THE HOLOCAUST

1ST IMPORTANT FACT

• The Holocaust was the mass murder of World War 2
• The Holocaust is Hebrew for "catastrophe or sacrifice of fire"

2ND IMPORTANT FACT

• The Holocaust was also know as the "Final Solution "
• This refers to the Nazi's plan to annihilate the Jewish people

3RD IMPORTANT FACT

• The Jews were annihilated by the Nazi Germans
• They were led by Adolf Hitler
• Also by the Nazi Party

4TH IMPORTANT FACT

• There were 9 million Jews in Europe but
• After the holocaust 2/3 of them were dead

5TH IMPORTANT FACT

• Of the 9 million Jews 1/3 survived
• There were about 3 million survivors
• About 6 million Jews were killed

6TH IMPORTANT FACT

6TH FACT CONTINUED

• 1 million Jewish children killed
• 2 million Jewish women killed
• 3 million Jewish men killed

6TH FACT CONTINUED

7TH IMPORTANT FACT

• A portion of Hungary's Jews were taken
• They were taken to Auschwitz
• About 12,000 Jews were annihilated everyday

8TH IMPORTANT FACT

• To kill 6 million Jews it took 4 1/2 years

9TH IMPORTANT FACT

• In Poland 3 million Jews were forced out of their houses
• They were taken to concentration camps
• In there there was a lack of food,water,and space
• Most people died of starvation and deprivation

10TH IMPORTANT FACT

10TH IMPORTANT FACT

• Albert Goering helped a lot of survive
• Not only Jews but dissidents
• But in the end he died after being imprisoned for his brothers crime
• Considered the good brother

A QUOTE

• "There was not 6 million
• Jews murdered but 1
• murder 6 million times"
• by Abel Herzeberg
• a Holocaust survivor

CITATIONS

• Wikipedia 2013
• History.com 2012
• Historylearningsite.co.uk 2013

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