THE HOLOCAUST

WHAT WAS IT?

• The Holocaust was the mass murder and execution of Jews by Nazi Germany.
• Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, the disabled and homosexuals were also targeted.

CONFLICT

• Nazi Germany fought because they thought they were superior.
• They also blamed the Jews for the loss in WWI. So, Jews were considered inferior.
• Nazi Germany used anti-Jewish policies and many different types of killing operations.
• Six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.

TIMELINE OF THE HOLOCAUST

• February 28, 1933- Adolf Hitler comes to power due to the Reichstag Fire.
• March 22, 1933- First concentration camps are set up.
• July 14, 1933- Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany.
• August 4, 1934- Germanys president, von Hindenberg dies. Hitler becomes president.
• January, 1937- Jews are banned from many professional occupations.

TIMELINE OF THE HOLOCAUST

• May, 1939- A ship called the St. Louis, that housed Jewish refugees, is turned down by many countries.
• December 11, 1941- The United States declare war because of Pearl Harbor.
• January, 1942- Mass killings of Jews using Zyklon-B began at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
• March 11, 1946- Auschwitz Kommandant Höss is arrsted and later hung.
• October 16, 1946- Göring commits suicide.

PROPAGANDA

• Here's a song about the Holocaust: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M2dKMDz9b64
• This song is a form of name calling and testimonial propaganda.
• This was used to tell people about the holocaust and how bad it was.

PROPAGANDA

• This poster is of Anne Frank. She was in the Holocaust.
• This is a form of glittering generalities and plain folk propaganda.
• This was used to tell how bad Jews were treated and how scared they were.

LEADERSHIP

• Some leaders of this movement were Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Hermann Goering.
• They had assertive egos, sneaky plans, and deception.
• The Allied Powers and the Jews stood against them. Some leaders were Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• They had courage, the feeling of revenge, and retaliation.

ECONOMY

• The economy affected the movement because Germany was in very deep debt.
• Because of this, Germany blamed the Jews, leading to the Holocaust which made it worse.

HUMAN RIGHTS

• The right to life, safety, and religion were violated.
• No it is not still continuing.
• It was resolved by Hitler commiting suicide and the Allied Forces winning.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• "History 323: The Holocaust Prof. J. Popkin." History 323: The Holocaust. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.
• "Holocaust | Basic Questions about the Holocaust." Holocaust | Basic Questions about the Holocaust. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2015.
• "Introduction to the Holocaust." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 20 June 2014. Web. 28 May 2015.

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