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Atrocities of World War II
HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY
He Proclaimed the
German People to be the:
MASTER RACE
He Proclaimed the
Jewish People to be the:
INFERIOR RACE
Laws were passed to
Deprive Jews of their Rights:
NUREMBURG LAWS
All Jews were
eventually required
to wear a yellow
“Star of David” on
their outer garments
Atrocities of World War II
HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY
He Directed that Jews
should be deported
The son of a deported
Jew took revenge
SHOT A GERMAN DIPLOMAT
Nazis launched
Violent attacks on
Jews in Germany
KRISTALLNACHT
“Night of Broken Glass”
Nazis Stepped-Up
Policies Against
ALL Jews
PERSECUTION
Atrocities of World War II
HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY
Jews react to the
Increased violence
REFUGEES
FLEE GERMANY
Remaining Jews
were either shot
or arrested by the
German SS
Many Jews were
Placed in
Segregated areas
of key cities
GHETTOS
Atrocities of World War II
HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY
Hitler hoped that the
Living Conditions
in the Ghettos would
cause the Jews to:
STARVE TO DEATH
When the Jews failed
to die fast enough
Hitler created a
New Plan
Hitler’s New Plan
called for the
Systematic Killing
of All the Jews
GENOCIDE FINAL SOLUTION
Atrocities of World War II
HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY
The Nazi’s Racial Purity
Included the Elimination
of all the following:
POLISH
RUSSIANS
GYPSIES
HOMOSEXUALS
INSANE
DISABLED
INCURABLE
Hitler’s Elite SS Police
Hunt down and Kill Jews
KILLING SQUADS
or DEATH SQUADS
Atrocities of World War II
HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY
Jews capable of
working were placed
in Slave Labor Prisons
CONCENTRATION
CAMPS
Atrocities of World War II
HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY Jews who were sick,
elderly, or troublesome
were placed in facilities with
gas chambers & crematoriums
EXTERMINATION
CAMPS
Atrocities of World War II
HITLER’S NAZI GERMANY
The Nazi’s Largest and
Most Famous
Death Camp
AUSCHWITZ-
BIRKENAU
Atrocities of World War II
IMPERIAL JAPAN
The Japanese Considered all
Surrendering Soldiers to be:
DISHONORABLE
The Japanese had complete
Contempt for all Allied:
PRISONERS OF WAR
In the Philippines, the Japanese forced Allied Prisoners to walk:
50 MILES to the POW Camp
Approximately
16,000 DIED
BATAAN
DEATH MARCH
Atrocities of World War II
IMPERIAL JAPAN
Toward the end of the War
Tokyo issued a new policy
concerning Allied POW’s:
KILL ALL POLICY
The Japanese used easy
Methods to kill Allied POW’s:
BURNED ALIVE
or SHOT
RAID ON
CABANATUAN
In January 1945, U.S. Army Rangers
Completed the most successful mission to
free 522 Allied
Prisoners of War
Atrocities of World War II
GERMAN
War Crimes Trials
22 Nazi War Criminals
were tried in this
German City
Nuremburg Trials
Three Key Leaders Committed
Suicide before being captured
Der
Fuhrer
Hitler’s
SS Chief
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler’s
Propagandist
Joseph Goebbels
Atrocities of World War II
GERMAN
War Crimes Trials
Field Marshall
Hermann Goering Rudolph Hess
Three Key Leaders were given Death Sentences
Commander of
the Luftwaffe
(Hitler’s Primary
Field Commander)
Hitler’s Deputy
Commander
(Next in line to
the Fuhrer)
Slayer of the Poles
(Creator of the Nazi
Death Camps)
Hans Frank
Punishment: Hung & Cremated
Atrocities of World War II
JAPANESE War Crimes Trials
23 Japanese War Criminals
were brought to trial in Tokyo by the
Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Key Leader who was
Tried & Convicted
(Due to torture and
Murder of POW’s
and Civilians)
Premier Hideki Tojo
General
Douglas MacArthur
Atrocities of World War II
JAPANESE War Crimes Trials
7 War Criminals were Condemned to Death
16 War Criminals were given Life in Prison
How were the condemned executed? HANGING
EMPEROR HIROHITO (SHOWA)
was not tried for war
crimes and continued
to serve as Japan’s
Emperor until 1989