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T H E H O L O C A U S T&
N A Z I A T R O C I T I E S
Definitions & Statistics
Not counting military related deaths, 11 million people were murdered by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945
The Nazis targeted Jews, Foreign Workers, Homosexuals, the Disabled, Communists, Gypsies, Poles and Russian P.O.W.s
The Holocaust is a specific term to describe the treatment of Jewish people during this period
Approximately 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis The term Holocaust means “an act of mass
destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)” or “A religious animal sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire.”
Stage 1: Abuse
Undesirables were alienated by the Nazis when they assumed power
They were physically and mentally abused, fired from their jobs, harassed and imprisoned in concentration camps
In one case, Jewish people were rounded up and forced to cut the grass of a soccer field with their teeth
Undesirables were forced to wear badges to distinguish them from good “Aryans”
Euthanasia program: Nazi doctors secretly murdered disabled babies and children
Stage 2: The Nuremburg Laws
In 1935, the Nazis passed a series of laws which denied Jews:
1. Citizenship2. Jobs (banking,
Acting, the arts, Politics, Law)
3. Marriage with Germans
Stage 3: Kristallnacht
1938: After the murder of a Nazi official in France, Hitler’s S.A. Goes on a rampage in Germany
One night orgy of destruction and mayhem
Destruction of Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues
Jews beaten and murdered in the streets Kristallnacht literally means “The Night of
Broken Glass”
Stage 4: The Ghettos
The Jews were then removed from their homes and forced into ghettos (mostly in Poland)
Their property was stolen Were forced into “fenced in” neighborhoods Extremely crowded, unsanitary, little food and
often people were taken to be used as slave laborer in nearby factories
German soldiers would often tour the ghettos on their way to the Front – as if it was a zoo – they shot people randomly, took pictures, broke up funerals etc.
Stage 5: Einsatzgruppen
After the invasion of Poland, a special S.S. unit was sent in to eliminate “undesirables”
They went from town to town and searched for Jews, Gypsies, Communists and intellectuals
They brought them to the edge of town and forced them to dig a large pit
Afterwards, the crowd would be shot and buried
This continued with the invasion of the USSR In total, the Einsatzgruppen killed almost 2
million people
Stage 6: The Death Camps
Although the Einsatzgruppen was effective, it was time consuming, messy and inefficient
In 1942 at the “Wansee conference” it was decided that special camps were to be built in order to offer the “Final Solution” to the Jewish Question
The camps allowed the Nazis to fully exploit the Jews and murder them in the most efficient way possible
Entering the Death Camp
The Line Up
Identification
Theft
Slave Labour
Medical Experiments
Dr. Joseph Mengele
The Gas Chambers
The Crematorium
The Horror of the Holocaust
What does this symbol truly represent?
Nothing but hatred, violence and the worst episode in human history.
Never Again!
Why didn’t anyone stop it?Why did people go along with it?
How could people ignore it?
You should ask yourselves the same questions.
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400,000 people and counting
