1. Hitler’s attempt to accomplish “The Final Solution”
The Holocaust
Hitler’s attempt to accomplish “The Final Solution”

2. “Once I really am in power, my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews. . . until all Germany has completely been cleansed of Jews.”
Adolf Hitler

3. Holocaust Station Activity
As you know, WWII saw more civilian deaths than military deaths and the Holocaust was a major contributing factor.
Genocide: the deliberate extermination of a racial, religious, or ethnic group.
Who did the Holocaust target? Why?
Today you are going to complete a Holocaust station activity.
The purpose: work together in a group to teach yourselves about key aspects of the Holocaust.
This is a sensitive subject! You need to take it seriously!
This information will be included on your unit 8 exam.
There are very specific requirements so follow all directions!

4. Holocaust Station Activity
At each of the six stations there are folders with instructions. Start by reading these directions closely.
Then, as a group, you will complete the task at each station.
Remember you are teaching yourselves about this topic so you need to give each station your full attention and focus.
You will be completing a worksheet as you progress throughout the stations (30 points!)
Do NOT move ahead. Some stations take longer than others.
You will be given minutes at each station. It is imperative you stay on task and keep track of time.

5. Station 1: Holocaust Vocabulary & Puzzle
Carina, Danielle B, Caiden, Haley, Elijah, Shane
Station 2: Mein Kampf & Hitler’s Beliefs
Emily B, Gillian, Jaydon, Kayla, Kameron, Precsilla
Station 3: Personal Stories – survivors & victims
Danielle F, Keyoung, Lily, Reece, Kaitlyn, Daniel J
Station 4: Visual Aides & Picture Response
Mar, Amya, Simon, Shelby, Marivel, Evan
Station 5: Types of Concentration Camps & Death Toll
Wyatt, Dionne, Allienna, Dausen, Liz, Samantha
Station 6: How the Holocaust Occurred
Sarah, Nick, Emalyn, Fernando, Halle

6. Station 1: Holocaust Vocabulary & Puzzle
Melina, Devin, Trenton, Holly, Raquel, Madison
Station 2: Mein Kampf & Hitler’s Beliefs
Brendon, Alexis, Darius, Kate, Marce, Victorie
Station 3: Personal Stories – survivors & victims
Nick, Talia, Kinson, Amy, Adriana, Kenzie
Station 4: Visual Aides & Picture Response
Daniel, Jean, Abby, Jesus, Liz, Isabelle
Station 5: Types of Concentration Camps & Death Toll
Franklin, Natalie, Romina, Katrina, Mariah, Brian
Station 6: How the Holocaust Occurred
Salvador, Leanie, Veronica, Aubrie, Ashley

7. Anti-Semitism Aryans > Semites
When Hitler became leader in 1933, he made anti-Semitism (discrimination directed at Jews) the official policy of Germany.
This hatred led to the Holocaust: Nazi Germany’s mass murder of “undesirable races.”
Included Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, disabled, mentally challenged, communists, homeless, and dissenters.
Enforced by the Gestapo: Nazi secret police
Nuremburg Laws: 1935 series of anti-Semitic laws; defined the targeted races
Final Solution: Goal to annihilate all Jewish people; led by Heinrich Himmler

8. Himmler: Chief of German Police (SS) in the Third Reich

10. A child eats in the streets of the Warsaw ghetto. Warsaw, Poland.

11. Concentration Camps Labor Camps Transit and Collection Camps POW Camps
Education Camps
Hostage Camps
Extermination/ Death Camps

12. Use of the Railroad

13. Concentration Camps

14. Dachau

15. A Jewish victim of life in a concentration camp

16. Mass grave of Holocaust victims

18. Once the people were killed, they were cremated in large furnaces like this one

19. Total Deaths: 9-11 Million

20. What other genocides have taken place since the Holocaust?

21. Finish Holocaust Stations!

22. Auschwitz

25. Auschwitz
3 million died here by systematic starvation, forced labor, lack of disease control, individual executions, and "medical experiments".
Camp was divided into three parts:
Auschwitz I – administration
Auschwitz II – extermination camp
Auschwitz III – labor camp
Soviet troops liberated the camp on January 27, 1945, which came to be known as Holocaust Remembrance day.

29. Medical Experimentations

30. What was Hitler’s Final Solution?
List three of Hitler’s Acts of Aggression that relate to the Final Solution.
What is Anti-Semitism?
Define genocide.
What groups were targeted in the Holocaust?
Why did German citizens allow the Holocaust to happen? Could anything have stopped Hitler? Why or why not? What about the U.S.?