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Title: The Holocaust


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The Holocaust
  • A look at the genocide of World War II

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Objective
  • By the end of the lesson, SWBAT describe the
    timeline and events of the Holocaust during World
    War II.

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Vocabulary
  • Holocaust - A Period between 1939-1945 where Nazi
    Germany killed over 6 million Jews that lived in
    Europe.
  • Concentration Camp - A prison that Jews and other
    enemies of Nazi Germany would have to go. Most
    people were killed at the these camps.

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Nazi Germany
  • Who did Adolf Hitler and the Nazis blame for the
    horrible conditions in Europe before World War II
    broke out?

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Nazi Germany
  • The Nazis blamed the Jews and the Socialists
    for all of Germanys problems.
  • Germans listened to the government and they
    started to hate the Jews.

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Germany for Jews
  • Pretty soon, life got really bad for Jews in
    Germany
  • The Nazi Government made the Jews shut down their
    businesses, stay in certain areas, and wear
    yellow Star of Davids.

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Ghetto to Camps
  • After the war broke out, the Germans took over
    other countries and put Jews all over Europe in
    these Ghettos.
  • Pretty soon, the Germans started moving people
    out of the Ghettos and into Concentration Camps.

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  • The train rides could last up to two weeks.
  • What do you think it was like on these trains?
  • The train rides could last up to two weeks.

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Concentraion Camps
  • The Concentration Camps were horrible places.
  • The people that were able to do work, would be
    worked to death making things for Nazi Germany.
  • The people that were older or too young to work,
    would be immediately put to death.

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Nazis Goal
  • The Nazis goal was to kill all the Jews in
    Europe, and eventually around the world.
  • Many Socialists were also sent to the
    Concentration Camps.

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Liberation
  • In 1945, when the Allied Powers moved in on areas
    that the Germans controlled, they started seeing
    the Concentration Camps and letting the prisoners
    free.
  • The Allied Powers were shocked at what they saw.

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Nazi Propaganda
  • Look at the following pieces of Nazi propaganda.
    Think about the following questions
  • What was the message of the propaganda?
  • What effect do you think this propaganda had on
    people in Germany?
  • Do you think the anti-Semitic propaganda,
    speeches, and literature was effective? Why or
    why not?

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  • ...the personification of the devil as the symbol
    of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew.
    -Adolf Hitler (Mein Kampf)

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Images of the Holocaust
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Anne Frank
  • What you are going to see are some clips from the
    movie Anne Frank.
  • Anne Frank was a 13 year Jewish girl that lived
    in Amsterdam, Holland during World War II. Anne
    received a diary as a birthday present one year,
    and was an avid writer. Because she was Jewish
    her family was forced to go into hiding during
    World War II because of the threat of being sent
    to concentration camps. Anne wrote in her diary
    everyday during these troubling times.

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Anne Frank
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