THE HOLOCAUSTTHE HOLOCAUST

THE SYSTEMATIC THE SYSTEMATIC PERSECUTION OF EUROPEAN PERSECUTION OF EUROPEAN

JEWERYJEWERY

THINK…THINK…

THE HOLOCAUST WAS SOMETHING THE HOLOCAUST WAS SOMETHING OF A WORK IN PROGRESSOF A WORK IN PROGRESS IT STARTED OFF SLOWLYIT STARTED OFF SLOWLY THEN IT PROGRESSEDTHEN IT PROGRESSED AS IT PROGRESSED IT GOT WORSE FOR AS IT PROGRESSED IT GOT WORSE FOR

THE JEWSTHE JEWS

THE HOLOCAUST NEEDS TO THE HOLOCAUST NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT OF AS A BE THOUGHT OF AS A PROCESS OF PROCESS OF DEHUMANIZATIONDEHUMANIZATION.. THE PROCESS BY WHICH AN THE PROCESS BY WHICH AN

INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP IS INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP IS DEPRIVED OF THEIR HUMAN DEPRIVED OF THEIR HUMAN QUALITIES, OR THOSE THINGS QUALITIES, OR THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE THEM HUMANTHAT MAKE THEM HUMAN

TAKING AWAY SOMEONES TAKING AWAY SOMEONES INDIVIDUALITYINDIVIDUALITY

STAGE 1STAGE 1

THE PROCESS THE PROCESS BEGINGSBEGINGS

LATE 1920’sLATE 1920’s HITLER AND HIS BOYS START HITLER AND HIS BOYS START

IN WITH THE IN WITH THE IDEAIDEA OF THE OF THE MASTER RACEMASTER RACEALL NON-ARYANS ARE INFERIORALL NON-ARYANS ARE INFERIOR

EARLY 1930’SEARLY 1930’S

JOSEF GOEBBLES FIRES JOSEF GOEBBLES FIRES UP THE PROPAGANDA UP THE PROPAGANDA MACHINEMACHINE BLAMES THE JEWS FOR BLAMES THE JEWS FOR

GERMANY’S PROBLEMS GERMANY’S PROBLEMS AFTER WWIAFTER WWI

19331933 NEW LAWS ARE NEW LAWS ARE

INTRODUCED INTRODUCED PROHIBITING ALL PROHIBITING ALL JEWS FROM JEWS FROM HOLDING PUBLIC HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICEOFFICE

TAKES THEM OUT TAKES THEM OUT OF POSITIONS OF OF POSITIONS OF POWERPOWER

19351935

NUREMBERG LAWSNUREMBERG LAWS ARE PASSED ARE PASSED DEPRIVES JEWS OF CITIZENSHIPDEPRIVES JEWS OF CITIZENSHIP TAKES AWAY THEIR RIGHT TO TAKES AWAY THEIR RIGHT TO

HOLD PROFESSIONAL JOBSHOLD PROFESSIONAL JOBS TAKES AWAY RIGHT TO OWN TAKES AWAY RIGHT TO OWN

CERTAIN PROPERTYCERTAIN PROPERTY FORCES THEM TO WEAR STAR OF FORCES THEM TO WEAR STAR OF

DAVIDDAVID

19381938

KRYSTALNACHTKRYSTALNACHT (NOV. 9-10) (NOV. 9-10) NAZI ATTACKS ON ANYTHING NAZI ATTACKS ON ANYTHING

JEWISH IN GERMANY AND IN JEWISH IN GERMANY AND IN AUSTRIAAUSTRIA

100’S OF JEWS ARE MURDERED100’S OF JEWS ARE MURDERED JEWISH BUSINESSES AND JEWISH BUSINESSES AND

TEMPLES ARE DESTROYEDTEMPLES ARE DESTROYED

STAGE 2STAGE 2

19391939

MANY JEWS FLEE GERMANY MANY JEWS FLEE GERMANY (EMIGRATE)(EMIGRATE)

HITLER LIKES THIS, HE HITLER LIKES THIS, HE WANTS THEM TO LEAVEWANTS THEM TO LEAVE

HITLER BEGINS TO FORCE HITLER BEGINS TO FORCE EMIGRATIONEMIGRATION

OTHER NATIONS DID NOT OTHER NATIONS DID NOT LIKE THIS POLICYLIKE THIS POLICY THEY DID NOT WANT SURPLUS JEWS IN THEY DID NOT WANT SURPLUS JEWS IN

THEIR NATIONSTHEIR NATIONS LOTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM (ANTI-JEWISH LOTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM (ANTI-JEWISH

