1. The Holocaust Begins The Nazis propose a new racial order
Germans (Aryans) will be seen as the master race
All non-Aryan people were seen as inferior
This would lead to the Holocaust
Slaughter of Jews and other seen inferior groups by the Nazis

2. Holocaust Nazis began to target Jews
By 1935, Laws were put into place that forbade marriages between Jews and non-Jews
Herschel Grynszpan (while visiting his uncle in Paris) got word that his father was deported to Poland
On Nov. 7th, he would shoot a German diplomat to avenge his fathers deportation

3. Holocaust Nazis launch a violent attack on the Jewish community
Nov. 9th Nazi storm troopers go after Jewish homes, business, & synagogues
100 Jews murdered
Known as the Kristallnacht (night of broken glass)
Created the Nazi policy of Jewish persecution

5. Jews Begin to Flee Europe

6. Fleeing Europe
After Kristallnact, many Jews began to flee Europe to escape the violence
Countries like France, Britain and the U.S. took many of the immigrants
Eventually these countries would shut its doors to these people
German foreign minister felt that “We all want to get rid of our Jews. The difficulty is that no country wishes to receive them.”

7. Jewish Ghettos
Hitler begins to move Jews under his control into ghettos
Segregated Jewish areas that were sealed with barbed wire & stone walls
Hope to starve the Jews to death or die from disease
Jews continued to survive

9. The Final Solution Hitler takes a more direct plan (Final Solution)
He called for a system of mass genocide
Hitler calls for the elimination of any inferior races, nationalities or groups
Nazi troops begin killings across Eastern Europe

10. Concentration Camps
Jews not killed by the troops were placed into concentration camps or slave labor
Slaves work 7 days a week
Guards would beat or kill prisoners for their lack of work
Very little food for prisoners
Many lost 50lbs in a month

15. The Final Stage
The Final Solution reached its last stage in 1942, Nazi camps had huge gas chambers that could kill 6,000 Jews in a day
Jews who were labeled as weak, were told to undress for a shower and were led into a chamber with fake showerheads
Doors would close and cyanide gas would pour out of the showerheads
6 million Jews died in these camps, less than 4 million survived