Welcome to the Holocaust website. You will learn about the terrible ghettos where the Jews lived, the Nuremburg trials, concentration camps, and much more. Read along as the great narrators tell the stories of the infamous Holocaust and the horrible treatment of Jews. Now, please watch and listen; we are eager to see your response to the things we have planned to teach about this gruesome topic. Now, imagine yourself going back in time, to the 1930s/40s as we teach the first topic.
Kristallnacht
This was the first time Jewish people were arrested on a larger scale.
Many Jewish stores and homes were destroyed.
This was a segue into the actual mass killings of people more commonly referred to as the Holocaust.
Many Jewish stores and homes were destroyed.
This was a segue into the actual mass killings of people more commonly referred to as the Holocaust.
Nazi anti-semitism
This was basically the hatred of Jews.
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party made the public hate and fear Jews.
This led to their persecution.
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party made the public hate and fear Jews.
This led to their persecution.
Concentration camps
These were places that many Jews were sent to for forced labor and to be killed.
Most Jews died in concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Auschwitz was one of the largest concentration camps of all.
Most Jews died in concentration camps during the Holocaust.
Auschwitz was one of the largest concentration camps of all.
Ghettos
Ghettos were where the Jews were kept separate from other people.
The Warsaw Ghetto was the biggest.
About one hundred thousand Jews were killed in the Warsaw Ghetto alone from 1941 to 1944.
The Warsaw Ghetto was the biggest.
About one hundred thousand Jews were killed in the Warsaw Ghetto alone from 1941 to 1944.
Nuremburg Trials
These were trials, after the Holocaust, that prosecuted some of the German leaders during the Holocaust.
Only the top German leaders were prosecuted, and some of them had already committed suicide.
Only 12 of the leaders were executed, while almost 6 million Jews were killed.
Only the top German leaders were prosecuted, and some of them had already committed suicide.
Only 12 of the leaders were executed, while almost 6 million Jews were killed.
The final solution
This was a term for the Germans that meant the extinction of the Jews.
Adolf Hitler did this in stages. First, he slowly segregated and made the Jews social outcasts, and then he later systematically killed them.
Although this was a great crime, Hitler thought he was so smart when coming up with the Final Solution.
Adolf Hitler did this in stages. First, he slowly segregated and made the Jews social outcasts, and then he later systematically killed them.
Although this was a great crime, Hitler thought he was so smart when coming up with the Final Solution.