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 2. By: . Jonathan. . G. Bergen – Belsen . Bergen – Belsen is located in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was established in 1943 and was meant to hold people designated for foreign exchange with German Nationals. In March 1944 it went from a detention camp to a concentration camp. The first people who were brought there were classified as “unfit for work.” They were put into a section f the camp with terrible living conditions. In August 1944 a new section was added to house women , but there was no water or facilities. On December 2, 1944 Joesph Kramer took over the camp and the first thing he did was make it an official camp. From January to mid April of 1945, 35,000 people had died or were killed. On April 15, 1945 Bergen – Belsen was liberated by the British Army.. The Holocaust. The Holocaust. From the time Hitler came to power, he targeted Jews for persecution.. By war’s end Nazis murdered 6 million Jews and 5 million inferiors. Today, continue to remember and seek ways to prevent it from happening again.. This power point works in conjunction with the text Florida World History & Geography and some of its content is directly from this text.. In 1942 the Nazi regime stretched across continental Europe. Nazi administration in the conquered lands to the east was especially ruthless. Seen as the “living space” for German expansion, these lands were populated, Nazis thought, by racially inferior Slavic peoples. . How Did It End?. Approaching Defeat. With the Soviets rapidly approaching from the East and the Allies from the West, the Nazis began moving Jews to concentration camps in Germany. The Nazis then began destroying their extermination camps in hopes that the mass killings they conducted would not be discovered by the Allies. 11 million people were exterminated. 6 million Jews. 5 million people . 1933 - 1945. Defining the Holocaust. HOLOCAUST . (Heb., . sho'ah. ) . which originally meant a sacrifice totally burned by fire . “ How could we [the world] have stood by and let that happen to them? We owe them. .”. . Carrol Walsh. . 743 . Tank . Battalion. Liberator. Rozell, Matthew. Quotes from the American Soldiers/Holocaust Survivors Reunion, Hudson Falls High School, New York, USA; 9/22-9/26/2009. . MARCUS WEAVER & MATT BLACKWOOD. Nazi . G. ermany . Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are common names for Germany during the period from 1933 to 1945, when its government was controlled by Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), commonly known as the Nazi Party. Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a fascist totalitarian state which controlled nearly all aspects of life. Nazi Germany ceased to exist after the Allied Forces defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.. Holocaust .  Greek words “. holos. ” (whole) & “. kaustos. ” (burned). Literal Meaning: Sacrificial offering burned at an altar. What We Associate It With: Murder of over 6 million European Jews and other persecuted groups (gypsies, homosexuals). Night. Unit. World Literature. Historical Background on the Jewish Holocaust. Holocaust is defined as “a fire that causes total destruction.”. No one before Hitler had ever tried to murder an entire group of people (at least that we know of).. Europe has long history of anti-Semitism . Germans believe Hitler’s claims, blame Jews . for problems. Nazis take away citizenship, jobs, property; require Star of David. • . Holocaust. —murder of 11 million people, more than half are Jews. Rise of Dictators. Stalin’s Soviet Union. Economic Plans. Huge collective farms. Starvation & rationing. Pushed industrialization more. Reign of Terror. Purges – removed enemies & undesirables. government led by Adolf Hitler and the. Nazi Party carried out the systematic. persecution and murder of Europe’s Jews.. This genocide is now known. as the Holocaust.. The Holocaust. Something similar was going on in Europe to the . . In 1997 Gregory Stanton defined the Eight Stages of Genocide as: . 1. Classification. 2. Symbolization. 3. Dehumanization. 4. Organization. 5. Polarization. 6. Preparation. 7. Extermination. 8. Denial. 6. TODAY’S OBJECTIVES. Trace the roots and the progress of Hitler’s campaign against the Jews. . Explore the goals of Hitler’s “final solution” and the nature of the Nazi death camps.. ADOLF HITLER .