THE HOLOCAUST AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HOLOCAUST holocaust

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THE HOLOCAUST

THE HOLOCAUST

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HOLOCAUST • holocaust means to destroy by fire Holocaust is

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HOLOCAUST • holocaust means to destroy by fire Holocaust is the Event • Nazi policy of hate against various groups including: Jews, J. Witnesses, Roma (Gypsies), Slavics, Homosexuals, Trade Unionists , Communists, Socialists, Criminals and the Handicapped to name a few • Nazis were a political party- not all Germans were Nazis and not all Nazis were German • 1933 -1945, it is a stand-alone event that happens to run partially concurrently with WWII and it ends with the defeat of Germany in WWII.

THE MAN RESPONSIBLE ADOLF HITLER

THE MAN RESPONSIBLE ADOLF HITLER

HITLER’S PARENTS ALOIS AND KLARA

HITLER’S PARENTS ALOIS AND KLARA

Rumors of Hitler being Jewish • Hitler’s Grandmother (Anna Maria) was orphaned at an

Rumors of Hitler being Jewish • Hitler’s Grandmother (Anna Maria) was orphaned at an early age and went to work as an Au Pair for a Jewish family-the Schicklgrubers(a common Jewish name in Austria) • Later she got pregnant by Johann Georg Heidler/Hilder/Himmer/Hitler • He was most likely a con-man who she never saw again • Son resulting was Alois who early on was known as Schicklgruber later Hitler (the name she knew the father under) • After her death, Anna Maria was buried in the family plot in a Jewish cemetery • Also later on, it was claimed that Alois’ real father was the son of the Schicklgruber’s (he was only 6 when Anna Maria had Alois though)

Alois Jr (Hitler’s second half brother) Angela Hitler Raubal (half sister) William Patrick Stuart

Alois Jr (Hitler’s second half brother) Angela Hitler Raubal (half sister) William Patrick Stuart Hitler Illegitimate son of Alois Jr Geli Raubal (niece and love interest) Paula Hitler (full sister) high School above and after WWII below

Willy Hitler had four sons and lived in NYC, the sons (one died in

Willy Hitler had four sons and lived in NYC, the sons (one died in 1987, lived under different names and agreed that they would not have any children Angela had two surviving sons Heinz and Richard Paula’s children lived under assumed names since after the war and are thought to have last been living in Italy

Hitler was born 20 April 1887 He was considered very intelligent as a youngster,

Hitler was born 20 April 1887 He was considered very intelligent as a youngster, but before long get into trouble at school. He argued with his teachers and skipped quite often. However, it was not malicious skipping. He would be found in the local parks painting, which was his true passion in life. Eventually he graduated from HS and applied to the Vienna Academy of Art (the best art school in Europe). This caused a huge fight with his dad, who thought art was a waste. Hitler leaves to go to Vienna and basically never speaks to his father again.

Examples of Hitler’s artwork, notice that he doesn’t have people, he didn’t feel that

Examples of Hitler’s artwork, notice that he doesn’t have people, he didn’t feel that he could draw/paint people very well because he couldn’t get the noses right

 • His application was accepted and he was invited for an interview •

• His application was accepted and he was invited for an interview • He goes to interview and it goes well • He is told that his portfolio was incomplete • He didn’t add any portraits • They couldn’t accept it incomplete/he throws a fit • They offer their school of architecture • He walks out • Nine man board/at least 8 if not all 9 were Jewish • Some historians suggest that this was the major turning point in his life and set up the Holocaust • I am not in complete agreement

Hitler in Vienna possibly drawn at his request from a friend Makes ends meet

Hitler in Vienna possibly drawn at his request from a friend Makes ends meet by making post cards for tourists Hears his father has died He doesn’t go home Hears his mom is sick, he attempts to get home but is too late He goes to funeral and signs everything over to his younger sister. They have limited contact from there on out When he returns to Vienna, shortly after that, war breaks out and Hitler decided to enlist but goes to Germany to do that

 • He is a runner on the Western Front • Very dangerous •

• He is a runner on the Western Front • Very dangerous • Deliver messages from the front, makes you a desirable target • Eventually he is seriously wounded • He comes quite close to dying in a gas filled shell hole • Sent back to Germany to recover, takes the better part of a year • By the time he gets out, Germany has lost the war • Background as to what happened to what caused Germany to lose war and what happened to them after • Russian Revolution • US enters war • Communist Uprising • Armistice • Treaty of Versailles

 • Hitler is just making it when he is found by his old

• Hitler is just making it when he is found by his old commanding General • He is recruited to become an spy for the government • He is sent to join a small political party to keep tabs on them • National Socialist Germany Workers Party • Nazionale socialistiche duetschland arbeitlung partei (Nazi- from the first four letters) • He joins and soon comes to believe in their talk. • He takes over • Nazi party begins to grow • Hitler in an early party picture- note his lapel badge is an early swazstika.

