1. 2/8 u.S.
“Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my god and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as god himself. Never.”

2. Death sanctioned by the law
The Holocaust
Death sanctioned by the law

3. The target Jews scapegoated, forced to wear yellow star Kristallnacht
Night of Broken glass
November 9-10, 1938
Nazi’s destroy Jewish business and blame jews for it

4. Indifference
Many countries took a set amount of Jewish refugees selectively
Americans afraid refugees would take jobs and threaten the country’s security
The St. Louis
German Ocean Liner
740/939 had immigration papers
Refused entry to the United States
“The cruise of the St Louis cries to high heaven of man’s inhumanity to man.”

5. Final Solution
Targeted majority Jews, but also gypsies, homosexuals, mentally handicapped etc.
Forced into segregated ghettos sealed with barbed wire

6. Concentration Camps Originally labor camps
For political dissidents/criminals
Highly publicized reform centers
Became extermination camps during war years

7. No written or documented order for the “Final Solution”
How it happened
No written or documented order for the “Final Solution”
First gassing in vans
Built death camps in 1942 Poland (Operation Reinhardt)
Each camp became more efficient than the last
More and more chambers, different chemicals

11. 11 million total killed 6 million jews, 5 million others
Consequences
11 million total killed
6 million jews, 5 million others
“Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”

14. Today there are about 60 million displaced Refugees in the world
Comparing refugees
Today there are about 60 million displaced Refugees in the world
“ When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.”