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Do Now. Why do you think Hitler targeted the Jews? Why do you think so many Germans went along with Hitler’s plans?. Reminders. News Article Analysis due FRIDAY!. 9.3- Jewish Persecution. The Nazi’s killed nearly 6 million Jews and million of other people during the Holocaust.
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Do Now Why do you think Hitler targeted the Jews? Why do you think so many Germans went along with Hitler’s plans?
Reminders • News Article Analysis due FRIDAY!
9.3- Jewish Persecution • The Nazi’s killed nearly 6 million Jews and million of other people during the Holocaust. • Shoah- Hebrew term for the Nazi campaign to exterminate the Jews before and during World War II. • The Nazis persecuted anyone who opposed them: disabled, homosexuals, Eastern European people. • The Nazis’ strongest hatred was aimed at all Jews.
Nazi Persecution • Nuremberg Laws- September 1935- took citizenship away from Jewish Germans. • Banned marriage between Jews and Germans. • German Jews were deprived of their rights.
Kristallnacht • Anti-Jewish violence erupted throughout Germany and Austria on November 9, 1938. • Kristallnacht- “night of broken glass”. • 90 Jews died, hundreds were badly hurt, and thousands of Jewish businesses were destroyed
Jewish Escape • Between 1933 and 1939 about 350,000 Jews escaped Nazi-controlled Germany. • Some emigrated to the US but many became trapped in Nazi-dominated Europe because they could not get visas to leave.
The Final Solution • January 20, 1942- Nazi leaders decided on the “final solution” for Jews and other “undesirables”. • Final Solution- The plan to round up Jews and take them to concentration camps. • These were detention centers where healthy individuals worked as slave laborers. • The elderly, sick, and young children were sent to extermination camps to be killed in large gas chambers. • Most concentration camps were build in Poland and thousands of Jews were killed each day.
Guided Practice • Map Explanation Independent Practice • 1) Label the map using the activity. • 2) For each location- write down the name of the place and a short sentence explaining why it was important (what happened there?).
Homework • News Article Analysis due FRIDAY!
Exit Ticket • 1) What was the Holocaust? • 2) Why do you think most of the concentration camps were found in Poland and not Germany?