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The Holocaust

The Holocaust. When the Nazis came for the communists , I remained silent; I was not a communist. Then they locked up the social democrats , I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. Then they came for the trade unionists , I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist.

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The Holocaust

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  1. The Holocaust

  2. When the Nazis came for the communists,I remained silent;I was not a communist. Then they locked up the social democrats,I remained silent;I was not a social democrat. Then they came for the trade unionists,I did not speak out;I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews,I did not speak out;I was not a Jew. When they came for me,there was no one left to speak out for me.

  3. 1933 • Nazis open first concentration camp-Dachau. • Nazis boycott Jewish businesses, Gestapo is created. • Nazis decree a non-Aryan as “anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith”.

  4. Nuremberg Laws-1935 • Called “The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor” • Stripped Jewish people of German citizenship • Jews could not marry “aryans”

  5. Kristallnacht • 1936-1938- Laws continue to pass stripping Jewish people and other enemies of “the Reich” of basic human rights • November 9, 1938- Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass”

  6. The Ghettos • Jewish people in occupied Nazi territory are rounded up and forced into enclosed areas • Prisoners in the ghettos were then shipped by cattle car to the camps

  7. The Final Solution • Einsatzgruppe- Nazi mobile killing squads, killed enemies of the state encountered as Germany conquered territory • Nazi officials decide to use concentration camps as a systematic killing facility

  8. Final Solution (cont’d) • Auschwitz • Treblinka • Bergen-Belsen • Dachau

  9. Hiding the evidence • As the Allies advance on German positions, Nazi officials force the prisoners to march away from the camps • Nazis order the destruction of “evidence”, prisoners, papers, etc.

  10. Effects • Largest recorded “official” genocide in history. • More than 15 million people killed. • 6 million of the victims are Jewish. 50% of the pre-war population in Europe. • Others targeted – Roma (gypsies), mentally and physically handicapped, Slavic people, any other “undesirable” ethnic group, political and religious leaders, and other religious minorities. • Nuremberg Trials • Creation of Israel • Nazi Hunters

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