FEELINGS) GOING ON FEELINGS) GOING ON

MANY NATIONS DON’T LET MANY NATIONS DON’T LET THE JEWS INTHE JEWS IN

STAGE 3STAGE 3

GHETTOSGHETTOS

GHETTOIZATION BEGINSGHETTOIZATION BEGINS JEWS ARE ROUNDED UP JEWS ARE ROUNDED UP FORCED TO LIVE IN WALLED OFF FORCED TO LIVE IN WALLED OFF

SECTIONS OF THE CITY SECTIONS OF THE CITY (SEGREGATED)(SEGREGATED)

THEY ARE OVERCROWED, DIRTY, THEY ARE OVERCROWED, DIRTY, LACK ADEQUATE SUPPLIES, AND ARE LACK ADEQUATE SUPPLIES, AND ARE CONTROLLED BY THE MILITARYCONTROLLED BY THE MILITARY

THE IDEA OF THE GHETTO IS TO THE IDEA OF THE GHETTO IS TO STARVESTARVE JEWS TO DEATH, OR TO LET JEWS TO DEATH, OR TO LET THEM THEM DIEDIE FROM FROM DISEASEDISEASE

RESISTANCERESISTANCE IN THE IN THE GHETTOSGHETTOS

THERE WAS LOTS OF RESISTANCE IN THERE WAS LOTS OF RESISTANCE IN THE GHETTOSTHE GHETTOS VIOLENTVIOLENT

MILITARY STYLE RESISTANCE GROUPSMILITARY STYLE RESISTANCE GROUPS NON-VIOLENTNON-VIOLENT

SECRET SCHOOLS, TEMPLE, ARTS, RECORD SECRET SCHOOLS, TEMPLE, ARTS, RECORD KEEPING (KEEPING (PASSIVE RESISTANCEPASSIVE RESISTANCE))

RESISTANCE ALLOWS JEWS RESISTANCE ALLOWS JEWS TO TAKE BACK THOSE TO TAKE BACK THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE THEM THINGS THAT MAKE THEM HUMANHUMAN

THEY ARE TRYING TO STOP THEY ARE TRYING TO STOP THE DEHUMANIZATION THE DEHUMANIZATION PROCESSPROCESS

STAGE 4STAGE 4

THE FINAL SOLUTIONTHE FINAL SOLUTION

IN ORDER FOR GERMANY TO IN ORDER FOR GERMANY TO CONQUER EUROPE, THEY MUST CONQUER EUROPE, THEY MUST HAVE PURITY OF RACEHAVE PURITY OF RACE

NO NON-ARYANSNO NON-ARYANS

EARLY PARTS TO THE EARLY PARTS TO THE SOLUTIONSOLUTION

LABOR/ CONCENTRATION CAMPSLABOR/ CONCENTRATION CAMPS PUT THEM IN CAMPS AND FORCE THEM PUT THEM IN CAMPS AND FORCE THEM

TO WORKTO WORK UTILIZE THE POOL OF FREE UTILIZE THE POOL OF FREE SLAVE SLAVE

LABORLABOR WORK THEM TO DEATHWORK THEM TO DEATH POOR CAMP CONDITIONS WILL ALSO POOR CAMP CONDITIONS WILL ALSO

KILL THEMKILL THEM

EINSATZGRUPPENEINSATZGRUPPEN MOBILE KILLING UNITSMOBILE KILLING UNITS FOLLOW THE GERMAN FOLLOW THE GERMAN

MILITARY THROUGH MILITARY THROUGH CONQUERED TERRITORYCONQUERED TERRITORY

ROUND UP JEWSROUND UP JEWS MURDER THEMMURDER THEM BURY THEM IN MASS GRAVESBURY THEM IN MASS GRAVES

Franz stahleckerFranz stahlecker

Map of stahlecker’s activity with einsatzgruppen aMap of stahlecker’s activity with einsatzgruppen a

Paul Blobel & otto raschPaul Blobel & otto rasch

March to the March to the ravines at babi ravines at babi yar.yar.

Otto OhlendorfOtto Ohlendorf

STAGE 5STAGE 5

MASS EXTERMINATION AT MASS EXTERMINATION AT DEATH CAMPSDEATH CAMPS

OPERATION REINHARD DEATH OPERATION REINHARD DEATH CAMPS OPEN UP IN 1941-1942CAMPS OPEN UP IN 1941-1942

ZYCLON B GAS IS USED TO KILL ZYCLON B GAS IS USED TO KILL UPWARDS OF 6000 JEWS DAILY IN UPWARDS OF 6000 JEWS DAILY IN SOME CAMPSSOME CAMPS

CREMATORIUMS USED TO BURN THE CREMATORIUMS USED TO BURN THE BODIESBODIES