1. World History Notes The Holocaust

2. I. “The Jewish Question” A. What do we do about this Jewish minority among us? B. In the Middle Ages 1.Convert them 2.Expel them from the country C. For the Nazis, this increases to “The Jewish Problem” Photo from The History Place

3. II. Legislation A. Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich (The Enabling Act) 1.Gave Hitler the power to make all the laws he wanted, put him in charge 2.Convinced the government to give him this right by burning the Reichstag and by terrorizing the Parliament B. Calls for a boycott of Jewish offices and Stores C. The Law of the Restoration of Civil Service 1.Requires “Aryanism” to hold Civil Service jobs

4. D. Law prohibits Jews from serving as patent lawyers and from serving as doctors in state-run insurance institutions. E. Law sets a limit on how many Jewish students can attend schools F. Law prohibits Jews from being dentists G. Law prohibits all non- Aryans and their spouses from government employment Photo from The History Place

5. H. Jews banned from all cultural and entertainment (art, literature, film) I. Jews prohibited from being journalists, Nazi take control of all newspapers J. June 1933, Dachau concentration camp is built Photo from The History Place

6. K. Nuremburg Laws (1935) 1. "The Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor" (no Jew-Aryan marriage) 2. "The Reich Citizenship Law" (only Aryans are citizens) 3. "The Law for the Protection of the Genetic Health of the German People" (people had a medical exam to get married) Photo from The History Place

7. III. Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) A. November 9, 1938 Nazi storm troopers broke into and wrecked Jewish homes and businesses B. Jewish women and children were brutalized C. Synagogues were vandalized D. 25,000 Jewish men were sent to concentration camps Photos from The History Place

8. IV. Undesirables A. Jews 1.6,000,000 would die in the Holocaust B. Gypsies (Roma) C. Slavic Peoples (Russians, Poles, etc.) D. Homosexuals E. Jehovah’s Witnesses F. Handicapped (mentally and physically) G. Criminals

9. H. Markings 1. Prisoners were shaved, tattooed with a number, and were given a badge that identified what they were Photo from Wikipedia

10. V. Treatment A. Concentration camps were work camps, there were also Extermination camps 1. These were the “Final Solution” to the “Jewish Problem” B. Food was given but was a diuretic C. Slept on wooden beds with others D. Could be shot or hanged for no reason E. Medical Experiments were done on prisoners (especially twins and pregnant women) F. Healthy prisoners had to carry bodies of dead prisoners