France
GermanyPoland
CzechoslovakiaAustria
ItalyYugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Hungary Rumania
Germany Occupied Soviet UnionBelgium
Holland
DenmarkLatvia
Lithuania
Vught
Neuengamme
BelsenRavensbruck
Sachsenhausen
MittlebaudoraBuchenwald
FlossenbergDachau
Mauthausen
StuthofTreblinka
Chelmno Sobibor
BelzecMajdanek
Theresiensdadt
GrossrosenAuschwitz
France
Italy
Germany
Holland
Yugoslavia
BelgiumPoland
Czechoslovakia
Austria Hungary
DenmarkLithuania
Latvia
Germany Occupied
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Greece
Rumania
300,000
85K
140K
250,000 3,000,0002,500,000
120,000
67,000
48,000
1,000,000
70,000
710,00070,000
281,000
140,000
100,000
6,000
Jews during in holocaustJewish Population in 1941
83,000
28k
106K180,000 2,600,000
750,000
104,000
70,000
277,000
65,000 402,000
750,000
40,000
65,000
60,000
9,000
100
ExperimentationExperimentation The Nazi’s Used Jews as subjects for
experiments: Altitude Poison Organ
History of the Reich’s Actions Against
Jewry: 1933
History of the Reich’s Actions Against
Jewry: 1933 President Von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor,
empowering him to pass anti Semitic legislation. Anti-Semitic signs, posters, and graffiti become
commonplace in Germany. First of the Anti-Semitic laws are passed. Placards outside German businesses and public
facilities state “Aryans only; Jews not permitted here” and “Jews will not be served.”
1933 continued….
1933 continued….
Books published by Jews burned publicly. Jews deprived of their German citizenship. Dachau is opened as the first concentration
camp. Boycott of Jewish businesses begins. Laws forbid the kosher method of butchering
meat.
19341934 Laws are passed that authorize sterilization of
the “unfit” (homosexuals, physically and/or mentally challenged, criminals, and political opponents).
Jews begin to leave Germany as refugees.
19351935 Jews barred from dining cars on railroads. Nuremburg Laws passed by Reichstag (German
Legislature) define Jew by citing heredity and background.
Intermarriage between Jews and Aryans forbidden. Jewish professionals and civil servants blacklisted. Jews are segregated socially. Private Jewish property and businesses confiscated.
1936: Year of the Olympics
1936: Year of the Olympics
Jewish athletes forbidden to compete in Olympics
Jews forbidden to buy real estate Jews refused admittance to hotels and other
public places.
19381938 Germany annexes Austria and applies all anti-Semitic
laws. Polish Jews are expelled from Germany. Kristallnacht occurs: vandalism of Jewish property is
allowed. Jews ordered to make amends for Kristalnacht and are
eliminated from businesses. Jews eliminated from cultural life in Germany. German Jews’ passports marked with letter “J”.
1938 continued…1938 continued… Jewish children expelled from schools. Jews ordered to register all belongings, such as real
estate, stocks, bonds, and art treasures. Jewish lawyers disbarred and Jewish doctors lose their
licenses. Local authorities bar Jews from the streets on certain
days. Destruction of synagogues ordered by Third Reich. Directive by Goering provides for destruction of Jews
Houses.
19391939 Ghettos established in Poland Jews required to wear armbands. Anti-Jewish laws passed in Czechoslovakia. All German Jews compelled to use the names
Sarah or Israel. German Army orders mass executions of Jews
in Poland.
19401940 Anti-Jewish laws passed in Romania. Auschwitz Concentration Camp opens. Jews ordered to pay special income tax.
19411941 Friendly relations with Jews prohibited. German Jews ordered to wear Star of David
patch (on all clothing). Mass deportation of Jews to concentration
camps in Poland. Romania passes laws forcing adult Jews into
labor camps. Jews massacred at Odessa, USSR.
1941 continued….
1941 continued….
Goering orders the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question” to be implemented.
Jews massacred in Eastern Europe. Chelmno Extermination Camp opens.
19421942 Jews not permitted to institute civil suits. After 1942, the focus of the Third Reich turned
from anti-Semitic to total annihilation of European Jews.