1. The Holocaust
Objective: Describe the Nazi Persecution of Jewish people, and “the final solution”.
Do Now: What do you already know about the Holocaust?
Holocaust: the systematic slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazi’s
Nuremburg Laws (1935). Deprived Jews of the rights of German citizenship
Kristallinacht: “Night of Broken Glass” (11/1935)
Nazi’s attack the Jewish community

2. The Holocaust Refugees: Jews flee Germany
Many other countries refuse to admit them
Ghettos: Jews are isolated into segregated, overcrowded areas and trapped
Starvation
Disease
“The Final Solution”: Genocide of the Jews
First, Concentration Camps
Finally, Extermination Camps - Auschwitz
Six (6) Million Die

3. The Holocaust
Using your Notes and the Text, answer the following questions- Open Book Quiz
What were the Immediate and Underlying causes of Kristallinacht? (Page 936)
How did anti-Semitism outside of Germany contribute to Jewish problems? P.937)
Why did Hitler begin his mass killings of Jews? (P.937)
What is the theme from the quotation of Elie Wiesel on Page 939