The Holocaust The Holocaust

Why the Jews? Deicide – Christian church blamed the Jews for the death of Christ. The responsibility for the death of Christ is leveled on the Jewish people as a whole.

Blood libel and Little Sir Hugh of Lincoln Why the Jews? In the Middle Ages, Jews were accused of ritual murder and using the blood of Christian children, in their rituals. The belief was circulated that Jews wanted to dishonor the Host (communion), believed to be the body of Christ. Blood libel and Little Sir Hugh of Lincoln

If they were killed, then people did not have to pay back the debt. Why the Jews? The Jews were moneylenders – the only group that was allowed to loan money during the Middle Ages. If they were killed, then people did not have to pay back the debt.

Why the Jews? Expulsions – Jews were driven out of these European Nations during the Middle Ages. Their lands and assets were confiscated by the Crown. England 1290 France 1394 Germany, Italy and the Balkan Peninsula – 1350 – 1450.

Why the Jews?

Why the Jews? 1349 – the event – the Black Death. The cause? The Jews of Strasbourg were poisoning the wells! For 6 six days straight, the Jews of Strasbourg were burnt alive. About a thousand Jews were killed.

Pogroms –a violent mob attack directed against the Jews. Why the Jews? Pogroms –a violent mob attack directed against the Jews.

In Germany, first they came for the communist and I did not speak out- because I was not communist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out- because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionist and I did not speak out- because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I did not speak out because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.” Pastor Martin Niemoller –prisoner 1937-45

Jews 1933 - Jews were pictured as evil, sinister, money hungry people.They were also blamed for the death of Christ.

Nuremberg Laws Nuremberg Laws Denaturalization laws passed by Nazi Germany in 1935. Germans were not allowed to marry Jews, and all Jews were stripped of their rights as citizens. The Nuremberg Chart above outlined Nazi Germany’s position on racial purity.

Nuremberg Laws Nuremberg Laws Clip 74

Over 200,000 prisoners were housed here. Dachau Dachau Camp records indicate that about 30,000 people were killed here. In addition, thousands more died due to the conditions of the camp. This camp also served as the central camp for many Christian religious prisoners. “Arbeit macht frei” – Sign that served as an entrance. Loosely translated it means, “Work brings freedom.” 1st Concentration style camp built in 1933 that served as a model for the other death camps. Over 200,000 prisoners were housed here.

Damaged shop windows from Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht, Nov. 9-10, 1938 – the “Night of Broken Glass.” A night of terror organized by the Nazis where they carried out a deadly pogrom against the Jews of Germany. The most significant pogrom in Nazi Germany was the Kristallnacht of 1938, in which at least 91 Jews were killed, a further 30,000 arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps,[7] over 1,000 synagogues burned, and over 7,000 Jewish businesses destroyed or damaged.[8][9 Damaged shop windows from Kristallnacht.

The dots represent the synagogues destroyed. Kristallnacht Kristallnacht Jewish homes and stores were ransacked. Jews were beaten to death; 30,000 Jewish men were taken to concentration camps; and 1,668 synagogues were set ablaze. Clip #80 – Change disc The dots represent the synagogues destroyed.

Kristallnacht Kristallnacht Clip #80 – Change disc

Kristallnacht Kristallnacht The synagogue at Eberswalde, and men being readied for the camps. Clip #80 – Change disc Synagogues were set ablaze, and 30,000 men were sent to the concentration camp at Buchenwald.

Reasons Why Hitler Wanted Russia Reasons Why Hitler Wanted Russia Liebensraum – “Open Spaces” Hitler wanted places to settle and expand his new Aryan race. Russia was also rich in natural resources- oil, timber, minerals, ore and wheat.

Liebensraum Liebensraum Clip # 90

Nazi Atrocities Nazi Atrocities The Nazis viewed the Soviets as sub-human or “mongrel” races. The Nazis raped, mutilated, and burned people to death in their own homes. They rounded up entire populations and killed them. SS Death Squads

Death squads killed thousands of Jews or sent them to camps. Nazi Atrocities Nazi Atrocities Death squads killed thousands of Jews or sent them to camps.

The Einsatzgruppen - Mobile Death Squads Clip #97

Death -squads Death -squads Ukranian Jews The mobile death squads, the Einsatzgruppen, killed East European Jews by the hundreds of thousands.

The Final Solution The Final Solution The Final Solution was the German plan for eliminating the entire population of Jews in Europe. Heinrich Himmler

Death-trains Gypsies Children

Dachau Dachau Camps like Dachau, Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Sobibor, and Majdanek were camps that killed up to 2,000 people a day. These were the death camps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PNjQi1Pmkc

Auschwitz Auschwitz Photos of survivors who were liberated from this work and death camp.

Anne Frank and her family died here. Auschwitz Auschwitz 2.5 million Jews were gassed to death here while another 500,000 starved to death Anne Frank and her family died here.

Buchenwald Buchenwald

Bergen-Belsen Bergen-Belsen Mass Graves

Zyklon B was a rat poison. Crematoriums were used to bake the bodies.

Their hair was bundled up and used in the German war effort. Buchenwald Buchenwald People who were sent to these camps were required to strip off their wedding rings, allow dentists to remove silver and gold fillings from their teeth, leave their shoes, and allow their heads to be shaved. Their hair was bundled up and used in the German war effort.

Auschwitz Auschwitz Piles of shoes pictured above. Clothing warehouse – right. Top right – bales of hair.

Buchenwald Buchenwald

Buchenwald Buchenwald

Punishment Punishment Accountability

Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg Trials began on Nov. 20, 1945. Almost all of the accused were convicted and executed by hanging with a rope until dead.

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