Unit 11 WW 2 THE HOLOCAUST The Holocaust

Unit 11: WW 2 THE HOLOCAUST

The Holocaust Begins � Nazi Germany embarks on a policy of persecution of Jews and others deemed inferior. � Nazis force thousands of Jews to emigrate. � Nazis isolate Jews in conquered territories by forcing them into ghettos. � Nazis begin the final step in their program of genocide.

Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass” https: //www. youtube. com/watch ? v=4 d. F 7 nd. ZEYKY

Refugees France’s government was indifferent to the fate of Jewish refugees. � Refugees were housed in windowless barracks surrounded by barbed wire. � France gave them no reason for their detainment. � Most refugees were kept in the camps until 1942 when the Nazis began transporting them to camps in Eastern Europe. �

Hitler’s “Final Solution” The Nazis unleash killing squads and ship Jews and others to concentration camps. � The “Final Solution” results in the death of 6 million Jews. �

Reinhard Heydrich – 1942 conference of Nazi senior civil servants “The Reichsführer SS has forbidden any further emigration of Jews. The Jews remaining in the Reich and all European Jews in our present and future spheres of influence will be evacuated to the East for the final solution…”

Jewish Resistance � In the ghetto of Kovno in Lithuania, Jews took an oath to resist Nazis in any way they could. “I promise to fight with all my powers against the Nazi occupation; to endanger their encampments; disrupt their transport; burn and blow up bridges; destroy railroads; organize and help carry through acts of sabotage at every opportunity and under all circumstances, without sparing myself – and when necessary, to offer up my life. ”

Section 3 Assessment (pg 454) � Why do you think German soldiers and the German people went along with the Nazi policy of persecution of the Jews? � Think about: �Nazi treatment of those who disagreed �Nazi propaganda �The political and social conditions in Germany at the time