Bell Ringer Analyze the political cartoon. What does the bird represent? What is he doing? What event inspired the creation of this political cartoon? What is the point of view of the cartoonist?
EQ: What factors contributed to the Holocaust in Europe?
Nazi Prejudice The Nazis (and Hitler) held anti-Semitic beliefs Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews Hitler blamed the Jews for WWI and the ToV
Nuremberg Laws 1935 Stripped Jews of: Citizenship Civil Rights The ability to marry German citizens Eventually required identification (yellow badges) Jews classified by having even one Jewish grandparent
Kristallnacht - 1935 Night of Broken Glass Synagogues and businesses destroyed Thousands arrested and sent to camps Encouraged to leave Germany
St. Louis Passenger ship carrying hundreds of Jewish refugees Refused by Cuba and then the U.S.
The Final Solution Heinrich Himmler – leader of the SS In charge of the genocide Einsatzgruppen – special strike forces to enforce the “Final Solution” ghettos, segregated areas of cities executed Jews and buried them in mass graves
The Final Solution In order to speed things up the Nazis began to ship Jews to concentration camps in cattle cars. packed tightly inhumane conditions
The Final Solution Labor Camps Able bodied prisoners were sent to work Extreme conditions Provided little food
The Final Solution Death Camps Most famously Auschwitz-Birkenau Factories of death – used gas chambers and then cremated the bodies
Nuremberg Trials Tried the leading Nazi officials for crimes against humanity
Essential Question What factors contributed to the Holocaust in Europe?