The Holocaust Flashcards
The closet of World War II will reveal one of the greatest horrors in human history.
-Allied soldiers overrunning Nazi held areas encountered large camps
Allied forces had discovered what the Nazis had called___
The Final Solution
In 1941-1942, while the Nazis were at the height of their powers they implemented the same Nuremberg Laws on Europe that they had imposed on Germany in 1935
-Jews were stripped of citizenship
-Forced to identify themselves as Jews
-Were herded into small areas of the city called “ghettos”
As the war dragged on, the Nazis began a new system of dealing with Europe’s Jewish Population
-Wannsee Conference-January 1942
Nazi leaders decide to begin “The Final Solution”___
The genocide of Europe’sJewish population
Genocide-
The Destruction of an entire racial group
Through out 1942 and 1943, the S.S. began construction of a new type of concentration camp in remote areas of Eastern Europe
-Extermination Camps
In every instance, the Nazis will receive help from local people ____
Arresting, guarding, and killing jews
Gestapo-
Nazi secret police
Schutzstaffel (S.S)
Millitary wing of the Nazi Party
Between 1943-1945, over
6 million Jews will be murdered at the hands of the Nazis
Over ______ people from groups that the Nazis believed were unfit were also murdered at the hands of the Nazis.
4 million
Who where these people?
-Gypsies, mentally disabled, epileptics, homosexuals, catholic and Protestant clergy, Slofie and French POWs, Communist and Socialists.
In all, over _____ are murdered
10 million
The Nuremberg Trials
-24 Nazi leaders were tried for Crimes Against Humanity
-12 were executed by hanging
Incidents prior to World War II
Incidents prior to World War II
Armenian Genocid
between 1 and 1.5 million killed by the Ottomans in 1915
Modern instances of Genocide
Modern instances of Genocide
Pol pot and Khmer Rough attempt____
To wipe out the middle class
Rwanda-
Hutus attempt genocide on the Tutsies
Bosnia
Serbs attempt genocide on Bosnian Muslims.
