DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL Historical Context

HISTORICAL CONTEXT  Nazi Germany  Anti-Semitism  World War II  Holocaust

 German defeat  Reparations  Economy in ruins  Civil unrest GERMANY AFTER WWI

 Germans remained proud  They offered a solution  Created jobs  Rebuilt the military  Expanded territory  Offered some one to blame RISE OF THE NAZIS

 Jews were blamed  Viewed as a different race  Encouraged anti-Semitism  Nuremburg Laws  Kristallnacht Kristallnacht  The final solution ANTI-SEMITISM

 Germany invades Poland  German army is powerful  Concentration camps  Final solution WWII

 Bosnia 200,000  Rwanda 800,000  Armenia 1,500,000  The Holocaust 6,000,000 GENOCIDE

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.