the holocaust
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The Holocaust. What is going on here?. The Holocaust. The sign says: “Jews are not wanted here.”. The Holocaust. The signs read: "Germans! Defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews.“ What do you think they mean?. The Holocaust. What is happening here?. The Holocaust. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Holocaust1. What is
going on here?
The HolocaustThe sign says:“Jews are not wanted here.”
The HolocaustThe signs read:
"Germans! Defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews.“
2. What do you think they mean?
The Holocaust3. What is happening
here?
The Holocaust4. What must
these Jews be feeling as they are forced to leave their homes behind and board these trains for the unknown?
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust Jews were forced
to wear the “Star of David” whenever they were out in public.
5. Why do you think the Germans made them do this?
The Holocaust The following slides will show you the
brutality of the German Nazis during World War II.
Be prepared to answer the questions at the end of the slides in your notes.
The Holocaust S.S. firing squad
executing captured Jews.
The Holocaust Nazi S.S. soldier
executing mother and child.
The Holocaust Nazi soldier
executing Jewish man by mass grave.
The Holocaust The railway
entrance to Auschwitz. This was the first and last view many Jewish people would see of the concentration camp.
The Holocaust The gates of
Auschwitz. The sign says, “Work will make you free”
The Holocaust Fences surround the
concentration camp at Auschwitz. An estimated 2,500,000 people were exterminated at the camp. A row of chimneys tops the crematorium, where bodies were burned.
The Holocaust This gas chamber
was the largest room in Crematorium I at Auschwitz. The room was originally used as a mortuary but was converted in 1941 into a gas chamber where Soviet POWs and Jews were killed.
The Holocaust
The Holocaust Wedding rings
taken from murdered Jews.
The Holocaust Glasses taken
from the dead.
The Holocaust An oven in a
concentration camp.
The Holocaust
The HolocaustSurvivors inone of the concentration camps after being freed by American soldiers.
The Holocaust
More survivorsfreed by American soldiers.
Total killed in campsJews 6,000,000
Soviet POWs 3,000,000
Polish 2,000,000
Disabled 250,000
Homosexuals 15,000
Total 11,265,000
The Holocaust6. Describe what you’ve just seen AND tell
me why it is important for you to have seen it.
7. Are the German soldiers that worked at these camps guilty of murder? Why?
The Holocaust8. Should the German people be guilty of
murder?