JEWS UPRISING BY KATE POTOCSKY AND GILLIAN WAITZMAN

WORLD WAR II Lasted from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 German military invaded Poland to begin the war Also known as the Holocaust Affected not only Jews, but ethnic groups too

ADOLF HITLER Lived from April 20, 1889-April 30, 1945 Leader of the Nazi party Dictated Germany Killed 11 million people

CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN WORLD WAR II Where people were imprisoned under harsh living conditions More than 40,00 camps were established to hold most Jews during the war, if they weren’t killed already Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, and Ebensee, were some of the worst camps

IMPACT ON THE JEWS 6,000,000 Jews were killed 11,000,000 people were killed in total 2/3 of European Jews were killed Starvation Disease Hopelessness Traumatized people Death Depression

LIBERATION OF THE JEWS In 1945 concentration camps were liberated one by one Auschowitz was the first camp to be liberated Adolf Hitler committed suicide in April 1945 Only 9% Jews in the Holocaust survived it 10% of Jews who survived the liberation died soon after

JEWS FORMING ISRAEL AFTER WORLD WAS II (1948) In Palestine, Jews fought with Arabs over land Jews wanted to create a Jewish state Arabs wanted to create and Arab state There were more Arabs than Jews Jews controlled more of Palestine than Jews

U.S.A SUPPORT FOR A JEWISH STATE The United States supported the Jewish state They were part of Resolution 181 ( mandate that would divide Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state)

BRITISH DISAPPROVAL TOWARDS A JEWISH STATE Britain didn’t support the formation of the Jewish state Britain attempted to limit Jews from immigrating to Palestine Britain eventually decided they couldn’t help the Jews or the Arabs

UNITED NATIONS HELP TO FORM ISRAEL The United Nations voted that a Jewish state in Palestine should be formed That state was proclaimed on May 14 th 1948 It was called Israel It was the first Jewish state to form in 2,000 years

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