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Did it Really Happen?. American History Chapter 24-2. The Holocaust. Anti- S emitism :. The Nazis practiced hostility & prejudice against Jews. Hitler blamed all of Germany’s problems on the Jews. Anyone with a Jewish grandparent was considered a Jew. The Nazis passed anti- S emitic laws:
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American History Chapter 24-2 The Holocaust
Anti-Semitism: • The Nazis practiced hostility & prejudice against Jews. • Hitler blamed all of Germany’s problems on the Jews. • Anyone with a Jewish grandparent was considered a Jew. • The Nazis passed anti-Semitic laws: • Nuremberg laws removed Jewish citizenship. • Violence against Jews was encouraged. • Kristallnacht: Night of violence. • Nearly 100 Jews were killed. • Thousands of Jewish businesses & synagogues were damaged. • 26,000 Jews were sent to concentration (labor) camps.
Jewish Reaction • Thousands fled the country. • Many couldn’t leave as all of their belongings had been taken. • Some had no where to go. • The U.S. set limits on the number of German immigrants. • When Hitler took power there were approx. 9 million Jews living in Europe. • The goal of Hitler & his Nazi SS was to incarcerate of annihilate all of the Jews.
Incarceration and Annihilation • Concentration camps: Prisons for Jews & enemies of the Reich. • Little food & hard labor. • Severe punishments. • Ghettos: Confined Jews to certain neighborhoods. • Disease & starvation spread rapidly. Warsaw
The Final Solution • The goal was genocide: The killing of an entire group of people. • Began with Einsatzgruppen: Mobile killing units.
Final Solution Continued: • Six extermination camps were built to speed up the killing of Jews. • Used inmates for cruel medical experiments. • Most were killed in gas chambers. • 3 million Jews died in the extermination camps. • 3 million Jews died by other means. • 5 million others died at the hands of the Nazis, including, the disabled, prisoners of war, and Gypsies.
It’s sad when it seems like death is the best option available.