The HolocaustA Presentation by: Alexis, Ashyea, and Cameron

Basic InformationTime Period: 1939-1945Location all throughout Europe (mainly

Germany)Adolf Hitler was a German leader who

claimed that all non-Aryans were the cause of the problems. He said that they needed to go. These people were the: Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, communists, journalists, Jehovah’s witnesses, and handicapped people (or anyone else Hitler just didn’t like).

DefinitionsGenocide- mass murder of a group of

peopleAnti-Semitism- hatred of JewsAryan- people with blonde hair and blue

eyes and full GermanNazi- Hitler’s German soldiersConcentration camp- where people were

starved, beaten, and forced to work as slaves

Ghettos- where Jews were forced to live at suffering hunger, poverty, diseases, and sickness

Key PeopleAdolf Hitler- German leaderAnne Frank- wrote a diary of her

experiences during the Holocaust (Otto Frank (father and only survivor of their family) published it after the Holocaust)

King Christian X- king of DenmarkDr. Mengele- experimented on Jewish

children medically and scientifically (he even tried to sew twins together to make Siamese twins)

Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was chancellor of

Germany that believed the Aryans were a superior race.

He claimed that any non-Aryans were to blame for all of Germany’s problems.

His goal was to populate Germany with one “master” race of people. The Aryans.

Hitler himself didn’t even fit into this group.

PlacesConcentration Camps like

DachauGhettosDeath Camps like Auschwitz

EventsIn Warsaw in April of 1943, there

was a rebellion of Jews.Liberation.At the end of WW2, Germany

knew that they were going to lose the war. A few days before Germany surrendered, Hitler committed suicide.

In 1945, 22 Nazi leaders were put on trial. 19 were found guilty and were killed.

Groups TargetedJewsGypsiesHomosexualsCommunistsJournalistsJehovah’s witnessesHandicapped peopleNon-Aryans

End ResultsOver 6,000,000 Jews killedOver 10,000,000 deaths totalAbout 4,000,000 Gypsies, Poles,

Soviet prisoners of war, and others were murdered

Technology in the Death CampsGas chambersOvensGuns

LiberationSurvivors of the Holocaust were

returned to their homes. Very few people survived this horrible and cruel time.

ImportanceThe importance of the Holocaust was a

lesson. The lesson learned from the Holocaust is that humans are capable of more than we know. They can destroy a whole entire country! A whole continent! We should never let anything like the Holocaust happen ever again. Nobody should ever become as powerful as Hitler was during this time. This is a very important lesson in history.

QuizWho was Adolf Hitler?What was the Holocaust?When was the Holocaust?How long did it last? Who was Anne Frank?