The Holocaust resulted in the persecution and murder of 6 million Jews and others between 1933-1945 by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany after World War 1 and established a racist totalitarian regime. He believed Germans were racially superior and that Jews were a threat. The Nazi government systematically stripped away Jews' rights, forced them into ghettos and concentration camps, and industrialized mass murder in death camps. Most victims died from overwork, starvation, exposure or gas chambers. The Holocaust demonstrates the dangers of unchecked racism and totalitarianism.

1. The Holocaust
… a quick summary by Mr. Herm
and Mrs. Zwack

2. The Holocaust
A Primary Source History

3. Between 1933 and 1945 six million
people (Jews and others) were
persecuted and murdered as a result of
the events leading up to World War ll.

4. …6,000,000 people!!
That’s the same as 60,000 schools the
size of Monticello Middle School…

5. …6,000,000 people!!

6. 60,000 schools the size of Monticello Middle School…

7. That’s also the same as 600 towns the
size of Monticello… gone!

8. Most died from overwork, starvation,
exposure to the elements, bullets, fire,
poisonous gas, beatings, or hangings.

9. Who could have done
this kind of thing?

10. The people who carried out this
massacre were scientists, doctors,
military, government personnel, and
ordinary people.

11. This horrible event in
history is now called
The Holocaust.

12. How did the Holocaust happen?
What lead up to these horrible events?
Here’s a quick summary to help
explain how the Holocaust came
about…..

13. World War 1 - 1914-1919
• Germany was defeated in World
War 1.
• As a result of the war the German
people were forced to pay for the
damaged they had caused and to
take the blame for World War 1.

14. *There was a lot of unemployment.
*The German money was worthless
the people were poor and desperate
for change.

15. • In 1919, Adolf Hitler, a corporal in the
German army, was hired to spy on a
political party called the German
Workers’ Party. (It was later known as
the Nazis.)

16. • Hitler liked what the party stood for
and he eventually became its
leader.

17. • Hitler was a powerful speaker! He
was very dramatic and theatrical in
his speeches.

18. • Over a few years Hitler gained a lot
of support for his party from the
German people.

19. • In 1933 Hitler was appointed
chancellor (leader) of Germany.

20. • Hitler and the Nazis used fear and
violence to manipulate the German
people and take complete control of
the government.

21. • Hitler’s protective police, called the
Schutzstaffel (SS) and the Geheime
Staatzpolizei (GESTAPO) silenced
any people who spoke against the
Nazis.

22. * In March 1933 the first concentration
camp for people who opposed his views
was opened at Dachau, Germany.
(Anyone who was identified as an opponent or enemy
was arrested, taken to a concentration camp, beaten, or
killed.)

23. * Hitler had been a racist long before he became
chancellor.
* He believed there existed a “master” race of
physically fit, “racially pure” people called Aryans.
* He believed these people should rule all of
Germany and Europe.

24. * Hitler believed he needed to open up living space for
the Aryan people.
* So in order to accomplish this all people who were
“inferior” had to be removed.

25. * Hitler and other Nazi leaders considered the
Jewish “race” a danger to Germany’s future.
* Hitler claimed that the Jews were “parasites” who
fed off of a “host” race and weakened it.
* He claimed that is was the Jews who were
responsible for all the problems that existed in
German society.

26. What happened to the Jews as time
went by?

27. Nazi laws forbade Jews from owning
businesses.
Germans pass by the
broken shop
window of a Jewishowned business.

28. Jews couldn’t own property.
Nazi thugs smashed
Jewish homes,
shops, and synagogues
A Jewish orphanage
destroyed by Nazis

29. Jews could no longer practice their
professions – nurses, doctors,
teachers, attorneys, businessmen…

30. Jews were forced to wear the Star of
David to identify themselves.

31. Jews were only allowed to be outside
certain times of day.

32. Jews were not allowed to ride buses,
trains, or taxis.
No Jews allowed sign on city street

33. In 1939, Jews were forced from their
homes into ghettos.

34. *Life in a ghetto was very harsh.
Jews being moved into
the Warsaw ghetto
Jewish child working in a
ghetto workshop

35. *Several families lived in one room.

36. *Children could not go to school.

37. *All valuables had to be turned over to
the Nazis.

38. *People died of disease and malnutrition.

39. 1933-1945
As the ghettos became overcrowded, Jews
were herded onto railroad cattle cars and
sent to concentration and death camps.

40. And this is where your story Number
the Stars takes place….