The Holocaust

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The Holocaust
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Begins with Persecution

• Germans began by taking rights away from all
  Jews.
• Attacked Jewish homes, businesses, synagogues
• Blamed Jews for the destruction and sent them to
  concentration camps.
• Hundreds tried to escape to the U.S.
• They were denied entry (due to quotas) and sent
  back to Germany!

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Concentration Camps

• Nazis began implementing their final solution
  in which Jews would be systematically
  exterminated.
• This genocide began by sending all healthy Jews
  to concentration camps to perform slave labor.
• MANY MANY died of starvation or being beaten to
  death in these camps.

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Death Camps

• Weaker Jews were sent to death camps, where they
  were simply murdered.
• Nazis would pack Jews into backs of trucks and
  let the truck fill with exhaust.
• Shower rooms- Jews were told they were going to
  take showers. Instead, they were locked in and
  carbon monoxide was released into the room.
• All dead bodies were burned and buried.
• So many were burned that ashes in the air would
  cover cars in nearby towns on a daily basis.

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Other Atrocities

• Performed sick medical experiments on children,
  particularly twins.
• Injecting ink in eyes to try to change eye color.
• Seeing if twins could feel each others pain.
• Filled seat cushions and mattresses with human
  hair of victims.
• Used the bones of victims as legs for coffee
  tables.
• Used the skin of victims as lamp shades.

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Who Were the Victims?

• Jews
• Roma (Gypsies)
• Disabled Persons
• Homosexuals
• Jehovahs Witnesses
• Catholic Priests
• Christian Pastors
• Polish German Non-Supporters
• German Black Children (sterilized)

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Total Death Count 11 18 Million