THE HOLOCAUST

~ World War 2
~Systemic, state approved genocide of European Jews and other people in Nazi occupied areas of
Europe who were deemed as undesirables.

~~~~ not just limited to jews here’s a list of the undesirables.

~The Jews were the main target

THE BEGINNING – GERMANY RECOVERING FROM WW1 AND FINDING A SCAPEGOAT

* World War 1 ended in Germany paying 33 million dollars in reparations for their role in WW1,
which tanked their economy.

*Jews before the 2nd World War were typically portrayed as successful business owners. This
created feelings of envy among the German populace. They were blamed by the people in Germany
because of this assumption. This sentiment was felt by Adolf Hitler before he even came to power and
met people who shared the same ideals.

In the final days of the Weimar Republic, a small political party called the Nationalist Soc