THE HOLOCAUSTTHE HOLOCAUST

Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler

Born in AustriaBorn in Austria Wanted to be an artistWanted to be an artist Served at the very end of Served at the very end of

WWIWWI Became disenchanted with Became disenchanted with

life and adopted the rhetoric life and adopted the rhetoric of an Austrian official where of an Austrian official where his anti-Semitic beliefs were his anti-Semitic beliefs were fosteredfostered

Reich's Chancellor in 1933Reich's Chancellor in 1933 Final Solution begins in 1933Final Solution begins in 1933

Life before and afterLife before and after

How can you tell?How can you tell?

Learning to identify Learning to identify the genetic the genetic characteristics of a characteristics of a Jewish personJewish person

Measuring…Measuring…

Measuring the length Measuring the length of a nose to of a nose to determine the determine the background of a background of a personperson

Nazi propagandaNazi propaganda

Explains how the race will be corrupted if Jews Explains how the race will be corrupted if Jews are allowed to marry into the Aryan raceare allowed to marry into the Aryan race

Nazi propaganda—Nazi propaganda—continuedcontinued

Star of DavidStar of David

Identities stolenIdentities stolen

Poster explaining Poster explaining which group was to which group was to have the have the accompanying accompanying identificationidentification

Kristallnacht--1938Kristallnacht--1938

EinsatzgruppenEinsatzgruppen

Mobile killing squads Mobile killing squads followed the German followed the German armyarmy

Eventually ruled Eventually ruled inefficient, and inefficient, and killings reverted back killings reverted back to concentration to concentration campscamps

Einsatzgruppen-Einsatzgruppen-continuedcontinued

Being sent to the Being sent to the concentration campsconcentration camps

Arrival at Auschwitz-Arrival at Auschwitz-BirkenauBirkenau

““The Platform”The Platform” Jews sorted into groups, male & female; fit and Jews sorted into groups, male & female; fit and

unfitunfit

Arrival at Auschwitz-Arrival at Auschwitz-continuedcontinued

Male workers at the Male workers at the campscamps

Female camp workersFemale camp workers

Sorting the belongings Sorting the belongings after arrival after arrival

High altitude medical High altitude medical experimentsexperiments

Tools of deathTools of death

Ovens of the Ovens of the crematoriumcrematorium

Mass graveMass grave

DeathDeath

Glasses left behindGlasses left behind

HairHair

Shoes left behindShoes left behind

ProstheticsProsthetics

Sobibor Death Camp--Sobibor Death Camp--PolandPoland