h) Holocaust and concentration camps

h) Holocaust and concentration camps• When the Allies invaded

German territory, they were surprised to find the concentration camps

• In each of these camps, thousands of people were living in inhumane conditions

h) Holocaust and concentration camps• The Allies discovered that the Germans had killed those

people systematically

• The victims, mostly Jewish, were kept in captivity before

being killed

• This campaign of killing the Jewish population is known

as the Holocaust, biblical meaning of the word sacrifice

h) Holocaust and concentration camps• According to Hitler's racist ideas,

the German race formed

"superior" race and the Jewish

race formed a "inferior" race.

• Germany had therefore planned

and organized the death of all

Jews in Europe

h) Holocaust and concentration camps• Toute personne de la communauté juive trouvée par les Allemands fut amenée dans des camps de concentration

• Ces camps furent découverts en Allemagne et en Pologne surtout

h) Holocaust and concentration camps• In these camps, people

were killed by being

trapped in the gas

chambers

• Then the bodies were

burned in crematoria

h) Holocaust and concentration camps• The Holocaust is the worst

example of genocide in modern times

• More than six million people of Jewish descent were killed by the Germans during the World War.

h) Holocaust and concentration camps• After the war, the leaders of these camps were

prosecuted at Nuremberg

• They pleaded their innocence, saying they were

only following orders

• The court rejected this argument, emphasizing

individual responsibility with respect to crimes

against humanity