1933- 1945

The Holocaust: a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire; any mass slaughter or

reckless destruction of life

1933-1945Historical Context of The HolocaustHistorical Context of The Holocaust

1933-1945

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF

• “Mein Kampf” means “My Struggle”; Hitler wrote it while in prison in the 1920’s

• Still banned in most European countries• Given to every newly married German couple

from the late 1930’s onward

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFHitler’s MEIN KAMPF

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF

• “The relation of the Jews to prostitution and, even more, to the white-slave traffic, could be studied in Vienna…When thus for the first time I recognized the Jew as the cold-hearted, shameless, and calculating director of this revolting vice traffic in the scum of the big city, a cold shudder ran down my back.” (p. 59)

• “Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.” (p. 65)

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFHitler’s MEIN KAMPF

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF

“On this first and greatest lie, that the Jews are not a race, but a religion, more and more lies are based in necessary consequence.” (p. 307)

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFHitler’s MEIN KAMPF

1933-19451933

Hitler becomes Chancellor

1933Hitler becomes

Chancellor

1933-1945

Night of the Long KnivesJune 30-July 2, 1934

Night of the Long KnivesJune 30-July 2, 1934

"If anyone reproaches me and asks why I did not resort to the regular courts of justice, then all I can say is this: In this hour I was responsible for the fate of the German people, and thereby I became the supreme judge of the German people."

"It was no secret that this time the revolution would have to be bloody; when we spoke of it we called it 'The Night of the Long Knives.' Everyone must know for all future time that if he raises his hand to strike the State, then certain death is his lot."

1933-1945March 1933

Dachau Concentration Camp

March 1933Dachau

Concentration Camp

1933-1945Sept. 10, 1935

Nuremberg LawsSept. 10, 1935

Nuremberg Laws

1933-1945October 1938Deportations

Begin

October 1938Deportations

Begin

1933-1945

Sept. 1, 1939WWII BeginsSept. 1, 1939WWII Begins

1933-1945

1940Euthanasia Program

1940Euthanasia Program

Adolf Hitler's authorization for the Euthanasia Program (Operation T4), signed in October 1939 but dated September 1, 1939.__________National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.

This photo originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. It shows two doctors in a ward in an unidentified asylum. The existence of the patients in the ward is described as "life only as a burden." Such propaganda images were intended to develop public sympathy for the Euthanasia Program.__________United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF

“The construction of a lunatic asylum costs 6 million marks. How many houses at 15,000 marks each could have been built for that amount?”

German Education: Math ProblemsGerman Education: Math Problems

Buses used to transport patients to Hadamar euthanasia center. The windows were painted to prevent people from seeing those inside. Germany, between May and September 1941.__________Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden

1933-1945Summer 1942

Deportations to camps begin

Summer 1942Deportations to

camps begin

1933-19451942-1945

Camp Life… and Death

1942-1945Camp Life… and

Death

1933-1945

April-October 1943 Rebellion

April-October 1943 Rebellion

Warsaw ghetto uprising

1933-1945

1945: Liberation1945: Liberation

1933-1945October 18, 1945-October 1, 1946

Nuremberg Trials

October 18, 1945-October 1, 1946

Nuremberg Trials

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF

Guilty: 12- sentenced to death; 3- life imprisonment; four- 10-20 years in prison

Innocent: 3 were acquitted

Nuremberg Trial ConvictionsNuremberg Trial Convictions

1933-1945November 13-

December 14, 1945Dachau Trials

November 13-December 14, 1945

Dachau Trials

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF

Guilty: 40 Nazi war criminals found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging

Innocent: none

Dachau Trial ConvictionsDachau Trial Convictions

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF

5, 900, 000

Number of Jews Murdered:Number of Jews Murdered:

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Gypsies Murdered:Number of Gypsies Murdered:

220, 000

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Handicapped Murdered:Number of Handicapped Murdered:

200,000

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Polish People Murdered:Number of Polish People Murdered:

1,900,000

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Soviet Prisoners of War Murdered:Number of Soviet Prisoners of War Murdered:

3, 300, 000

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Homosexuals Murdered:Number of Homosexuals Murdered:

15,000 (estimate only)

Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Jehovah’s Witnesses Murdered:Number of Jehovah’s Witnesses Murdered:

1,800

1933-1945“Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully, lest you forget the

things your eyes saw, and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life, and you shall make them known to your children, and to your

children’s children.”Deuteronomy 4:9

“Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully, lest you forget the

things your eyes saw, and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life, and you shall make them known to your children, and to your

children’s children.”Deuteronomy 4:9