1. Introduction to The Holocaust Steps to Genocide 1933 to 1945 CHC 2D0

2. holocaust (noun): Greek word meaning “sacrifice by fire”

3. genocide (noun): The crime of destroying a group of people because of their ethnic, national, racial, or religious identity Nazi target groups: Ethnicities: Jews & Gypsies (Roma), Nationalities: Slavs (Poles & Russians) “Degenerates”: the mentally & physically disabled Political rivals: communists & socialists Religions: Jews Asocials:Anybody else who opposed the Nazis

4. Genocide was NOT the first step! Concentration Camp: Upon their ascent to power on January 30, 1933, the Nazis established concentration camps for the imprisonment of all “enemies” of their regime. Sentences could be a few months or a few years.

5. Yellow Badge

6. Institutionalized, government sponsored racism Genocide DiscriminationPrejudice Stereotyping

7. STOP

8. Part I Minutehttp://www.wingclips.com/m ovie-clips/the-pianist/star-of- david?play=1 1-4 What life was life for the Jewish population at the START of the war

9. 1934----Hitler comes to power CHANCLLOR 1939: Night of broken glass: all JEW shops are vandalized 1934: Hitler uses Munich Olympics as PROPAGANDA WINTER 1939: Branding through star of David

10. anti-semitism (noun): hostility toward or discriminatio n against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group You cannot live among us as Jews.

11. Hitler’s minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels, links love of Germany with hatred of the Jews

12. You cannot live among us as Jews. Aryan race: The Nazis believed that people of Northern European ancestry – especially those with blue eyes and blonde hair – were superior to all other people, including people of African, Asian, and Middle-Eastern ancestry.

13. You cannot live among us as Jews.

14. Germans were suspicious of Jews who were seen as conspiring (with the help of communists) to take over the world.

15. Part II Minute 49-53 http://www.wingclips.com/movie- clips/the-pianist/get-on-the- train?play=1 Write HOW the JEWS WERE ROUNDED UP?

16. So Why didn’t the JEWS just leave Germany??

17. SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS. Many Jews attempted to leave Germany. But many nations, including Great Britain, Canada & the United States limited Jewish immigration

18. 11 million people were exterminated

19. They were shot, starved, gassed and burned…

20. The Holocaust EXAMPLE OF GENOCIDE: the systematic extermination of a nationality or group

21. Cold Hard Facts Casualties of the Holocaust: 63% of Jewish population in Europe killed 63% of Jewish population in Europe killed 91% of Jewish population in Poland killed 91% of Jewish population in Poland killed Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. The Soviets found 836, 255 women’s dresses, 348, 000 men’s suits, 38, 000 pairs of men’s shoes and 14, 000 pounds of human hair. But only Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. The Soviets found 836, 255 women’s dresses, 348, 000 men’s suits, 38, 000 pairs of men’s shoes and 14, 000 pounds of human hair. But only 7, 650 live prisoners 7, 650 live prisoners