The Holocaust

The HolocaustOn 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 11 million would die in Europe, over half of which were Jews.

The Holocaust

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

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.

The HolocaustKristallnacht – “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.

The HolocaustHitler’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.

Concentration Camps

Concentration Camps

THE GERMANS BUILT A NEXT WORK 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

Concentration CampsAUSCHWITZ-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

AUSCHWITZ

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

CHELMNO

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

BUCHANWALD

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

The Final StageThe 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.

The Final StageAuschwitz 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.

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.

THE NUREMBERG WAR TRIALS

The defendants included Hitler"s most trusted party officials, government ministers, military leaders, and powerful industrialists.

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

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