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The numbers above are connected to the events of the Holocaust. Can you imagine what they refer to?
6 million
3 months13-15 minutes
38,000 pairs
90 x 90 cms
22-29 kilograms
Why was the Why was the ‘‘HolocaustHolocaust’ allowed ’ allowed
to happen?to happen?To find out why the treatment of To find out why the treatment of
Jews got worse during WWIIJews got worse during WWII
To assess who might have been to To assess who might have been to blameblame
Aims
Note: Holocaust means ‘sacrifice’, Jewish people prefer the term ‘churban’ meaning ‘destruction’
Steps to Final SolutionSteps to Final Solution
1942, Nazi leaders met at Wannsee, 1942, Nazi leaders met at Wannsee, BerlinBerlin
Planned quickest way to eliminate Planned quickest way to eliminate the remaining 11 million Jewsthe remaining 11 million Jews
Concentration camps would become Concentration camps would become extermination campsextermination camps
6 major camps, including Auschwitz6 major camps, including Auschwitz
Previous tacticsPrevious tactics
Boycotts, purges, Boycotts, purges, labour campslabour camps
Nuremberg LawsNuremberg Laws KristallnachtKristallnacht EinsatzgruppenEinsatzgruppen (‘one (‘one
sentence groups’)sentence groups’) GhettoGhetto Mobile gas chambersMobile gas chambers Death campsDeath camps
ProcessProcess
Jews rounded up into ghettosJews rounded up into ghettos Transported in cattle trains to campsTransported in cattle trains to camps Separated into two camps: 15+ healthy sent Separated into two camps: 15+ healthy sent
to left, old, sick and women with children to left, old, sick and women with children sent to rightsent to right
Your taskYour task
Read source 3 in your textbook on Read source 3 in your textbook on p.157 and learn what happened next p.157 and learn what happened next to Jewish prisoners at Belzec death to Jewish prisoners at Belzec death camp.camp.
Who knew?Who knew? 1942, British & 1942, British &
American American governments governments received reports of received reports of concentration concentration campscamps
150 German 150 German companies used companies used Auschwitz prisonersAuschwitz prisoners
1000s of ordinary 1000s of ordinary Germans helped Germans helped with the processwith the process
Your task Your task
Who was most to blame? Your Who was most to blame? Your teacher will give you a list of people teacher will give you a list of people who helped in the process of the who helped in the process of the Final Solution. Arrange the list in Final Solution. Arrange the list in order of responsibility.order of responsibility.
Your taskYour task
Watch the film clip. It contains Watch the film clip. It contains difficult images of the suffering difficult images of the suffering endured by Jewish prisoners. You endured by Jewish prisoners. You may prefer simply to listen to the may prefer simply to listen to the commentary. What does it tell us commentary. What does it tell us about the reaction of Germans and about the reaction of Germans and Allied troops to the news of what Allied troops to the news of what had happened in the death camps?had happened in the death camps?