1. World War II:
The Holocaust

2. Who? Jews Roma (Gypsies) Mentally/physically disabled
Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, and others)
Communists
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Homosexuals
6 million Jews (2/3 of Europe’s Jewish population) and 5 million others were killed

3. What?
Genocide  deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group
Hitler called it the “Final Solution” – mass execution of Jews

4. When? Persecution started when Hitler and the Nazis came to power
First camp (Dachau) was established in 1933
Ended with the end of World War II in 1945

5. Where?

6. Why? Anti-Semitism – Jews were blamed for Germany’s problems
Feelings of racial superiority – “inferior” people needed to be eliminated
Even though others had some idea of what was going on, it was not their to priority to help