SCHINDLER’S LIST
WEIMER GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES AFTER WWI ► GERMANY SLIDES INTO DEPRESSION AFTER WWI ► HUMILATED BY TREATY OF VERSAILLES ► HAD TO PAY REPARATIONS AND SIGN WAR GUILT CLAUSE
PAUL VON HINDENBURG PRESIDENT OF GERMANY APPOINTS HITLER TO CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER BECOMES CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY IN 1933
NAZI PARTY NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS PARTY ► NAZI PARTY BASED ON 1. EXTREMENATIONALISM 2. RACISM: ARYAN RACE: BLOND HAIR BLUE EYES BLOND HAIR BLUE EYES 3. EXPANSION HITLER CALLS HIS NEW GOVT. THE THIRD REICH THE THIRD REICH
GESTAPO SECRET STATE POLICE
S.S. USED AS PROTECTION FOR HITLER
CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU- BUILT FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS
CHARLES DARWIN ► ALONG WITH NAZI VIEWS HITLER USES CHARLES DARWIN IDEA OF “ STRONGEST AND FITTEST WERE DESTINED TO RULE” TO ATTACK THE JEWS
HITLER RESTRICTS JEWISH INFLUENCE BOOK BURNINGS
NUREMBERG LAWS JEWS OVER THE AGE OF 6 HAD TO WEAR A YELLOW STAR OF DAVID ON CLOTHES
KRISTALLNACHT “NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS”
GHETTOS CONCENTRATING JEWS IN 1 PLACE FOR EASY MOVEMENT TO DEATH CAMPS
FINAL SOLUTION ► ALL JEWS HEALTHY ENOUGH WAS SENT TO SLAVE LABOR CAMPS,THE REST WERE SENT TO EXTERMINATION CAMPS
MOBILE KILLING GROUPS THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF FINAL SOLUTION
AUSCHWITZ DEATH CAMP
CONCENTRATION CAMPS SLAVE LABOR CAMPS- HEALTHY WOULD WORK UNTIL THEY CAN’T ANYMORE THEN THEY WOULD BE KILLED
GAS CHAMBERS
OSKAR SCHINDLER GOAL WAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WAR TO MAKE MONEY
KRAKOW POLAND ► MOVED TO KRAKOW TO START BUSINESS ► USED BRIBES TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITHIN GERMAN GOVT.
ITZHAK STERN SCHINDLER’S JEWISH ACCOUNTANT
SCHINDLER BUYS AN ENAMEL AND KITCHENWARE FACTORY
RACE AND RESETTLEMENT ACT ► ILLEGAL TO HAVE PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JEWS AND THE DEPORTATION OF THE JEWS
AMON GOETH RUTHLESS COMMANDER OF PLASZOW WORK CAMP
PLASZOW WORKERS CAMP
SCHINDLER’S LIST HAD TO MAKE A LIST OF PEOPLE HE WANTED TO TAKE TO HIS NEW FACTORY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA ► HAD TO PAY FOR EACH WORKER ► SPENT HIS ENTIRE FORTUNE TO SAVE 1,100 JEWS
SCHINDLER’S FACTORY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA MADE MUNITIONS FOR WAR EFFORT