SCHINDLERS LIST WEIMER GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES AFTER WWI GERMANY

SCHINDLER’S LIST

WEIMER GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES AFTER WWI ► GERMANY SLIDES INTO DEPRESSION AFTER WWI ► HUMILATED BY TREATY OF VERSAILLES ► HAD TO PAY REPARATIONS AND SIGN WAR GUILT CLAUSE

PAUL VON HINDENBURG PRESIDENT OF GERMANY APPOINTS HITLER TO CHANCELLOR

ADOLF HITLER BECOMES CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY IN 1933

NAZI PARTY NATIONAL SOCIALIST GERMAN WORKERS PARTY ► NAZI PARTY BASED ON 1. EXTREMENATIONALISM 2. RACISM: ARYAN RACE: BLOND HAIR BLUE EYES 3. EXPANSION HITLER CALLS HIS NEW GOVT. THE THIRD REICH

GESTAPO SECRET STATE POLICE

S. S. USED AS PROTECTION FOR HITLER

CONCENTRATION CAMPS DACHAU- BUILT FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS

CHARLES DARWIN ► ALONG WITH NAZI VIEWS HITLER USES CHARLES DARWIN IDEA OF “STRONGEST AND FITTEST WERE DESTINED TO RULE” TO ATTACK THE JEWS

HITLER RESTRICTS JEWISH INFLUENCE BOOK BURNINGS

NUREMBERG LAWS JEWS OVER THE AGE OF 6 HAD TO WEAR A YELLOW STAR OF DAVID ON CLOTHES

KRISTALLNACHT “NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS”

GHETTOS CONCENTRATING JEWS IN 1 PLACE FOR EASY MOVEMENT TO DEATH CAMPS

FINAL SOLUTION ► ALL JEWS HEALTHY ENOUGH WAS SENT TO SLAVE LABOR CAMPS, THE REST WERE SENT TO EXTERMINATION CAMPS

MOBILE KILLING GROUPS THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF FINAL SOLUTION

AUSCHWITZ DEATH CAMP

CONCENTRATION CAMPS SLAVE LABOR CAMPS- HEALTHY WOULD WORK UNTIL THEY CAN’T ANYMORE THEN THEY WOULD BE KILLED

GAS CHAMBERS

OSKAR SCHINDLER GOAL WAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WAR TO MAKE MONEY

KRAKOW POLAND ► MOVED TO KRAKOW TO START BUSINESS ► USED BRIBES TO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITHIN GERMAN GOVT.

ITZHAK STERN SCHINDLER’S JEWISH ACCOUNTANT

SCHINDLER BUYS AN ENAMEL AND KITCHENWARE FACTORY

RACE AND RESETTLEMENT ACT ► ILLEGAL TO HAVE PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JEWS AND THE DEPORTATION OF THE JEWS

AMON GOETH RUTHLESS COMMANDER OF PLASZOW WORK CAMP

PLASZOW WORKERS CAMP

SCHINDLER’S LIST HAD TO MAKE A LIST OF PEOPLE HE WANTED TO TAKE TO HIS NEW FACTORY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA ► HAD TO PAY FOR EACH WORKER ► SPENT HIS ENTIRE FORTUNE TO SAVE 1, 100 JEWS

SCHINDLER’S FACTORY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA MADE MUNITIONS FOR WAR EFFORT