The document provides an overview of the Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany. It describes how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party promoted anti-Semitism and blamed the Jewish people for Germany's problems. Under Hitler, the Nazis passed laws discriminating against Jewish people and restricting their rights. Eventually, Hitler's "Final Solution" was implemented where Jewish people across Europe were forcibly sent to concentration camps where many died or were killed in gas chambers and crematoriums, resulting in the deaths of 6 million Jewish people and 11-17 million people total in the Holocaust. After World War 2, Nazi leaders were tried for crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials for their role in the Holocaust.

1. An Overview
of the
Holocaust
“THE FINAL SOLUTION”

2. Anti-Semitism is racism against Jewish people
and other Semitic people.
Anti-Semitism was a major part of the Nazi
party. Remember in Mein Kampf Hitler
blamed the Jewish people for Germany’s
problems.
Due to religious and cultural differences,
Jewish people have often been persecuted.
ANTI-SEMITISM

3. No one knows why
Hitler hated the
Jewish people but
many theories have
been promoted.
But he used this
hatred as a rallying
point for German
pride.
He claimed the
Germans were Aryans
and all non-Aryans
were inferior.
NO ONE KNOWS….

4. He hated:
Jewish people
Poles
Russians
Africans
Communists
Gypsies
And sick people!
HE WAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HATER!

5. In 1935, the Nazis
passed the
Nuremberg Laws
which:
Denied German
citizenship to Jews
Prevented Jews and
non-Jews from
marrying
Required the Jewish
people to wear the
Star of David at all
times.
THE START

6. On November 9, 1938,
Jewish businesses,
synagogues, and
homes were burned in
Germany.
100 Jewish people
were killed.
After that, Jewish
people were forced to
move to the ghettos,
poor areas with few
comforts.
THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS

7. Finally, Hitler began forcing Jewish people all
across Nazi Europe into concentration camps.
Many died on the way, as they were forced
onto overcrowded cattle cars for trains.
Many were killed in special showers (by
poison gas) and shoved into crematoriums.
Many more were worked to death in labor
camps.
Most of the concentration camps were in
Germany and Poland.
THE FINAL SOLUTION

8. When families arrived, they were checked by
“doctors.”
The strong (mainly the men) were sent to work in
the labor camps.
The weak (women, children, and sick) were killed
quickly.
6,000,000 Jewish people alone were killed. In all,
11,000,000-17,000,000 were killed.
FAMILIES DIVIDED

9. After the war, an
international court
tried 22 Nazi leaders
with “crimes against
humanity” for the
holocaust.
10 were hung and
their bodies were
burned in the
crematoriums.
THE NUREMBERG TRIALS
Nazi arrested last
Year for working at
Concentration camp!