4. 2/3 of all the Jews in Europe
and eastern Russia had been
eliminated.
5. What was The Holocaust?
“Holocaust” actually means:
“a sacrifice consumed by fire”
But nowadays it refers to -
the mass slaughter of European
civilians, especially Jews, by the Nazis
during World War II
11. *The German money was
worthless. The people were poor
and desperate for change.
12. A young man in the German army
worked his way up in leadership.
His name was Adolf Hitler.
13. • Hitler was a powerful speaker!
He was very dramatic and
theatrical in his speeches.
14. • Over a few years Hitler gained
a lot of support for his party
from the German people.
15. • In 1933 Adolf Hitler became
Chancellor of Germany.
(president)
16. • Hitler and the Nazis army used
bullying and fear to gain
control of both the government
and the German people.
17. *
In 1933 the first concentration
camp opened. Anyone who opposed
Hitler or the Nazis were arrested and
taken to concentration camps. There
they were worked to death, beaten, or
killed.
18. * Hitler was a racist. He
believed there should be a
“master” race of physically fit,
“racially pure” people.
19. *In order to make room for
superior white people those who
were “inferior” had to be
removed.
20. Who were sent to
concentration camps?
Jews
Homosexuals
Gypsies
The Disabled
Slavic Peoples
Jehovah’s Witnesses
21. * Hitler and other Nazi leaders
considered the Jewish people particular
danger to the Germans.
* He said it was the Jews who were
responsible for all the problems that
existed in their society.
22. Hitler
“Once I really am in
power, my first and
foremost task will be the
annihilation of the
Jews…until all Germany
has been completely
cleansed of Jews.”
-Adolf Hitler, 1922
31. At the camps…
Prisoners were
forced to do hard
labor
Prisoners were
starved
Forced to obey the Nazi’s,
and were murdered if they
disobeyed
Prisoners had no control of their own lives
Many prisoners died as a result of incarceration
and maltreatment
33. How did the prisoners die?
Gas chambers
Cremation
Starvation
Malnutrition
Torture
Death Marches
34. The Final Numbers 10-11 million prisoners were murdered
6 million victims were Jews
Percentages:
Polish Jews killed: 91%
German Jews killed: 36%
Total Jews killed in Europe during World War II: 63%
35. Words from Survivors…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ER
1sRYDAYY&feature=channel
A video summary of the Holocaust…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VGU9gMoNSA