Donate
Audience Participation • List 3 things (on your note-taker) you see in this presentation that connects to specific causes, events or knowledge you have about the Holocaust?