THE HOLOCAUST

During the holocaust, the Nazis killed over 6 million Jews and 5 million other “non-Aryans”

The Holocaust Genocide-the systematic killing of an entire people Final Solution-mass murder, concentration camps,death camps, hard labor, starvation, medical experimentation, gas chambers

Hitler’s first attacks on the Jews The false concept of an “Aryan” race 1938-Kristallnacht- Nazis attack Jewish home, businesses and synagogues. Thousands murdered across Germany

Hitler’s first solution to “Jewish problem” was emigration, but other countries were not willing to accept Jewish immigrants

fascist governments collaborationists Partisans slave labor Gestapo Europe under Nazi’s Puppet states fascist governments collaborationists Partisans slave labor Gestapo

Himler “Ghettos” 6 of 9 million Jewish people die Gypsies, Poles, Russians, homosexuals, the handicapped, and incurably ill also targeted. Auschwitz-Major camp

Results of Holocaust 2/3’s of European Jews Killed Nuremberg Trials “crimes against humanity” change in attitudes towards racism