Great Depression and World War II Unit The Holocaust Great Depression and World War II Unit

Essential Question What were the M.A.I.N. causes and events of World War II?

Key Vocabulary Genocide: the killing of an entire race of people Final Solution: Hitler’s program of systemically killing the entire Jewish people.

Warm Up What do you believe the Holocaust was? Do you think it should be studied?

The New Order and the Holocaust

The Holocaust Begins Hitler was determined to promote a “master race” called the Aryans. Those who were deemed inferior needed to be eliminated. Kristallnacht became a warning sign for Jews of things to come. Thousands began to flee. As a solution to get rid of the Jews, they were placed in ghettos. Horrible living conditions.

Original Jewish Population Jews Killed % Surviving Poland 3,300,000 2,800,000 15% Soviet Union 2,100,000 1,500,000 29% Hungary 404,000 200,000 49% Romania 850,000 425,000 50% Germany/Austria 270,000 210,000 22%

Assessment Prompt 1 Looking at the graph on the previous slide, what does this graph tell you about Hitler’s plan to “purify the Aryan race?”

The “Final Solution” Hitler’s program for racial purity was based on genocide. Wanted to eliminate the gypsies, Poles, Russians, homosexuals, the insane, the disabled, the incurably ill, but especially the Jews. Early on, the undesirable were rounded up and shot. However, this method was not fast enough for Hitler Wansee Conference Plan to implement the “Final Solution to the Jewish Problem”

Assessment Prompt 2 What prompted Hitler to enact his “Final Solution?”

The Death Camps SIX EXTERMINATION CAMPS BUILT IN POLAND, LARGEST WAS AUSCHWITZ EXTERMINATION CAMPS DIVIDED INTO LABOR CAMPS AND DEATH CAMPS SOME INMATES WERE SUBJECT TO CRUEL MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS EVEN LATE IN THE WAR, THE FINAL SOLUTION HAD PRIORITY IN USING RAILWAY CARS TO SHIP JEWS TO DEATH CAMPS

The Death Toll Germany killed 6 million Jews during the Holocaust The Nazi’s were also responsible for the deaths of another 10 million civilians 1.2 million Jewish children died in the Holocaust. Mothers and children were often the first to be killed.

Graphic Organizer/Assessment Prompt 3 World War II

Journal Answer the EQ: What were the M.A.I.N. causes and events of World War II? Consider the following: What was the Wansee Conference? What did they decide? What were the Ghettos? What was the difference between the Death and Concentration Camps?