TIMES OF HORROR

ARYANIZATION

Aryanization began on November of 1938. Germans thought the Aryan race was the perfect race. Aryanization involved de-Judiazation, which is getting rid of the Jewish religion. Jewish people were emigrating, which would leave more Aryans in Europe. Jewish businesses were taken over. The final solution was to eliminate Jews and other religions, leaving Aryans.

Jews Being

Deported

http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/nazioccupation/bulgarianjews.html

“Aryanization.” Learning about the Holocaust. 2001. Print

AUSCHWITZ

In the beginning, Auschwitz was just a small town, called Oswiecim. Auschwitz eventually only took people in, but as it grew it took people in and exported people. At Auschwitz, the SS managed all processes. When you arrived, your possessions would be take and stockpiled. Also, you would be picked to either be killed, or to live and do work. Even if you were picked to work, the work was terrible. Some of the jobs include burying or disposing of dead bodies, or just tons of digging.

A picture showing the

entrance of a

concentration camp

http://isurvived.org/AUSCHWITZ_TheCamp.html

Watts, Franklin. Auschwitz. Hong Kong: Candlewick Press, 2002. Print

GENOCIDE

Genocide refers to the liquidation of a certain race or religion. It doesn’t exactly mean that there will be total destruction of that group. A large group that had this used against them were the Jews, in Europe. There were other groups that had this happen to them, but the Jews were the worst and largest. This is considered to be a crime against humanity. Other crimes included with genocide are murder, cruel treatment, and persecution. When genocide was used by the Nazis, it was considered to be far beyond genocide.

People lined up

at a concentration

camp.

http://www.historywiz.com/holocaust.htm

“Genocide.” Learning About the Holocaust. 2001. Print

KRISTALLNACHTKristallnacht was four days long. It started on November seventh, 1938, and ended

November Tenth, 1938. The city it started in was Kassel, Germany, It began with Anti-Jew riots, which would eventually spread farther. The first riot was made up of SS and SA riots. The participants eventually became mostly German citizens and Nazis. With these large groups of people, over 30,000 Jewish businesses were destroyed.

Thousands of

businesses were

destroyed

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007697

Deem, James. Kristallnact. Berkeley Heights: Enslow Publishers, 2012. Print

STAR OF DAVIDThe Star of David is a symbol that Jews were forced to wear in Muslim countries

during the middle ages. It was often found in the form of a yellow star. The symbol had a different look depending on which country you were in. The Start of David was introduced to Germany on April first, 1933. They forced the Jews to wear it. Also, any Jewish businesses had to paint it on the window of their business.

The Star of David

http://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%AAne:Star_of_David_GGNC_grave_marker_engraving.JPG

“Badge.” The Holocaust. 1997. Print

SWASTIKA

The Swastika was an ancient symbol. It wasn’t actually made by the Nazis. It was found in ancient ruins in China and Egypt by archeologists. Even though the Nazis didn’t make it, they used it as their symbol. It looks like a hooked cross. The name Swastika comes form the Sanskrit language of India. In India, it was interchangeable with the Star of David.

A Swastika symbol

http://news.iskcon.com/node/1632

“Swastika.” The Holocaust. 1997. Print