The Holocaust: a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire; any mass slaughter or
reckless destruction of life
1933-1945Historical Context of The HolocaustHistorical Context of The Holocaust
1933-1945
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF
• “Mein Kampf” means “My Struggle”; Hitler wrote it while in prison in the 1920’s
• Still banned in most European countries• Given to every newly married German couple
from the late 1930’s onward
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Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF
• “The relation of the Jews to prostitution and, even more, to the white-slave traffic, could be studied in Vienna…When thus for the first time I recognized the Jew as the cold-hearted, shameless, and calculating director of this revolting vice traffic in the scum of the big city, a cold shudder ran down my back.” (p. 59)
• “Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.” (p. 65)
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“On this first and greatest lie, that the Jews are not a race, but a religion, more and more lies are based in necessary consequence.” (p. 307)
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1933-19451933
Hitler becomes Chancellor
1933Hitler becomes
Chancellor
1933-1945
Night of the Long KnivesJune 30-July 2, 1934
Night of the Long KnivesJune 30-July 2, 1934
"If anyone reproaches me and asks why I did not resort to the regular courts of justice, then all I can say is this: In this hour I was responsible for the fate of the German people, and thereby I became the supreme judge of the German people."
"It was no secret that this time the revolution would have to be bloody; when we spoke of it we called it 'The Night of the Long Knives.' Everyone must know for all future time that if he raises his hand to strike the State, then certain death is his lot."
1933-1945March 1933
Dachau Concentration Camp
March 1933Dachau
Concentration Camp
1933-1945Sept. 10, 1935
Nuremberg LawsSept. 10, 1935
Nuremberg Laws
1933-1945October 1938Deportations
Begin
October 1938Deportations
Begin
1933-1945
Sept. 1, 1939WWII BeginsSept. 1, 1939WWII Begins
1933-1945
1940Euthanasia Program
1940Euthanasia Program
Adolf Hitler's authorization for the Euthanasia Program (Operation T4), signed in October 1939 but dated September 1, 1939.__________National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.
This photo originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. It shows two doctors in a ward in an unidentified asylum. The existence of the patients in the ward is described as "life only as a burden." Such propaganda images were intended to develop public sympathy for the Euthanasia Program.__________United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF
“The construction of a lunatic asylum costs 6 million marks. How many houses at 15,000 marks each could have been built for that amount?”
German Education: Math ProblemsGerman Education: Math Problems
Buses used to transport patients to Hadamar euthanasia center. The windows were painted to prevent people from seeing those inside. Germany, between May and September 1941.__________Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden
1933-1945Summer 1942
Deportations to camps begin
Summer 1942Deportations to
camps begin
1933-19451942-1945
Camp Life… and Death
1942-1945Camp Life… and
Death
1933-1945
April-October 1943 Rebellion
April-October 1943 Rebellion
Warsaw ghetto uprising
1933-1945
1945: Liberation1945: Liberation
1933-1945October 18, 1945-October 1, 1946
Nuremberg Trials
October 18, 1945-October 1, 1946
Nuremberg Trials
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF
Guilty: 12- sentenced to death; 3- life imprisonment; four- 10-20 years in prison
Innocent: 3 were acquitted
Nuremberg Trial ConvictionsNuremberg Trial Convictions
1933-1945November 13-
December 14, 1945Dachau Trials
November 13-December 14, 1945
Dachau Trials
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF
Guilty: 40 Nazi war criminals found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging
Innocent: none
Dachau Trial ConvictionsDachau Trial Convictions
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF
5, 900, 000
Number of Jews Murdered:Number of Jews Murdered:
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Gypsies Murdered:Number of Gypsies Murdered:
220, 000
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Handicapped Murdered:Number of Handicapped Murdered:
200,000
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Polish People Murdered:Number of Polish People Murdered:
1,900,000
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Soviet Prisoners of War Murdered:Number of Soviet Prisoners of War Murdered:
3, 300, 000
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Homosexuals Murdered:Number of Homosexuals Murdered:
15,000 (estimate only)
Hitler’s MEIN KAMPFNumber of Jehovah’s Witnesses Murdered:Number of Jehovah’s Witnesses Murdered:
1,800
1933-1945“Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully, lest you forget the
things your eyes saw, and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life, and you shall make them known to your children, and to your
children’s children.”Deuteronomy 4:9
“Only guard yourself and guard your soul carefully, lest you forget the
things your eyes saw, and lest these things depart your heart all the days of your life, and you shall make them known to your children, and to your
children’s children.”Deuteronomy 4:9