The Holocaust

Nazi leaders planned the destruction of the Jews and anyone they considered undesirable This included the weak, the outspoken, the "racially impure"

Hitler wanted a master race of able bodied Germans - called Aryans

Laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship 1935 - Nuremberg Laws Laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship Prohibited them from marrying or having relations with persons of "German or related blood."

Jews with German names had to change to Jewish names Other Policies Jews with German names had to change to Jewish names

Jewish passports had a red “J” stamped on it

Jews had to wear a yellow Star of David with Jude on it

1938 - Kristallnacht Troops attack Jewish businesses, homes and synagogues and kill about 100 people

What were the Nuremburg Laws? What were the policies against the Jews of Germany? In 1938, Nazi troops attacked Jewish businesses, homes and synagogues and killed about 100 people. What was this called?

Resettlement

As Hitler took over East Europe – millions of Slavs removed from their homes – placed in labor camps and their land was given to German settlers

This was overseen by the Schutzstaffel - SS

Final Solution Hitler's plan to rid Europe of the Jews – This is genocide

To carry this out - Germans set up einsatzgruppens They were to kill all of the Jews

At first - they placed the Jews in ghettos where they were starved

Then they were sent to concentration camps - 
like Buchenwald and Dachau Here you were kept until you dropped dead

The horizontal categories list markings for the following types of prisoners: political, professional criminal, emigrant, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexual, Germans shy of work, and other nationalities shy of work. The vertical categories begin with the basic colors, and then show those for repeat offenders, prisoners in punishment kommandos, Jews, Jews who have violated racial laws by having sexual relations with Aryans, and Aryans who violated racial laws by having sexual relations with Jews. The remaining symbols give examples of marking patterns. Country of Origin B = Belgium F = France H = Holland I = Italy N = Norway P = Pole T = Czech U = Hungarian

They set up: Death Squads - follow the army into conquered areas – kill the Jews - bury them in mass graves

Death Camps - Jews in captured countries were sent there to be executed

Auschwitz in Poland was the largest Killed all Jews - then burned their remains in crematoriums

Once there - they had their ID number tattooed in their skin - according to Jewish law - this is a sin Leviticus 19:28 - "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord."

Hitler’s plan to rid Europe of the Jews resulted in genocide  Hitler’s plan to rid Europe of the Jews resulted in genocide. This is the killing of people from the same racial, political, and cultural background. What was this plan called?

Reaction

Some Jews actually escaped to other countries - but many people there didn't help them because they were afraid of the Germans

11 million people die during the Holocaust - 6 million were Jews

War Crimes

After the war - Nazi leaders were put on trial for their war crimes in Nuremberg

24 people were put on trial November 1945-October 1946 24 people were put on trial 19 were found guilty - 12 of which were executed

After World War II, Nazi leaders were put on trial for their war crimes in which German city?