• Many outside Europe heard of Nazi death

camps & didn't know the extent of the cruelty.

• As Allies moved into

Germany & E. Europe, they

saw the slaughter of

Jews in camps

• Nazis imprisoned Jews from Germany + every conquered area• 6 million + Jews tortured/ murdered• When Allied troops reached these

camps, they saw gas chambers used to kill

LABOR MAKES YOU FREE

• “The smell of death overwhelmed us even before we passed through…More than 3,200 naked, emaciated bodies had been flung into shallow graves.” – US General Omar Bradley

Connection to Hiroshima: What would happen to US if a nuclear bomb

were to threaten civilization today?

• http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html

1: The Round-Up

Nazi officers would canvas highly populated cities all over Europe in search of finding members of the

“lesser race”

2: Interrogation

• Even ID could be tampered with, so people were

selected based on looks, last names, & living

conditions

• Sometimes Germans, themselves were taken!

3: TransportationCaptured Jews were loaded on to old, dirty,

windowless train cars & cabooses in the night

Nazi officers would yell “move back” continuously to fit in as many people as

possible

Why would the Nazi government want to do this?...

What would the trains be like, you ask?

• Approx. 25x10 feet• Maximum capacity was 50 people in a

freight X 50 cars = 2,500 on one train• “Holocaust Cars” held 150 people in a

freight X 50 cars = 7,500 on one train!!!

4: ArrivalAfter days on these trains, people were

unloaded into concentration camps

Passengers were unaware of their location

No windows & night travel disclosed where camps were

5: SeparationFamilies & friends torn apart by a ruthless

selection process

+ young men, boys, girls

- too old, too young, feeble, sick, weak, diseased, disfigured

6: Extermination Camps

Those deemed “unfit” were loaded back on to trains to re-visit terrible travel conditions

Sent to remotely hidden extermination camps, falsely labeled as “working camps”

Masses were gassed & cremated, shot, tortured, or starved

Brain Spill!!!• Graphic & varying Holocaust

experiences• Dark, quiet – silence, please• Each will show for a few seconds• As you take in what you see, jot down:– Emotions– Thoughts– Connections– Personal thoughts– Observations– Questions

“To forget a holocaust is to

kill twice.”

“Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous

are…the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking

questions.”

“There's a long road of suffering ahead of you. But don't lose courage. You've already escaped the gravest danger:

selection.

So now, muster your strength, and don't lose heart. We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life. Above all else, have faith. Drive out despair, and you will keep death away

from yourselves.

Hell is not for eternity. And now, a prayer - or rather, a piece of advice: let there be comradeship among you. We are all brothers, and we are all suffering the same fate. The same

smoke floats over all our heads.

Help one another. It is the only way to survive.” ― Elie Wiesel, Night

By the time Allies liberated these camps, Hitler was dead & many Nazis executed

their cyanide pacts

To avoid enemy persecution, Nazis who chose to live fled their posts at

concentration camps

Jews, Poles & Gypsies had been left alone for weeks without food, water or order

War Crimes Trials

Some Nazi officials who were in charge of these camps were captured nearby or eventually via investigation

As the truth of the Holocaust was revealed, the Allies decided to put the Nazi leaders on trial

Allies forced Nazi-supporting German citizens to enter camps & clean remains…a psychological trauma to

show people what regime they had been supporting

Nuremberg Trials: 1945-1946 – war crimes trials at Nuremberg, Germany

– 12 Nazi leaders sentenced to death– Thousands of Nazis imprisoned

For Homework

• After we finish our review game, if there’s time, you may get out your phones & get started

• Please don’t do your HW until we’re done playing

• Write on your notes from today: find TWO unique facts or statistics surrounding the Holocaust that we have NOT learned. Dig deep & find something truly

interesting/ apart from the rest!