The document is a fact sheet about the Holocaust that provides information over 15 points. It notes that the Holocaust was an attempt by Nazi Germany to eliminate inferior races, particularly Jews, with approximately 6 million Jews killed between 1933 and 1945. It discusses key Nazi leaders like Hitler and Himmler, and notes that there were also around 5 million non-Jewish victims. The fact sheet outlines some of the laws and policies that targeted and oppressed Jews, like the Nuremberg Laws and forcing Jews to wear yellow Stars of David. It also mentions different types of camps used in the genocide and provides context for terms like "Holocaust" and "Final Solution".

1. Name: __________________________________
Mrs. Winfield-Corbett
Date: ___________________________________
Social Studies
The Holocaust Fact Sheet
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The Holocaust was the attempt by the Germans to get rid of all “inferior races”
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Approximately 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust
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Hitler came to power in 1933- Holocaust continued until 1945
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Heinrich Himmler was the second most powerful Nazi behind Hitler
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Oskar Schindler- worked to help the Jewish people
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There were about 5 million non-Jewish victims
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When WWII started Jewish people were forced to wear a yellow Star
of David with the word „Jude‟ written on it so that Nazi‟s and other could identify them as Jewish
8. During the Holocaust, Nazi Germany became a genocide state, a government dedicated to the
annihilation of the Jews. Every arm of the government played a role. Parish churches provided the
birth records of the Jews. The Finance Ministry took Jewish wealth and property. Universities
researched more efficient ways to murder. And government transportation bureaus paid for the trains
that carried the Jews to their death
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The first victims of the Holocaust were people with disabilities
Hitler introduced the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, which made it illegal for Germans to marry or
have sex with Jews. It also deprived Jews of their German citizenship and most of their civil rights
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VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) May 7th & May 8th 1945 – End of WWII and Nazi Germany
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There were different kinds of camps- Ghettos, Concentration camps, forced labor camps,
extermination camps
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1.5 million children were killed during the Holocaust
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“The Final Solution” The Nazi‟s plan to exterminate the Jewish people during WWII
15. The word “Holocaust” is from the Greek holo “whole” + kaustos “burnt.” It refers to an animal
sacrifice in which the entire animal is burned. It is also known as the Shoah, which is Hebrew for
“destruction.” The terms “Shoah” and “Final Solution” always refer to the Nazi extermination of the
Jews and “the Holocaust” refers to the overall genocide caused by the Nazis, while the general term
“holocaust” can refer to the mass killing of any group by any government.