1. The Holocaust Objective: Explain the horrors that were discovered by the Allies.

2. Results of the Holocaust Allied troops discovered concentration camps in German-occupied Europe Concentration camps – large prison camps used to hold people for political reasons

3. Final Solution Genocide – wiping out an entire group of people An estimated 11 million people were killed including about two-thirds of Europe’s Jews (6 million people)

5. Bubble map – textbook pages 767 - 769 Create a bubble map to explain some way that Hitler and the Nazis targeted Jews.

6. Kristallnacht November 9, 1938 Night of shattered glass Germans burned Jewish places of worship, destroyed Jewish shops, killed many Jews, and sent thousands to concentration camps

7. Treblinka Death camp Thousands died in gas chambers, from starvation, and in other ways

8. In Remembrance United States Holocaust Museum – Washington DC honors the victims of the Holocaust World War II Memorial – Washington DC – dedicated to those who served in the military, those who died, and those who served on the home front

10. Summary What was the ‘final solution’? How did the Nazis try to accomplish their goal? Why are the Holocaust Memorial and the WWII Memorial important? Activity suggestion: design a memorial to remember the victims of the Holocaust or to honor those who served during the war