The Holocaust/Shoah

The Holocaust/Shoah
The Holocaust was the mass murder
(genocide) of Jews under the Nazi
Germany regime from 1941 until 1945.

The word Holocaust comes from the

Greek words meaning "whole" and
"burnt" and also known as the modern
Hebrew words meaning“widespread
destruction”
Discrimination
The unfair treatment toward
person or group without
cause or reason.
Discrimination is often
directed toward people just
because they are of a different
race, religion, politics, sex or
lifestyle.
 Antisemitism
Anti-Semitic rules:

Antisemitism is prejudice ● Jewish people were not

against and intense dislike allowed to go to a lot of
(hatred) for Jewish people. public places in
Germany.
● Jews were required to
wear yellow badges or
white armbands with a
star of David sewn onto
them.
 Nazis
The Nazi Party was a political
group that ruled Germany
between 1933 and 1945. With
Adolf Hitler as their leader, the
Nazis started World War II.

The Nazi party was formed in

1919. The Nazi party believed that
the people of Germany had been
born to rule over “inferior races” -
people the Nazis thought were
worth less than them.
False information, ideas or
rumors that are spread for the
Propaganda
purpose of helping a cause by
injuring another institution, a
cause, or a person/group.
Usually presented as flyers,
posters, articles or media
coverage.

Actions that involve spreading

information to influence or
control large groups of people.

The Nazis and Hitler used

propaganda to infleunce the
German population to support
all Nazi military and social
efforts.
 Persecution
When someone continually
treats others in a cruel way
because of race, religion,
politics, gender or lifestyle.
“From Citizens to Outcasts” video
 What to think about during the video

● How did Jews live before Hitler?

● How were the Jews treated before Hitler came into power?
● Once Hitler came into power, what changed?
● How were the Jews treated?
● How did Hitler and the Nazis discrimate the Jews?
 Journal Entry
Include the following:

● You are going to write and provide examples of

how the Nazis showed their discrimination against
the Jewish people.
● What did the Nazis do that was discriminatory
towards the Jewish people.
● How would you feel if someone was
discriminatory towards you based on your religion,
race, ability, or gender? Explain ?
 Nuremberg Laws
Laws that were
implemented by Hitler
and the Nazi Party.
These were laws that
deprived German Jews
of their citizenship and
rights.
 Kristallnacht

“The night of the broken glass”

On November 9-10,1938, the Nazis

started burning synagogues and
other Jewish buildings. Jewish
stores were destroyed along with
all the belongings.
 Identification with the yellow star

Jews were forced to wear

yellow badges of white
armbands with star of David
sewn on to them. This was
used to let the Germans know
which people were Jewish.
 Ghetto
During the Holocaust, Jews were forced to move
(relocate) to a separate part of the city, which
usually and phyiscally closed off by high walls with
barbed wire.

Living conditions in the ghetto were horrendous.

Most of the quarter had neither running water nor a
sewer system. Hard labor, overcrowding, and
starvation were the dominant features of life. The
overwhelming majority of ghetto residents worked
in German factories and received only meager food
rations. More than 20 percent of the ghetto's
population died as a direct result of the harsh living
conditions
 Liberation
The act of setting someone free
from imprisonment, slavery, or
oppression.
 Death Marches
During the Holocaust, death
marches were massive forced
transfers of prisoners from
one Nazi camp to other
locations, which involved
walking long distances
resulting in numerous deaths
of weakened people. Most
death marches took place
toward the end of World War
II, mostly after the
summer/autumn of 1944.
 Allies
The Allies, later known formally as the
United Nations, were an international
military coalition formed during the
Second World War to oppose the Axis
powers, led by Nazi Germany, Imperial
Japan, and Fascist Italy. Its principal
members by 1941 were the United
Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union,
and China.
An alliance of nations joining together to
fight a common enemy.
 Phase 4
By late 1944 and early 1945, the Nazi military force was collapsing, and Nazi troops
were forced to retreat on all fronts. Although it was clear that Nazi Germany was
facing defeat, thousands of concentration camp prisoners were still dying. The Nazis
were already trying to cover over the traces of their crimes. The Nazis did not want
the concentration camp prisoners to be liberated by the advancing Allied troops. The
death marches took place from summer 1944 until the last days of the German Reich,
in May 1945.

The death marches were forced evacuation where the Jewish people were being
forced to walk from their concentration camp that they were in to other places by
foot, no matter the condition. The Holocaust ended in May 1945. It ended with the
military defeat of Nazi Germany and its European collaborators in World War II.
Although the liberation of Nazi camps was not a primary objective of the Allied
military campaign, Soviet, US, British, and Canadian troops freed prisoners from
their SS guards. They provided them with food and badly needed medical support
and collected evidence for war crimes trials.
7th Heaven Video
In your opinion, How did this Which
what is the episode make character did
message of this you feel? you identify
episode?
with the most?
Explain your
thinking. Explain why.

Did anything in this What part of the Did any of the

episode remind you story told in the characters in this
of something that show was the most show make you
has happened in powerful? Why? angry? Why?
your own life or the
lives of others?