1. Warm Up
Kristallnacht means “night of broken glass” and was a pogrom or series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany in November The attacks left the streets covered with broken glass from the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues.
In what language does “kristallnacht” mean “night of broken glass”?
Which genocide did this mark the beginning of?
What is a “pogrom”?

2. War Crimes Trials

4. The Nuremburg Trials Nazi leaders put on trial
Claim to be “following orders”
24 tried and executed

5. The Tokyo Trials US occupies Japan after WWII
General MacArthur leads the occupation of Japan

6. The Tokyo Trials
Wartime leaders like Hideki Tojo arrested

7. The Tokyo Trials Hideki Tojo put on trial for war crimes
Found guilty & executed

8. Results of Other Genocides

9. Armenian Genocide Ended with Ottoman defeat in World War I
Turkey to this day denies a genocide occurred

10. Cambodian Genocide Communist leader Pol Pot deposed
Placed under house arrest
No Khmer Rouge ever tried for genocide

11. Rwanda Tribunal
United Nations court
Human rights violations
50 tried

12. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Established and adopted by members of the UN
Code of conduct for the treatment of all people & protection by their government