1. World War II
Holocaust

2. Elements Leading to the Holocaust
Depression blamed on German Jews

3. Elements Leading to the Holocaust – Rise of Hitler and Mein Kampf
Extreme nationalism, racism, and Anti-Semitism (anti-Jewish)
Germans are members of the master race (Aryans) whose greatest enemy were the Jews
Viewed Jews as members of a separate race
Jews are members of an inferior race

4. Hitler and Mein Kampf

5. Elements Leading to the Holocaust – Nuremberg Laws
Forbid Jews from marrying non-Jews
Forbid Jews from attending or teaching at German schools or universities
Forbid Jews from practicing law or medicine or publishing books

6. Elements Leading to the Holocaust – Kristallnacht – Night of the Broken Glass
Cause  A German diplomat in Paris was shot by a Jew
Hitler  reason to attack all Jews
November 9 and 10, 1938
Nazi storm troopers beat Jews and destroyed Jewish homes, shops, and synagogues

7. Kristallnacht

8. Kristallnacht

9. Concentration Camps

10. Final Solution Genocide  deliberate destruction of a group of people
Holocaust  deliberate destruction of all European Jews
Death Camps  Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen
Gas Chambers (showers)
Medical