The Holocaust

Holocaust
Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, esp.
caused by fire or nuclear war.

Nuremburg Laws
Established in 1935
Banned sexual relations and marriages between
persons classified as "Aryan" and "non-Aryan
Stripped of German Citizenship
Laws were paired with the Nazi boycott of Jewish
businesses
Jews forbidden to display national flag

Restrictions
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil
Service
o Banned "non-Aryans" and political opponents of the Nazis, from the
civil service.
o Jews could not serve government positions

Many Jews kicked out of universities

Banned from being part of the media

Night of
Broken Glass
November 9-10, 1938

Within 48 hours, synagogues were vandalized and

burned, 7,500 Jewish businesses were damaged
or destroyed,
96 Jews were killed, and nearly 30,000 Jewish
men were arrested and sent to concentration
camps.

The Science of Race

Members of the Hitler Youth receive
instruction in racial hygiene .The Nazis
divided the worlds population into
superior and inferior races.

Victims
Jews
Disabled
Gypsies
Homosexuals
Jehovah Witnesses

Deportation Trains
Between 1942 and 1944
Trains carrying Jews rolled into one of the six killing
centers
Many died during the extreme conditions of the journey
Many survivors were murdered upon arrival at the
killing centers.

Experiences
Prisoners forced to do hard labor
Were starved
Forced to obey Nazi commands
Many died from the high demands place on them
Others were murdered

Methods of Torture
Gas Chambers
Cremation
Starvation
Malnutrition
Torture

Experiments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWJyjAYyF8E

Prisoners unwillingly participated in a

variety of different experiments
o Suffered from the effects of the experiments
o Often murdered and then dissected

Auschwitz
Largest camp
Prisoners surrendered all belongings
Many killed upon arrival
o Including children

Between 1,100,000 and 1,500,000 prisoners killed

Results
11 million prisoners were murdered
6 million were Jews
91% of Jews killed were Polish
3,546,211 European Jews survived

Activity
Create a Claim Statement
o In groups read article and find reasons that you
could use to help answer the following
question:
Should the German people be held
responsible for the Holocaust?
Highlight reasons and supporting evidence in
your articles

Activity (cont.)
On newsprint paper write down:
o The question
o Reasons
o Supporting evidence (quotes, stats, etc.)
Individually, fill out worksheet
Use each groups newsprint to select 3 reasons to
help create your claim statement