Holocaust

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Holocaust

• Monica Boeding
• And Andrea Odbert

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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany

• January 30, 1933
• February 28- government suspends many civil
  rights including freedom of press, speech, and
  assembly
• August 3, 1934 Hitler becomes both President and
  Chancellor

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• He started one of the worst nightmares known
  in history

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Holocaust
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Holocaust

• Holocaust is derived from the Greek words
  completely burnt
• The first victims of the Holocaust were people
  with disabilities
• Nearly 6 million Jewish people were killed

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Holocaust

• Jewish people were the scapegoat for the collapse
  of Germany after WWI
• 1.5 million children were killed

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Anti-Jewish Acts

• 5000 Jewish Communities were wiped out and the
  total that died represented 1/3 of all Jews that
  were alive at the time
• By the end of 1934 Hitlers campaign against the
  Jews was in full force.
• The Nazis said the Jews were corrupting the pure
  German race

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• Who could stop this torture?

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Auschwitz

• Was the largest of its kind established by the
  Nazis.
• Included 3 main camps
• Ones function was a killing center
• Had a crematorium and a gas chamber
• 1.1 million Jews were deported to Auschwitz

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• How could this happen to such innocent people?

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April 30th

• Hitler commits suicide
• His terror ends
• But the lives of many are crushed

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If only it could have stopped sooner
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• The End