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The Holocaust: Systematic Persecution and Genocide During WWII

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The Holocaust was a horrific period during World War II where approximately 11 million people, mainly Jews, were systematically murdered across Europe. Fueled by anti-Semitism and a distorted belief in racial purity, Nazi Germany enacted oppressive laws like the Nuremberg Laws that stripped Jews of their rights. Events like Kristallnacht marked the escalation of violence. Refugees faced barriers to escape, exemplified by the tragic fate of the St. Louis ship. Ultimately, the Nazis implemented the "Final Solution," leading to mass exterminations in concentration and death camps, including Auschwitz.

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The Holocaust: Systematic Persecution and Genocide During WWII

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  1. Chapter 16: WWII & It's Aftermath Section 3: The Holocaust

  2. The Holocaust • Schutzstaffel = Security Squadron (SS) • Rounded up the Jews

  3. Persecution Begins Pages: 542-544

  4. Persecution Begins • HOLOCAUST • The systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe, ½ were Jews • RACIAL PURITY

  5. Persecution Begins • JEWS TARGETED (543) • Jews were not the only victims of the Holocaust, but they were the main targets of the Nazis • Anti-Semitism = hatred of Jews • Hitler said the Jews were responsible for Germany’s economic problems and Germany’s defeat after WWI

  6. Persecution Begins • JEWS TARGETED (con’t) • Nuremberg Laws – stripped Jews of their German citizenship, jobs, and property • Jews had to wear bright yellow Star of David

  7. Persecution Begins • Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass” (543) • November 9-10, 1938 • Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues • Nazis blamed the Jews for the destruction

  8. Persecution Begins • A FLOOD OF JEWISH REFUGEES (543-544) • Jews fleeing Germany had trouble finding nations to accept them • France said NO • Britain said NO • USA said NO because Americans worried that Jews would take their Jobs • Also, Americans worried that the Jews were “enemy agents”

  9. Persecution Begins • THE PLIGHT OF THE ST. LOUIS (544) • St. Louis was a German ocean liner • The St. Louis brought Jews to America but America refused and told them to go back to Europe • When the ship got back to Europe ½ of the passengers were killed in the Holocaust

  10. Hitler's "Final Solution" Pages: 544-546

  11. Hitler's "Final Solution" • THE FINAL SOLUTION • Genocide – the killing of all Jews in EUROPE not just in Germany

  12. Hitler's "Final Solution" • THE CONDEMNED (545) • Jews • Communists, socialists, liberals • Anyone who spoke out against the German Government

  13. Hitler's "Final Solution" • THE CONDEMNED (con’t) • Gypies – Nazis said they were an inferior race • Freemasons – Nazis said they were part of the “Jewish Conspiracy” to rule the world • Jehovah’s Witnesses – would not join German army or salute Hitler

  14. Hitler's "Final Solution" • THE CONDEMNED (con’t) • Homosexuals, mentally ill, incurably ill, and the physically disabled • Hitler felt the above groups were unfit for the master “Aryan Race”

  15. Hitler's "Final Solution" • FORCED RELOCATION (545) • Jews were ordered to live in the ghettos • The ghettos were sealed off with barbed wire and stone walls

  16. Hitler's "Final Solution" • CONCENTRATION CAMPS (546) • They were labor camps • Families were separated • Those put in the camps worked from dawn to dusk • If you were too weak to work you were killed

  17. THE FINAL STAGE Pages 547-549

  18. THE FINAL STAGE • Concentration Camps • Murder by poison gas started in 1942

  19. THE FINAL STAGE • MASS EXTERMINATIONS (547-548) • Germans built six death camps in Poland • Auschwitz was the largest death camp • USED • Poison Gas, 12,000 killed a day • You were shot, hanged, or injected with poisonous gas • Medical Experiments were performed on the Jews

  20. THE FINAL STAGE • THE SURVIVORS (549) • Roughly six million Jews died in the death camps • Some Jews escaped through the help of ordinary people who were appalled by the Nazis

  21. THE END

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