Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
- 1942: New York Times states that 100,000 Jews had been killed in the Baltic States
- 1944: Soviets Liberated a camp called Majdanek
- 1945: Auschwitz discovered
- Up to 6 Million Jews died as a result of the Holocaust
Nuremburg Laws
- Anti-Jewish Laws - Lasted from 1933-1939
- Forced Jews to register and wear the Star of David
- Leads to Jews out of careers and homes
- Prohibited marriage between Jews and non-Jewish Germans
- Finally led to a loss of citizenship
Kristallnacht
- Jewish shops and Synagogs were burnt down and/or broken
- Encouraged to happen by state officials
Final Solution
- 1941 - Work Camps (concentration camps): Used as a production piece for the war effort
- Poor treatment and conditions
- Transitioned from work camps to death camps
- Efficient planners
- Germans realized that to kill people by the tens of thousands, would be too difficult to do by soldiers and lack of materials (bullets)
- Gas chambers were then selected and the Germans had the Einsatzgruppen (criminals) to carry out the deed of running the chambers
- Auschwitz
Summary
Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust carried out by Adolf Hitler led to the desecration of the Jewish race through the creation of concentration camps.