Holocaust

BlameMein KampfAryan Jews were inferiorWW I defeat

Economic problems that followed

Nuremberg Laws1935Deprived rights of German

citizensLimited kinds of work Inter-faith marriagesCould not serve on juries

KristallnachtNov. 9, 1938

17 year old in FranceFather is deportedShoots German diplomatViolent attacks on Jewish

community

Emigration / Deportation

Many Jews fled / kicked outFavored by Hitler

Nations closed doors

GhettosMoved to designated cities

Segregated areas Sealed with barbed wire and stone

walls Starvation / disease Jews hang-on

teachings

Killing Squads “Final Solution” (not dying fast

enough) Genocide – killing of an entire race

SS Henrich Himmler Jewish communities – murder

families

Concentration Camps

Rounded up, sent by cattle cars

Slave labor campsBeaten / Killed

Extermination Camps

Auschwitz (largest)Gas ChambersMedical experiments6,000,000 killed