The Holocaust The Terror of WWII

“Getting rid of the Jews” With persecution bound to get worse, many Jewish people emigrated to surrounding countries Britain, France, U.S., Latin America However, many stayed behind in Germany Hitler decided to isolate these Jews Moved them to ghettos

The Ghetto Hitler mainly sent Jewish people to Poland cities, where they were forced to live together in ghettos

Hitler’s “Final Solution” Tired of waiting for the Jews to die from starvation and disease in ghettos Wanted to perform genocide Genocide - The systematic killing of an entire religion, ethnicity, or nationality Wanted to make a “master race” of Aryans (blonde hair blue eyes)

Concentration Camps During Hitler’s invasion of Poland, he sent his “secret police” (S.S.) to hunt for Jewish people Shot and killed many Sent entire communities to Concentration Camps Concentration Camp – slave labor prison Would do the work of German businesses Killed if worked too slow

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Map of death camps

Extermination camps 1942 – Nazis built 6 “Extermination” Camps The “final stage” of the “Final Solution” The largest of these was Auschwitz Day 1: separate the strong from the weak Sent all women, young children, and elderly folk to gas chambers Bodies would then be incinerated

Gas chambers

Death toll Over 6 million Jewish people died during Hitler’s reign Less than 4 million European Jews survived during the Holocaust Chart on Pg. 834 in textbook Many survivors were smuggled into neutral countries like Sweden and Switzerland