The Holocaust was the systematic mass murder of European Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany between 1933-1945. Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany and became dictator in 1933, at which point he began enacting anti-Semitic laws to persecute Jews. Eventually, concentration camps were established where prisoners were forced into hard labor and many were killed. The largest camp was Auschwitz, where over 1 million people were murdered. In total, approximately 11 million innocent people were killed in the Holocaust before Allied forces began liberating the camps in 1944-1945.

1. The Holocaust By: Kim Michal Photo Credits: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ http://myfdw.com/

2. Who was Adolf Hitler? Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889 Hitler was the dictator of Germany He became dictator in 1933 This is when it all began… http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm

3. 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.jpg

5. the mass slaughter of European civilians, especially Jews, by the Nazis during World War II

6. Lasted from 1933-1945http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/summary/whatframe.html Photo Credit: http://www.sunderlandclc.org.uk/UserFiles/File/Holocaust.jpg

7. Who were the victims? Jews Homosexuals Gypsies The Disabled Slavic Peoples Jehovah’s Witnesses http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

8. Concentration Camps Prisoners were forced to go into concentration camps Also called labor camps Some camps were called death camps Controlled by the Nazi’s http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/133b/07Projects/pix/DworkVanPeltBookpicture.jpg http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/133b/07Projects/pix/DworkVanPeltBookpicture.jpg http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holocamp.html

9. Auschwitz Auschwitz was the largest camp during the Holocaust Prisoners were forced to give up all belongings Children were often killed upon arrival Between 1,100,000 and 1,500,000 prisoners were murdered here http://www.auschwitz.dk/Auschwitz.htm

10. 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” http://www.sackstark.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/arbeit_macht_frei.jpeg http://www.auschwitz.dk/Auschwitz.htm http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%205782.pdf

11. At the camps… Prisoners were forced to do hard labor Prisoners were starved Forced to obey the Nazi’s, and were murdered if they disobeyed Prisoners had no control of their own lives Many prisoners died as a result of incarceration and maltreatment www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

12. The Victims… http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/holocaust/graphics/holocaust5.jpg http://blog.beliefnet.com/pontifications/imgs/Ebensee%20concentration%20camp%20prisoners%201945.jpg

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15. Camp Doctors Nazi doctors tortured men, women, and children at death camps Performed experiments on victims Victims were: put into pressure chambers tested with drugs castrated, frozen to death http://www.shoah.dk/doctors/

16. Camp Doctors (continued)… Children were exposed to : Experimental surgeries without anesthesia Blood transfusions from one to another Isolation endurance Injections of lethal germs Sex change operations Removal of organs and limbs http://www.shoah.dk/doctors/

17. Josef Mengele Known as Angel of Death Performed experiments on twins: Carried out twin to twin transfusions Stitched twins together Castrated or sterilized twins Organ and limb removal http://www.shoah.dk/doctors/ http://www.gesch.med.uni-erlangen.de/gewissen/ausstell/zwill/_bild/23_25.jpg http://www.ushmm.org/lcmedia/photo/lc/image/59/5961.jpg

18. Ways of Genocide Gas chambers Cremation Starvation Malnutrition Torture Death Marches http://www.scrapbookpages.com/mauthausen/Tour/PhotoTour03.html http://www.uiowa.edu/policult/assets/postWWII_holocaust/crematorium.jpg http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

19. Liberation of the Camps Liberation began in 1944 Soviets liberated Auschwitz in 1945 U.S. forces liberated Buchenwald in 1945 Remaining 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.jpg

20. The Numbers 11 million prisoners were murdered 6 million victims were Jews Number of European Jews who survived: 3,546,211 Percentages: 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.doc

21. Words from Survivors… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ER1sRYDAYY&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJdqDuA9Vp8