The HolocaustThe Holocaust

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.

19371937 Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens. Germany focuses all resources on war effort.

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.