The Holocaust Chapter 24, section 3
Nazi Persecution of the Jews The Jews will receive the worst of the racial policies outlined by Hitler in Mein Kampf All Jews were considered evil, no matter their religion, job, or education
Nazi Persecution of the Jews Nuremberg Laws Passed in 1935 Took citizenship away from Jews Banned marriages between Jews and Germans
Nazi Persecution of the Jews By summer of 1936, half of Jews were unemployed Many Jews leave, but most stayed
Nazi Persecution of the Jews Kristallnacht Means “night of broken glass” Nov.9, 1938, marked beginning of the anti-Jewish violence that erupted in Germany
Nazi Persecution of the Jews Jews were rounded up and contained in concentration camps Used as slave labor for military industries Many were worked to death
Nazi Persecution of the Jews Jan. 1942, German leaders will meet at Wannsee Conference to answer the Jewish problem Their “final solution” was to create extermination camps and mass execute the Jews
Nazi Persecution of the Jews All of the death camps were created outside of the nation in Germany Auschwitz will be the deadliest of the camps—over 1.7 million killed
Nazi Persecution of the Jews Results of the Holocaust: 6 million Jews killed (2/3 of European population) Millions of others also killed for their “inferiority” Numerous German leaders will be executed after WWII for their “Acts against humanity”