The Holocaust

Vocabulary

Holocaust – Systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jews

Anti-Semitism – Hatred and Discrimination against Jews

Aryan Supremacy – Belief in the superiority of the non-Jewish German race

Boycott – withdraw from commercial or social relations as punishment

Systematic – Carried out in an organized manner

Ghetto – Neighborhood where Jews were forced to live in terrible conditions

Synagogue – Jewish place of worship

Deportation – to be sent away

Liberate – to free

Anti-Semitism Definition: “Prejudice against or hatred of Jewish people”

Nazi Propaganda Movie Poster “Der Sturmer”- Nazi Anit-Semitic Newspaper

Nazi Anti-Semitic children’s book, meant to indoctrinate young Germans against Jews.

Nazi anti-Semitic newspapers posted throughout Germany, at bus stops, train stations, & parks.

Joseph Goebbels – Hitler’s

Minister of Propaganda who

was responsible for the

Nazi’s Anti-Semitic campaign

Aryan Supremacy

Aryan Supremacy

The Nuremburg Laws

THE HOLOCAUST –SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPT TO RID EUROPE

OF ALL JEWS

“Germans defend yourselves! Don’t buy from Jews”Jewish Department Store in Berlin, Germany, April 1, 1933

TACTIC #1: Boycott of Jewish Stores

TACTIC #1: Boycott of Jewish Stores

TACTIC #2: Threats

“I will never complain about the police again.”Dr. Michael Siegel, a Jewish lawyer, Munich, Germany

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sKristallnacht“Night of Broken Glass”November 9-10, 1938Germany & Austria

KRISTALLNACHT

TACTIC #3: SegregationEstablishment of Jewish Ghettos throughout Nazi occupied Europe

Jewish businesses must be marked with the Star of David.

Jewish Only Bench

Jewish Train Car

“Jews Forbidden”

Jewish Ghetto in Amsterdam

Jewish Quarter

TACTIC #3: SegregationJewish Ghettos

TACTIC #3: SegregationJewish Ghettos

Warsaw Ghetto UprisingApril – May, 1943

TACTIC #4: Imprisonment and Killing in Concentration Camps

French Jews Prior to Departure

“Arbeit Macht Frei”

“Work Makes You Free”

Hitler’s FINAL SOLUTION:

Jews were deemed “Unfit

for Life” and

imprisoned/killed in

concentration and death

camps.

LiberationAs Allies began liberating Eastern and Western Europe, they began discovering barbed wire encamptments filled with starved prisoners.

But these were not your POW’s…

Liberation by Allied

forces of Jews and

others who survived the

concentration camps As the Germans began their retreat to Berlin, the British, American, and Soviet Allies began liberating concentration camps throughout Europe.

M. Notes

1. _____________ is the hatred and prejudice against Jews.

2. __________________ Nazi belief that they were the superior race.

3. Holocaust was the ___________ attempt to rid Europe of all Jews.

4. Tactics Nazi’s used to carry out the Holocaust:

a. __________________________________

b. __________________________________

c. __________________________________

d. _____________________________________________________________

5. Jews and others who survived the concentration camps were

liberated by ______ forces.

Anti-Semitism

Aryan Supremacy

Systematic

Boycott of Jewish Stores

Threats

Segregation

Imprisonment and killing of Jews and others in concentration camps and death camps

Allied

Evacuation Movie Clip

Warsaw Ghetto

Digital Resources: Click on the image for movie link