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The Holocaust
Propaganda and Censorship
• Nazis took control of Radio, newspapers, magazines, movies, music, art, and more
• Got rid of anything that went against the Nazi way of thinking
Hitler Youth
• Who is more impressionable than kids
• Brainwashing kids through a program like boy/girl scouts
• Pre-military training
• Blind loyalty to Hitler and Nazi Party
Activity
• In our culture today, what would be the easiest way to brainwash people into believing something is true.
Night of Broken Glass
• On the night of November 9, 1938
• In two days, over 1000 synagogues were burned and 7,000 Jewish businesses were trashed and looted
• Many Jews killed
• Retaliation to German official shot in Paris by a Jewish teenager
Sign says “boycott Jewish Businesses”
Ghettos
• Ghetto - Slums where Jews were forced to live
• Singled out from the general population, forced to wear yellow stars
Transportation to Camps
• People were jammed into cattle cars
• Hundreds in one car
• Many people died
Assignment
• Write a 2 paragraph DESCRIPTIVE essay detailing the conditions of the train ride to a concentration camp.
• Smells, temperature, hunger, being tired, pain and discomfort.
Concentration Camps
• Concentration Camp: prison camp for innocent civilians
• Prisoners worked to the death
• Starvation
• Terrible living conditions
• Humiliation by the Nazis
Forced Labor
Death Camps
People on trains that were seen as weak were sent to Death Camps
Methods of Killing:1. Gas Chamber2. Firing Squad3. Ovens (Fire)
Nazis have no regard for human lifeGenocide: killing off an entire race of people
Gas Chamber after liberation
The Holocaust
• Holocaust: massive slaughter of Jew and other groups during WWII