The Nazi Holocaust

Series of events in Nazi Germany involving:

Persecution
(Nuremberg Laws)

The Nazi Holocaust

Series of events in Nazi Germany involving:
Enslavement
(Concentration/ Labor Camps)

The Nazi Holocaust

Series of events in Nazi Germany involving:
Murder
(Death Camps)

The Nazi Holocaust

Included the persecution and murder of Jewish people AND other undesirable groups. UNDESIRABLES=
GYPSIES SLAVIC PEOPLE PEOPLE OF ENEMY ANCESTRY (British, French, Russian, etc.) PHYSICALLY & MENTALLY DISABLED

The Nazi Holocaust

More than 11 million men, women, &children were murdered during the Nazi reign. (1941-1945)

The Nazi Holocaust

6 million of the 11 million people were Jewish (Final Solution = Genocide) Genocide deliberate and systematic destruction

U.S. Response
The U.S. found about the death camps in 11/42 & did not report them to the American public nor did the U.S. raise immigration quotas. The U.S. DID create War Refugee Board (WRB).

of a social, political, or religious group

The Holocaust Ends

5/1945 Germany falls: concentration & death camp survivors are freed 11/1945 Nuremberg Trials: Nazi leaders on trial for crimes against humanity (12 received death sentence)