1. The Holocaust
The Terror of WWII

3. “Getting rid of the Jews”
With persecution bound to get worse, many Jewish people emigrated to surrounding countries
Britain, France, U.S., Latin America
However, many stayed behind in Germany
Hitler decided to isolate these Jews
Moved them to ghettos

4. The Ghetto
Hitler mainly sent Jewish people to Poland cities, where they were forced to live together in ghettos

5. Hitler’s “Final Solution”
Tired of waiting for the Jews to die from starvation and disease in ghettos
Wanted to perform genocide
Genocide - The systematic killing of an entire religion, ethnicity, or nationality
Wanted to make a “master race” of Aryans (blonde hair blue eyes)

6. Concentration Camps
During Hitler’s invasion of Poland, he sent his “secret police” (S.S.) to hunt for Jewish people
Shot and killed many
Sent entire communities to Concentration Camps
Concentration Camp – slave labor prison
Would do the work of German businesses
Killed if worked too slow

7. What is this?

8. Map of death camps

9. Extermination camps 1942 – Nazis built 6 “Extermination” Camps
The “final stage” of the “Final Solution”
The largest of these was Auschwitz
Day 1: separate the strong from the weak
Sent all women, young children, and elderly folk to gas chambers
Bodies would then be incinerated

10. Gas chambers

11. Death toll Over 6 million Jewish people died during Hitler’s reign
Less than 4 million European Jews survived during the Holocaust
Chart on Pg. 834 in textbook
Many survivors were smuggled into neutral countries like Sweden and Switzerland