Unit 4Lesson 7

(Section 25.3)

Define the problem of anti-Semitism in Germany and tell how the Jewish people were used as scapegoats.

Explain how Germany’s policies towards Jews developed into genocide.

Explain how the Allies closed in for victory in Europe.

US & GB attacked N.Africa, then moved North into Italy

RUS defended Stalingrad & pushed West

US attacked GRM in FRA (D-Day) and pushed East

RUS captures Berlin, Mussolini executed, Hitler kills self

Mein Kampf Master Aryan Race Rid of “undesirables” Anti-Semitism

Nuremburg Laws: 1935-38 Strip Jews of all citizenship

rights, exclude from society Marked w/Jewish star

Kristallnacht: Nov 9-10, 1938 Night Broken Glass

Emigration ¼ fled Euro, US, “Palestine” – resent

#s

Ghettos Confined living spaces w/

brutal conditions, 1000s died

Most in Poland – 2m Jews Uprising 1943

Einsatzgruppen- Mobile killing squads (Killed

1.5m b/t 1939-41)

Wannsee Conference Genocide - deliberate destruction

of group “Final Solution” to Jewish problem

“Undesirables” Jews Jehovah’s Witnesses,

Gypsies, homeless, mentally ill, homosexuals

Labor & prison camps. Supervised by SS

Humiliated, tattooed, stripped of all valuables overworked, starved, beaten, shot….

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Death Camps Auschwitz & 5

others (Poland) Gas Chambers

“Shower Rooms” Medical

experiments Buried at first…

cremated later.

Survivors liberated by Allies 1943-45. WRB – ’44 – US

rescue & protection

Death Marches (44-45) 6 million Jewish

people die 4 million other

undesirables die

Nov 1945-Oct 1946

Internatl Military Tribunal (IMT)… 24 Nazis and 6 German Org’s

for… Crimes against peace War crimes Crimes against humanity

All plead not guilty “following orders” 12 death penalty 8 prison, 3 acquitted

Describe the role that propaganda played in manipulating the thoughts and actions of the German people.

Anne Frank is famous for her statement that, despite her experiences during World War II, she still believed in the goodness of people. Knowing what you know about the events that transpired in Nazi concentration camps, do you have the same belief? Discuss the argument that the Nazi soldiers “were following orders” when they committed these war crimes.

Discuss the meaning of the Holocaust Memorial inscription, “We must bear witness.” What do you think is the better way to understand the Holocaust, by learning historic facts or by hearing survivor stories? Explain your response

The Holocaust was a human tragedy on a global scale. Millions of lives were exterminated by Hitler and the Nazis, and many more people died trying to stop them. Do you believe it’s possible that a similar tragedy could still happen in the world today, even though the human race has already experienced it before? Why or why not? Are similar, smaller events going on right now (and in the recent past)? If so, why do you think they are happening