1915 – 1918 1915 – 1918

1,500,000 1,500,000 DEATHSDEATHS

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1938-19451938-1945

6,000,000 6,000,000 DEATHSDEATHS

1975 – 19791975 – 1979

2,000,000 2,000,000 DeathsDeaths

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19941994

800,000 800,000 DeathsDeaths

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1992-19951992-1995

200,000 DEATHS200,000 DEATHS

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2003 – ?2003 – ?

400,000 400,000 DEATHS …and DEATHS …and

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Kristallnacht November 7, 1938 – German

diplomat murdered in Paris November 9, 1938 – The Nazi

reaction 191 synagogues were set afire 1,500 Jewish businesses looted 100 Jews killed or wounded 30,000 Jews sent to camps

November 15, 1938 – Jewish Children expelled and curfews on Jews imposed

MOVIE

Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht

•What do you need to live?

What do you need to live happily?

•After Kristallnacht the Jews systematically moved into Ghettos

•What is a Ghetto?

•How would doing this help Hitler implement his “Final Solution”?

Holocaust Movie

Aryanization Laws 1933 – All non-Aryan civil

servants are forced to retire; Kosher butchering outlawed; German nationality can be revoked from those considered “undesirable”

Aryanization Laws 1934 – Jewish

newspapers can no longer be sold in the streets, Jews deprived of the status of citizenship; marriage and sexual relations between Jews and Aryans forbidden

Aryanization Laws 1936 – Jews no longer have the right to

vote

Aryanization Laws 1937 - Passports for Jews for travel abroad

are greatly restricted

Aryanization Laws 1938 – Jews must carry i.d. cards and Jewish

passports are marked with a red J; Jews may no longer own or bear arms; Jews may no longer attend plays, concerts, etc.; all Jewish children are moved to Jewish school; all Jewish businesses are shut down, Jews may no longer be in certain places at certain times; Jews must hand over driver’s licenses and car registrations; Jews must sell their businesses and hand over securities and jewels; Jews may no longer attend Universities

Aryanization Laws 1939 – Jews must follow curfews; Jews

must turn in radios to the police; Jews must wear yellow stars of David

Aryanization Laws 1940 - Jews may no longer have phones;

Begin taking German Jews into “protective custody” – deported to concentration camps

Aryanization Laws 1941 – Jews may

not leave their houses without permission from the police: Jews may no longer use public telephones

Aryanization Laws 1942 – Jews are forbidden to

subscribe to newspapers; keep dogs, cats, birds, etc; keep electrical equipment including typewriters, own bicycles, buy meat, eggs or milk, use public transportation; attend school

Discussion Questions

•Why was there minimal resistance to the Aryanization Laws?

•How come Hitler was able to implement these laws?

•What do you think was purpose of introducing such restrictions?