1. Nazi Genocide: The Holocaust in Europe
What events led to the Final Solution?

2. I. Relocation to the Ghettos
A. After Kristallnacht, Jews in Germany realized they must get out of Germany
1. About 400K had already immigrated to Palestine, but British close it off since they are unsure what to do w/ Arabs already living there
2. Jews look elsewhere, ships carrying Jewish immigrants like St. Louis were not permitted into US & other countries
B. Nazis realized Jews can’t get to other countries, so they began to deport Jews into segregated ghettos, mostly in Poland
1. Jews would be identified and forced to wear a star

3. Which country took in the most Jewish Refugees? How many?
Which country took in the fewest Jewish Refugees? How many?

4. II. The Holocaust in Europe
A. Nazis developed a plan of genocide known as “the Final Solution”
1. Jews, Gypsies, Poles, Slavs, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals & Communists considered “subhumans” , are eliminated by SS Killing Squads
2. SS not moving quickly enough so Nazis turn to poison gas (Zyklon-B)
3. Ghettos would be emptied and people would be shipped to work camps, mostly in Poland
a. by 1942 the work camps would become death camps
b. Camps had huge gas chambers that could kill up to 6,000 people a day
c. Auschwitz was the largest and most notorious of the camps
B. Events that led to the Holocaust:
1. Mein Kampf → 2. Propaganda Against Jews → 3. Nuremberg Laws → 4. Kristallnacht → 5. Deportation to Ghettos → 6. The Final Solution

5. Which are the top 3 countries with the highest Jewish population?
Which are the bottom 3 countries with the smallest Jewish population?

6. Jewish Uprisings
Even in the extermination camps, Jews rose up and fought against the Nazis. At Treblinka in August 1943, and at Sobibor in October 1943, small groups of Jews revolted. They killed guards, stormed the camp armories and stole guns and grenades, and then broke out. In both uprisings, about 300 prisoners escaped; most were killed soon after. Of those who survived, many joined up with partisan groups and continued to fight until the end of the war.
Late in August 1944, prisoners at Auschwitz revolted too; most were caught and killed. Young women like Ella Gartner and Roza Robota made the Auschwitz uprising possible. Gartner smuggled gunpowder in to the camp and Robota helped organize resistance in the camp. Both were executed for this, less than one month before Auschwitz was liberated.

7. Which country had the largest area of Jewish partisan group attacks and harassment on the German forces?

8. In which five death camps did Jews form a resistance and fight back?