 starter activity The numbers above are connected to the events of the Holocaust. Can you imagine what they refer to? 6 million 3 months minutes 38,000 pairs 90 x 90 cms kilograms

Why was the ‘Holocaust’ allowed to happen? To find out why the treatment of Jews got worse during WWII To assess who might have been to blame  Aims Note: Holocaust means ‘sacrifice’, Jewish people prefer the term ‘churban’ meaning ‘destruction’

Wannsee, Berlin, 1942 Why was the problem of the Jews more pressing for the Nazis in 1942?

Steps to Final Solution 1942, Nazi leaders met at Wannsee, Berlin 1942, Nazi leaders met at Wannsee, Berlin Planned quickest way to eliminate the remaining 11 million Jews Planned quickest way to eliminate the remaining 11 million Jews Concentration camps would become extermination camps Concentration camps would become extermination camps 6 major camps, including Auschwitz 6 major camps, including Auschwitz

Gateway to Auschwitz – ‘Work makes you free’

Previous tactics Boycotts, purges, labour camps Boycotts, purges, labour camps Nuremberg Laws Nuremberg Laws Kristallnacht Kristallnacht Einsatzgruppen (‘one sentence groups’) Einsatzgruppen (‘one sentence groups’) Ghetto Ghetto Mobile gas chambers Mobile gas chambers Death camps Death camps

Process Jews rounded up into ghettos Jews rounded up into ghettos Transported in cattle trains to camps Transported in cattle trains to camps Separated into two camps: 15+ healthy sent to left, old, sick and women with children sent to right Separated into two camps: 15+ healthy sent to left, old, sick and women with children sent to right

 Your task Read source 3 in your textbook on p.157 and learn what happened next to Jewish prisoners at Belzec death camp. Read source 3 in your textbook on p.157 and learn what happened next to Jewish prisoners at Belzec death camp.

Who knew? 1942, British & American governments received reports of concentration camps 1942, British & American governments received reports of concentration camps 150 German companies used Auschwitz prisoners 150 German companies used Auschwitz prisoners 1000s of ordinary Germans helped with the process 1000s of ordinary Germans helped with the process

 Your task Who was most to blame? Your teacher will give you a list of people who helped in the process of the Final Solution. Arrange the list in order of responsibility. Who was most to blame? Your teacher will give you a list of people who helped in the process of the Final Solution. Arrange the list in order of responsibility.

 Your task Watch the film clip. It contains difficult images of the suffering endured by Jewish prisoners. You may prefer simply to listen to the commentary. What does it tell us about the reaction of Germans and Allied troops to the news of what had happened in the death camps? Watch the film clip. It contains difficult images of the suffering endured by Jewish prisoners. You may prefer simply to listen to the commentary. What does it tell us about the reaction of Germans and Allied troops to the news of what had happened in the death camps?

Plenary Plenary How did the Final Solution come about? How did the Final Solution come about? Who was most to blame? Who was most to blame? Lessons we must never forget!