The Holocaust was the systematic mass murder of European Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany between 1933-1945. Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany and became dictator in 1933, at which point he began enacting anti-Semitic laws to persecute Jews. Eventually, concentration camps were established where prisoners were forced into hard labor and many were killed. The largest camp was Auschwitz, where over 1 million people were murdered. In total, approximately 11 million innocent people were killed in the Holocaust before Allied forces began liberating the camps in 1944-1945.

1. The HolocaustBy: Kim MichalPhoto Credits:http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/http://myfdw.com/

2. Who was Adolf Hitler?Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889Hitler was the dictator of GermanyHe became dictator in 1933This is when it all began…http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm

3. Hitler (continued)…“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, 1922http://www.shoaheducation.com/endlosung.htmlPhoto Credit: http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/images2/A/adolfhitler.jpg

4. What was The Holocaust?Holocaust is literally defined as:“a sacrifice consumed by fire”But most would define it as:

5. the mass slaughter of European civilians, especially Jews, by the Nazis during World War II

6. Lasted from 1933-1945http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/summary/whatframe.html Photo Credit: http://www.sunderlandclc.org.uk/UserFiles/File/Holocaust.jpg

7. Who were the victims?JewsHomosexualsGypsiesThe DisabledSlavic PeoplesJehovah’s Witnesseshttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

8. Concentration CampsPrisoners were forced to go into concentration campsAlso called labor campsSome camps were called death campsControlled by the Nazi’shttp://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/133b/07Projects/pix/DworkVanPeltBookpicture.jpghttp://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/133b/07Projects/pix/DworkVanPeltBookpicture.jpghttp://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holocamp.html

9. AuschwitzAuschwitz was the largest camp during the HolocaustPrisoners were forced to give up all belongingsChildren were often killed upon arrivalBetween 1,100,000 and 1,500,000 prisoners were murdered herehttp://www.auschwitz.dk/Auschwitz.htm

10. Auschwitz (continued…)Auschwitz was located near the German-Polish border in Upper SilesiaThe sign of the main gate here states “Arbeit Macht Frei”This translates to “Work Brings Freedom”http://www.sackstark.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/arbeit_macht_frei.jpeghttp://www.auschwitz.dk/Auschwitz.htmhttp://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205782.pdf

11. At the camps…Prisoners were forced to do hard laborPrisoners were starvedForced to obey the Nazi’s, and were murdered if they disobeyedPrisoners had no control of their own livesMany prisoners died as a result of incarceration and maltreatment www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

12. The Victims…http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/holocaust/graphics/holocaust5.jpghttp://blog.beliefnet.com/pontifications/imgs/Ebensee%20concentration%20camp%20prisoners%201945.jpg

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15. Camp DoctorsNazi doctors tortured men, women, and children at death campsPerformed experiments on victimsVictims were:put into pressure chambers tested with drugscastrated,frozen to deathhttp://www.shoah.dk/doctors/

16. Camp Doctors (continued)…Children were exposed to :Experimental surgeries without anesthesiaBlood transfusions from one to anotherIsolation enduranceInjections of lethal germsSex change operationsRemoval of organs and limbshttp://www.shoah.dk/doctors/

17. Josef MengeleKnown as Angel of DeathPerformed experiments on twins:Carried out twin to twin transfusionsStitched twins togetherCastrated or sterilized twinsOrgan and limb removalhttp://www.shoah.dk/doctors/http://www.gesch.med.uni-erlangen.de/gewissen/ausstell/zwill/_bild/23_25.jpghttp://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/photo/lc/image/59/5961.jpg

18. Ways of GenocideGas chambersCremationStarvationMalnutritionTortureDeath Marcheshttp://www.scrapbookpages.com/mauthausen/Tour/PhotoTour03.htmlhttp://www.uiowa.edu/policult/assets/postWWII_holocaust/crematorium.jpghttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

19. Liberation of the CampsLiberation began in 1944Soviets liberated Auschwitz in 1945U.S. forces liberated Buchenwald in 1945Remaining camps were liberated in 1945“Liberators confronted unspeakable conditions in the Nazi camps, where piles of corpses lay unburied”http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005131http://scrapbookpages.com/poland/Auschwitz/OldPhotos/AuschwitzLiberation.jpg