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The Holocaust

Explore the Holocaust, Hitler's plan of extermination that targeted Jews and led to the death of over 12 million people in Europe. Learn about the Nuremberg War Trials and the atrocities committed in concentration camps.

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The Holocaust

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  1. The Holocaust

  2. The Holocaust • On April 7, 1933, Hitler ordered the removal of all “Non-Aryans” from government jobs. • This was the start of racial purification and the road to the Holocaust. • In all 12 million would die in Europe, over half of which were Jews.

  3. The Holocaust • Although Jews were not the only target, they did become the central feature in Hitler’s plan of extermination.

  4. The Holocaust • Hitler convinced many that Jews were responsible for Germany’s loss in WWI and economic collapse. • Nuremberg laws stripped Jews of citizenship, jobs, and property.

  5. The Holocaust • Kristallnacht – “Night of Broken Glass” November 9-10, 1938, storm troopers march all over Germany destroying Jewish businesses, burning synagogues & killing 100 Jews, arresting 30,000. • Afterward the Nazis blamed it all on the Jews.

  6. The Holocaust • Hitler’s “Final Solution” was enacted in 1939. • This was a policy of genocide or the deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population. • Hitler’s “security squadrons” (or SS) rounded up Jews & shot them or placed them in ghettos.

  7. Concentration Camps

  8. Concentration Camps THE GERMANS BUILT A NETWORK OF 20,000 CONCENTRATION CAMPS FROM 1933-1945 THESE CAMPS WERE DESIGNED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES THEY WERE USED FOR TRANSFERS, HOLDING, LABOR, EXPERIMENTS, AND EXTREMINATIONS MANY OF THE EXTREMINATION CAMPS WERE IN POLAND, BUT ALL CAMPS HAD THEIR SHARE KILLINGS

  9. Concentration Camps AUSCHWITZ-POLAND, 1.1 MILLION DIED, BODIES WERE DESTROYED IN THE CREMATORIUM, ESTIMATED 20K WERE KILLED PER DAY TREBLINKA-POLAND, 870K DIED, DUAL CAMP, SLAVE LABOR FACILITY ALONG WITH AN EXTREMINATION FACILITY BELZEC-POLAND, 500K DIED, LITTLE ELSE IS KNOWN, DOCUMENTS WERE DESTROYED, AND ONLY KNOWN SURVIVORS

  10. AUSCHWITZ

  11. Concentration Camps • SOBIBOR-POLAND, 250K KILLED, IT WAS PRIMARILY AN EXTERMINATION • CHELMNO-POLAND, 150K KILLED, THE GERMANS USED MODIFIED VANS AS GAS CHAMBERS • MAJDANEK-POLAND, 80K KILLED, USED AS A SLAVE LABOR

  12. CHELMNO

  13. Concentration Camps • BUCHANWALD-GERMANY, 55K DIED, SLAVE LABOR CAMP, MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS-MAINLY VACCINES FOR TYPHUS(DISEASE CARRIED BY LICE AND FLEAS) • DACHAU-GERMANY, 32K DIED, WAS THE MODEL CAMP, GAS CHAMBERS AND CREMATORIUMS • EBENSEE-AUSTRIA, 20K DIED, SLAVE LABOR, INHUMANE TREATMENT OF WORKERS MADE IT ONE OF THE WORST FACILITIES

  14. BUCHANWALD

  15. Concentration Camps • THROUGHOUT THESE 9 MAJOR CAMPS APPROXIMATELY 3,057,000 WERE KILLED OUT OF THE 12+ MILLION THAT DIED AT ALL THE CAMPS COMBINED

  16. The Final Stage • The final solution did not reach it’s final stage until 1942. • To mass slaughter and starvation the SS added poison gas. • Mass Extermination was the result of six death camps being built in Poland.

  17. The Final Stage • Auschwitz was the largest death camp. • Prisoners were brought in and paraded by doctors. • Those strong enough to work were put to labor. • The others were put to death that day.

  18. THE NUREMBERG WAR TRIALS • The discovery of Hitler"s death camps led the Allies to put 24 surviving Nazi leaders on trial in the southern German town of Nuremberg.

  19. THE NUREMBERG WAR TRIALS • The defendants included Hitler"s most trusted party officials, government ministers, military leaders, and powerful industrialists.

  20. THE NUREMBERG WAR TRIALS • Each defendant at the Nuremberg trials was accused of one or more of the following crimes: • Crimes Against the Peace—planning and waging an aggressive war

  21. THE NUREMBERG WAR TRIALS • War Crimes—acts against the customs of warfare, such as the killing of hostages and prisoners, the plundering of private property, and the destruction of towns and cities • Crimes Against Humanity—the murder, extermination, deportation, or enslavement of civilians

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