By Kim Michal Photo Credits httpwwwflickrcomcreativecommons httpmyfdwcom Who was Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born April 20 1889 Hitler was the dictator of Germany He became dictator in 1933 ID: 369443
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The Holocaust
By: Kim Michal
Photo Credits:
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Who was Adolf Hitler?Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889
Hitler was the dictator of GermanyHe became dictator in 1933
This is when it all began…
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htmSlide3
Hitler (continued)…
“Once I really am in power, my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews…until all Germany has been completely cleansed of Jews.”
-Adolf Hitler, 1922
http://www.shoaheducation.com/endlosung.html
Photo Credit:
http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/images2/A/adolfhitler.jpgSlide4
What was The Holocaust?
Holocaust is literally defined as:“a sacrifice consumed by fire”
But most would define it as:the mass slaughter of European civilians, especially Jews, by the Nazis during World War II
Lasted from 1933-1945
http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/summary/whatframe.html
Photo Credit:
http://www.sunderlandclc.org.uk/UserFiles/File/Holocaust.jpgSlide5
Who were the victims?
JewsHomosexualsGypsiesThe Disabled
Slavic PeoplesJehovah’s Witnesses
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143Slide6
Concentration Camps
Prisoners were forced to go into concentration campsAlso called labor campsSome camps were called death camps
Controlled by the Nazi’s
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http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holocamp.htmlSlide7
Auschwitz
Auschwitz was the largest camp during the HolocaustPrisoners were forced to give up all belongingsChildren were often killed upon arrival
Between 1,100,000 and 1,500,000 prisoners were murdered here
http://www.auschwitz.dk/Auschwitz.htmSlide8
Auschwitz (continued…)Auschwitz was located near the German-Polish border in Upper Silesia
The sign of the main gate here states “Arbeit Macht Frei”This translates to “Work Brings Freedom”
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http://www.auschwitz.dk/Auschwitz.htm
http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205782.pdfSlide9
At the camps…
Prisoners were forced to do hard laborPrisoners were starvedForced to obey the Nazi’s, and were murdered if they disobeyed
Prisoners had no control of their own livesMany prisoners died as a result of incarceration and maltreatment
www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143Slide10
The Victims…
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http://blog.beliefnet.com/pontifications/imgs/Ebensee%20concentration%20camp%20prisoners%201945.jpgSlide11
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/usa/images-3/holocaust-victims-in-bunks.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Holocaust123.JPGSlide12
http://afeatheradrift.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/holocaust.jpg
http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2009/08/18/holocaust_mass_grave_belsen_kuiks_19886.jpgSlide13
Camp DoctorsNazi doctors tortured men, women, and children at death camps
Performed experiments on victimsVictims were:put into pressure chambers tested with drugs
castrated,frozen to death
http://www.shoah.dk/doctors/Slide14
Camp Doctors (continued)…Children were exposed to :
Experimental surgeries without anesthesiaBlood transfusions from one to anotherIsolation endurance
Injections of lethal germsSex change operationsRemoval of organs and limbs
http://www.shoah.dk/doctors/Slide15
Josef Mengele
Known as Angel of DeathPerformed experiments on twins:Carried out twin to twin transfusionsStitched twins together
Castrated or sterilized twinsOrgan and limb removal
http://www.shoah.dk/doctors/
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http://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/photo/lc/image/59/5961.jpgSlide16
Ways of GenocideGas chambers
CremationStarvationMalnutritionTorture
Death Marcheshttp://www.scrapbookpages.com/mauthausen/Tour/PhotoTour03.html
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http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=
en&ModuleId
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Liberation of the Camps
Liberation began in 1944Soviets liberated Auschwitz in 1945U.S. forces liberated Buchenwald in 1945Remaining camps were liberated in 1945
“Liberators confronted unspeakable conditions in the Nazi camps, where piles of corpses lay unburied”
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005131
http://scrapbookpages.com/poland/Auschwitz/OldPhotos/AuschwitzLiberation.jpgSlide18
The Numbers
11 million prisoners were murdered6 million victims were Jews
Number of European Jews who survived: 3,546,211Percentages:
Polish Jews killed: 91%German Jews killed: 36%
Jews killed in Europe during war: 63%
http://www.jewishmag.co.il/109mag/holocaustnumbers/holocaustnumbers.htm
www.etni.org.il/holocaust/holocaust_numbers.docSlide19
Words from Survivors…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ER1sRYDAYY&feature=channel
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJdqDuA9Vp8