The Holocaust

By mariahjohnson_08@icloud.com

  • The Holocaust

    The Holocaust
    Hitler's response to a Jewish man shooting a German diplomat in France. Thousands of businesses were destroyed, and thousands of Jewish people were taken to concentration camps.

  • After Hitler took the to the camp

    After Hitler took the to the camp
    Nazi Germany’s persecution of Jews evolved and became increasingly more radical between 1933 and 1945. This radicalization culminated in the mass murder of six million Jews.

  • Jews at the camp

    Jews at the camp
    During World War II, Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators killed nearly two out of every three European Jews using deadly living conditions, brutal mistreatment, mass shootings and gassings, and specially designed killing centers.

  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
    In October 1938, about 17,000 Jews of Polish origin were deported from
    Germany.

  • The beginning of WWII

    The beginning of WWII
    Polish infantry during the
    Polish September
    Campaign, September
    1939.

  • Koenigsbach, Germany,

    Koenigsbach, Germany, the
    interior of a ruined synagogue
    after the kristallnacht, 10/11/1938

  • LIBERATION OF NAZI CAMPS

    LIBERATION OF NAZI CAMPS
    Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz—the largest killing center and concentration camp complex—in January 1945.

  • LIBERATION OF NAZI CAMPS

    LIBERATION OF NAZI CAMPS
    American forces liberated concentration camps including Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenbürg, Dachau, and Mauthausen.