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THE HOLOCAUSTBy: Kim Michal Photo Credits:
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ http://myfdw.com/
Who was Adolf Hitler?
Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889
Hitler was the dictator of Germany
He became dictator in 1933
This is when it all began…
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm
Hitler (continued)…
“Once I really am in power, my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews…until all Germany has been completely cleansed of Jews.”
-Adolf Hitler, 1922http://www.shoaheducation.com/endlosung.htmlPhoto Credit: http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/images2/A/adolfhitler.jpg
What was The Holocaust?
Holocaust is literally defined as: “a sacrifice consumed by fire”
But most would define it as: the mass slaughter of European civilians,
especially Jews, by the Nazis during World War II
Lasted from 1933-1945
http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/summary/whatframe.html
Photo Credit: http://www.sunderlandclc.org.uk/UserFiles/File/Holocaust.jpg
Who were the victims?
Jews Homosexuals Gypsies The Disabled Slavic Peoples Jehovah’s Witnesses
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143
Concentration Camps Prisoners were forced to go into concentration
camps Also called labor camps Some camps were called death camps Controlled by the Nazi’s
http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/133b/07Projects/pix/DworkVanPeltBookpicture.jpghttp://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/133b/07Projects/pix/DworkVanPeltBookpicture.jpghttp://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holocamp.html
Auschwitz
Auschwitz was the largest camp during the Holocaust
Prisoners were forced to give up all belongings
Children were often killed upon arrival Between 1,100,000 and 1,500,000
prisoners were murdered here
http://www.auschwitz.dk/Auschwitz.htm
Auschwitz (continued…)
Auschwitz was located near the German-Polish border in Upper Silesia
The sign of the main gate here states “Arbeit Macht Frei”
This translates to “Work Brings Freedom”
http://www.sackstark.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/arbeit_macht_frei.jpeg
http://www.auschwitz.dk/Auschwitz.htm
http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205782.pdf
At the camps…
Prisoners were forced to do hard labor Prisoners were starved Forced to obey the Nazi’s, and were
murdered if they disobeyed Prisoners had no control of their own
lives Many prisoners died as a result of
incarceration and maltreatment
www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143
The Victims…
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ensee%20concentration%20camp%20prisoners%201945.jpg
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http://afeatheradrift.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/holocaust.jpg
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Camp Doctors
Nazi doctors tortured men, women, and children at death camps
Performed experiments on victims Victims were:
put into pressure chambers tested with drugs castrated, frozen to death http://www.shoah.dk/d
octors/
Camp Doctors (continued)…
Children were exposed to : Experimental surgeries without
anesthesia Blood transfusions from one to another Isolation endurance Injections of lethal germs Sex change operations Removal of organs and limbs
http://www.shoah.dk/doctors/
Josef Mengele
Known as Angel of Death Performed experiments on
twins: Carried out twin to twin
transfusions Stitched twins together Castrated or sterilized twins Organ and limb removalhttp://www.shoah.dk/doctors/
http://www.gesch.med.uni-erlangen.de/gewissen/ausstell/zwill/_bild/23_25.jpghttp://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/photo/lc/image/59/5961.jpg
Ways of Genocide
Gas chambers Cremation Starvation Malnutrition Torture Death Marcheshttp://www.scrapbookpages.com/mauthausen/Tour/PhotoTour03.html
http://www.uiowa.edu/policult/assets/postWWII_holocaust/crematorium.jpg
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143
Liberation of the Camps Liberation began in 1944 Soviets liberated Auschwitz in 1945 U.S. forces liberated Buchenwald in 1945 Remaining camps were liberated in 1945 “Liberators confronted unspeakable
conditions in the Nazi camps, where piles of corpses lay unburied”
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005131
http://scrapbookpages.com/poland/Auschwitz/OldPhotos/AuschwitzLiberation.jpg
The Numbers
11 million prisoners were murdered
6 million victims were Jews Number of European Jews who survived:
3,546,211 Percentages:
Polish Jews killed: 91% German Jews killed: 36% Jews killed in Europe during war: 63%
http://www.jewishmag.co.il/109mag/holocaustnumbers/holocaustnumbers.htm
www.etni.org.il/holocaust/holocaust_numbers.doc
Words from Survivors…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ER1sRYDAYY&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJdqDuA9Vp8