 • Beer Hall Putsch • Found out and a riot ensues • Trial

• Beer Hall Putsch • Found out and a riot ensues • Trial • Sentenced for encitement and given seven years • Rudolf Hess volunteers to go with him • Time in jail • Life inside • Writes Mein Kampf • First play into politics • 1928 Presidential election • Nazis on the rise • Reichstag- Hermann Goring • 1932 Presidential election • Chancellorship 1933

 • 1933 • Jan 30 - Hitler made Chancellor • Reichstag fire (27

• 1933 • Jan 30 - Hitler made Chancellor • Reichstag fire (27 Feb) • Mysterious • State of Emergency • First roundups • Dachau opens to hold political prisoners (it is the first Concentration Camp and will be the largest) • Law to Prevent Offspring with Hereditary Defects (July). T-4 program • 1934 • Continued moves toward a paranoid society • 1935 • Nuremberg Laws • Law of German Citizenship • Law for the Protection of the Purity of German Blood

 • 1936 • Germany retakes Rhineland- only France objects • Olympics comes to

• 1936 • Germany retakes Rhineland- only France objects • Olympics comes to Berlin, Huge success for Hitler (except for Jesse Owens) largely due to Goebbels • 1937 • Everything comes back in full force • 1938 • Anschluss of Austria • Munich Agreement • Sudetenland given to Germany • Kryastallnacht (Nov 7 - 9/10) • Hershel Grynspan kills von Rath in Paris • 1939 • Germany takes rest of Czechoslovakia • Allies say no more appeasement • Polish Corridor • August 31

 • 1 September • First Ghettos established • 1940 • Rabbi Ringelblum establishes

• 1 September • First Ghettos established • 1940 • Rabbi Ringelblum establishes the Oneg Shabbat project in Warsaw • 1941 • Germany attacks Soviet Union, they now have to two largest populations of Jews in Europe. What to do with them? • Einsatzgruppen begin mass shootings • 8 December Himmler orders Chelmno into operation (1 st Death Camp- tested on Russian prisoners of war) • Wannssee Conference- this is where the “Final Solution” was brought to the attention of the government, but no big wigs, Heydrich was put in charge by Himmler on Goring’s authority (Conspiracy) • 1942 • Sobibor, Belzec, Treblinka, Majdanek, and Auschwitz open • Anne Frank begins her diary

 • 1942 (cont) • “White Rose” begins in Germany- 1 st Germany resistance

• 1942 (cont) • “White Rose” begins in Germany- 1 st Germany resistance group • 1943 • Hans and Sophie Scholl are arrested/tried/executed as are several other members of their group. • Warsaw Ghetto uprising begins • The most successful Death Camp revolt occurs at Sobibor • 1944 • 20 July “Valkyrie” unsuccessful attempt to remove Hitler led by von Stauffenberg • Various revolts take place all over as people can sense end of Nazis • 1945 • All the death camps have been shut down as allies-US, UK, and France from West and USSR from East close in • End of April/early May Hitler kills himself, leaves Admiral Karl Doenitz in charge. He unconditionally surrenders on 7 May

 • Aftermath • Immediately after many inmates can’t be let go because of

• Aftermath • Immediately after many inmates can’t be let go because of the health risk to them and others • Nuremberg Trials • Crimes against Humanity • Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels committed suicide • Bormann (absentia), Frank, Frick, Goring, Jodl, Kaltenbrunner, Rosenberg, Saukel, Seyss-Inquart, Streicher, and Ribbentropp sentenced to death. Goring committed suicide the night before • Doenitz, Funk, Hess, Raeder, Speer, von Neurath, Schirach sentenced to several different levels of incarceration ranging up to life- Hess is the only one to serve whole sentence sort of • Fritzsche, Schacht, and von Papen aquitted • Later many more will be tried (Judgement at Nuremberg)