A Tragic Legacy. Literally means “sacrifice by fire” The systematic mass slaughter of millions of Europeans, especially Jews, by the Nazis during WWII.

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A Tragic Legacy

Literally means “sacrifice by fire” The systematic mass slaughter of millions of Europeans, especially Jews, by the Nazis during WWII 11 million victims The largest group targeted by the Nazis were Jews (6 million)

Millions

75%

90%

Homosexuals Gypsies The Disabled Political dissidents Poles Jehovah’s Witnesses Catholics Soviet Prisoners of War Memorial to homosexual victims of the Holocaust

The first concentration camp opens in 1933

Dachau 1933

New arrivals at Buchenwald 1938 Most were arrested during Kristalnacht

Occupied Territories Treblinka opened in Poland in 1943 This was an extermination camp These rails once led prisoners into the camp

April 1945 American G.I.s discover Holocaust victims at Dachau

Liberations continue as Allied Forces invade Germany and the occupied territories

May 7, 1945 Germany Surrenders

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