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

reckless destruction of life

1933-1945

“”First set fire to their synagogues or schools…Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed…instead they might be lodged under a roof or in a barn, like the gypsies…Third, I advise

that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing, and blasphemy are

taught, be taken from them….Fourth I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain

of loss of life and limb…Fifth, I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely

for the Jews…let them stay at home.”

Martin Luther, On Jews and Their Lies, 1543

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Henry Ford

Alfred Sloan & G.M. Motors

1933-1945Beer Hall Putsch

Nov. 9, 1923Beer Hall Putsch

Nov. 9, 1923

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

1933-1945

1933-19451933-1945

1933-19451933

Hitler becomes Chancellor

1933Hitler becomes

Chancellor

1933-1945March 22, 1933Dachau

Concentration Camp built

March 22, 1933Dachau

Concentration Camp built

1933-1945May 10, 1933

Book BurningsMay 10, 1933

Book Burnings

Historical Film Footage of book burning in Berlin

Historical Film Footage of book burning in Berlin

1933-1945

Night of the Long KnivesJune 30, 1934

Night of the Long KnivesJune 30, 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."

                                          

1933-1945Sept. 10, 1935

Nuremberg LawsSept. 10, 1935

Nuremberg Laws

1933-1945August 1-16, 1936

Summer Olympics in Berlin

August 1-16, 1936Summer Olympics in

Berlin

Historical Film Footage of 1936 Olympics in Berlin

1933-1945October 1938Deportations

Begin

October 1938Deportations

Begin

1933-1945November 7, 1938Assassination of Ernst Vom Rath

November 7, 1938Assassination of Ernst Vom Rath

'Being a Jew is not a crime. I am not a dog. I have a right to live and the Jewish people have a right to exist on this earth. Wherever I have been I have been chased like an animal.'9

--Herchel Grynszpan

1933-1945November 9, 1938

KristallnachtNovember 9, 1938

Kristallnacht

American Response to Kristallnacht Historical Film

Footage

                                           

                                                     

1933-1945

May 1939S.S. St. Louis

May 1939S.S. St. Louis

American Video about the SS St. Louis

Historical Film Footage from USHMM

1933-1945Sept. 1, 1939WWII Begins:

Germany attacks Poland

Sept. 1, 1939WWII Begins:

Germany attacks Poland

Hitler speaks before the German Parliament

Historical Film Footage from the USHMM

1933-1945October 1939Euthanasia Program

targets the handicapped

October 1939Euthanasia Program

targets the handicapped

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.

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 1941Killing Squads

“Einsatzgruppen”

Summer 1941Killing Squads

“Einsatzgruppen”

1933-1945

December 7, 1941Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941Pearl Harbor

Attack on Pearl Harbor Historical Film

Footage from USHMM

1933-1945January 20, 1942

Wannsee Conference

January 20, 1942Wannsee

Conference

Reinhard Heydrich, chief of SD (Security) Service

1933-1945February 19, 1942Executive Order 9066: Camps for

Japanese in America

February 19, 1942Executive Order 9066: Camps for

Japanese in America

                                                                                                      

                                                                                                      

1933-1945Summer 1942

Deportations to camps begin

Summer 1942Deportations to

camps begin

1933-1945

April-October 1943 Rebellion

April-October 1943 Rebellion

Treblinka under attack Train tracks leading into Sobibor

1933-1945

December 1944Death MarchesDecember 1944Death Marches

1933-1945

January-May1945: Liberation

January-May1945: Liberation

1933-1945

April 30, 1945Death of HitlerApril 30, 1945Death of Hitler

1933-1945May 8, 1945Surrender of

Germany

May 8, 1945Surrender of

Germany

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

1933-1945

May 14, 1948Israel: A New State

May 14, 1948Israel: A New State

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