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THE HOLOCAUST: A STUDY OF INJUSTICE. Michelle Chisholm Global History 12. Nazis & Adolf Hitler Racism and the Holocaust Auschwitz concentration camp. Famous SS-man quote The ‘Final Solution’ The Aftermath of the Holocaust Conclusion. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Adolf Hitler.
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THE HOLOCAUST: A STUDYOF INJUSTICE Michelle Chisholm Global History 12
Nazis & Adolf Hitler Racism and the Holocaust Auschwitz concentration camp Famous SS-man quote The ‘Final Solution’ The Aftermath of the Holocaust Conclusion TABLE OF CONTENTS
Adolf Hitler • Came to power in Germany in 1933 • Once in power began the first phase where Jews were persecuted (until 1941) • In this phase, Jews not systematically killed
RACISM AND THE HOLOCAUST • Racism was an important part of the Nazi party belief. • They passed the Nuremberg Laws which codified a biological definition of ‘Jewishness’. • Nazi physicians conducted medical experiments seeking to identify physical evidence of Aryan superiority. They did not find evidence to support their theory.
Racist Propaganda • An antisemitic illustration from a Nazi film strip • It translates “As an alien race Jews had no civil rights in the middle ages. They had to reside in a restricted section of town, in a ghetto”
RACISM: GROUPS TARGETED IN THE HOLOCAUST • Jews • Gypsies • Slavic (Poles, Russians) • Communists • Physically disabled • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Trade Unionists • Catholics • Homosexuals
Top: Jewish Population 1933 Left: Jews bording trains for concentration camps
RACISM • The mentally and physically ill were viewed as blemishes on the “master race” and a danger to the Aryan race. • They began murdering disabled residents of institutions. • They began “ethnic housecleaning” in Poland and the Soviet Union (Jews and Slavic peoples). • They disliked political movements (Marxism, Communism, Socialism) and referred to them as anti-nationalist.
Auschwitz: Extermination camp • The largest extermination camp • Located in Poland • Jews murdered in specially developed killing facilities • Labor camp and extermination camp • 1,300,000 died here; 1,000,000 in gas chambers
When all the Jews were inside the door was bolted…The exhaust fumes now pouredinto the inside of the truckso that the people inside weresuffocated…SS-man Theodor Malzmuller,1965
“The Final Solution” • The “Final Solution” called for the murder of the Jews of Europe by: • Gassing • Shooting • This is a photo of human remains found in the Dachau concentration camp crematorium
THE AFTERMATH OF THE HOLOCAUST • Up to 6 million Jews lost their lives • This is two-thirds of the Jews living in Europe in 1939 • Survivors were also found suffering from starvation and disease
Jewish Refugees • Jewish refugees call for open immigration • They refuse to return to Europe because of persisting antisemitism • They fought for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine • Immigration to other parts of the world (US, England) was restricted
War Crimes Trials • Assembled nations take action against racism • Nazi leaders placed on trial at Nuremberg • They were accused of crimes against humanity • The UN ratified a Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In Conclusion • What have we learned from the holocaust? • How are the concepts of racism and justice interconnected? • How can we apply what we learned here to other cases of genocide?