THE HOLOCAUST

HITLERS BELIEFS
Hitler believed that there were groups within society who led to the downfall of Germany. Groups included:
Homosexuals Homeless and Poor Jewish Citizens Communists
Adolf Hitler during a speech, 1927.

CONTEXT THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES

As a result of their loss in World War I, Germany was forced to accept responsibility for the war. Allied countries imposed restrictions on Germany such as giving up territory and paying reparations ($31,400,000).

Territorial losses for Germany after World War I.

CONTEXT THE GREAT DEPRESSION (19291930s)

Worldwide economic crisis started by the crash of the stock market. Germany was heavily effected because of the restrictions from the Treaty of Versailles.

The impact of the Great Depression.

ADOLF HITLER
Politician who promised to return Germany to greatness - Hitler had fought during World War I. Hitler believed that Jewish citizens, among others, were to blame for Germanys decline.

Adolf Hitler.

ADOLF HITLER
Due to his popularity and the promise of better conditions, Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933.

Adolf Hitler.

WHAT IS THE HOLOCAUST?

TERM Holocaust MEANING In Greek, the word Holocaust comes from two words Holos meaning whole and kaustos meaning burnt.

Shoah
Final Solution

Hebrew word meaning calamity or catastrophe.

Term used by the Nazi Party wanted a final solution to the Jewish Problem.

THE HOLOCAUST
S O L U T I O N
LAWS AND REGULATIONS F I N A L

F I N A L

JEWSH GHETTOS

CONCENTRATION CAMPS

S O L U T I O N

LAWS AND REGULATIONS NUREMBERG LAWS

Nazi Party created the Nuremberg Race Laws laws removed basic rights from anyone who was determined to be un-German. Laws resulted in legal persecution and intolerance towards Jewish people Jews were forbidden from marrying Germans and from displaying the national flag.

Chart outlining the Nuremberg Race Laws.

LAWS AND REGULATIONS PERSECUTING THE JEWISH PEOPLES

Beginning when Hitler took power in 1933, there had been many laws passed to create legal racism towards Jewish people. Jews were forbidden from:
Owning land, Being teachers, Getting legal qualifications, Having health insurance.
Jewish citizenship card marked with a large J.

oNazis required all Jews to: oRegister their wealth and property. oRegister their businesses.

LAWS AND REGULATIONS

All Jewish citizens within Germancontrolled areas were ordered to wear a Yellow-Star of David to identify themselves.

Yellow-Star of David worn by all Jewish citizens in Germancontrolled areas.

CONFINEMENT
Confinement is when people are forced into one particular location. CONFINEMENT DURING THE HOLOCAUST

Ghettos
Concentration Camps

JEWISH CONFINEMENT
GHETTOS AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS

Map showing the existence of Jewish ghettos in Poland.

JEWISH CONFINEMENT GHETTOS

Ghettos were created in cities such as Warsaw and Lodz (Poland). Entire sections of the city had walls built around them Jewish citizens were subject to curfews and forced labor.
Jewish citizens in the Warsaw Ghetto.

JEWISH CONFINEMENT GHETTOS

Jewish citizens in the Warsaw Ghetto.

JEWISH CONFINEMENT
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
Concentration Camps were large labor camps created by the Nazis throughout Germanoccupied Europe. Jewish citizens were taken from their homes and sent to work in the camps.
Deportation of Jews using railcars.

CONCENTRATION CAMPS
Some concentration camps were designated as Death Camps thousands of Jewish inmates were killed each day by:
Poisonous gas, Execution, Disease, Exhaustion from work, Malnutrition.

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Jewish Citizens in the Warsaw Ghetto. United Stats Holocaust Museum #18192. Photograph. Wikipedia Commons. 19 April-16 May 1943. Web: 17 February 2008. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_10.jpg
Jewish Citizens in the Warsaw Ghetto. United States Holocaust Museum #46193. Photograph. Wikipedia Commons.19 April-16 May 1943. Web: 17 February 2008. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_08.jpg Deutsches Bundesarchiv Bild R 165-244-57. Photograph. Wikipedia Commons. 22 May 1940. Courtesy of the German Federal Archives. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_R_165_Bild-24457,_Asperg,_Deportation_von_Sinti_und_Roma.jpg

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