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German Anti-Semitism
DefinitionDefinition CharacteristicsCharacteristics
ExamplesExamples
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GenocideGenocide
Government sponsored destruction of an ethnic, political, or cultural group
•Organized/systematic•Large number of deaths
Armenian Genocide Holocaust
Khmer Rouge
Rwanda
Darfur
Phases of the HolocaustPhases of the Holocaust
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Germans
Removal of Jews from German Society
(1933 – 1939) 11
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The Nuremberg Laws
• September 1935• Economic, social & political
persecution of Jewish life– Boycotts– Law for the Protection of
German Blood & Honor– Reich Citizenship Law
Phases of the HolocaustPhases of the Holocaust
You may not live amongst us as
Germans
Removal of Jews from German Society
(1933 – 1939) 11
22
33
Phases of the HolocaustPhases of the Holocaust
You may not live amongst us as
Germans
Removal of Jews from German Society
(1933 – 1939)
You may not live amongst us
11
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33
Phases of the HolocaustPhases of the Holocaust
You may not live amongst us as
Germans
Removal of Jews from German Society
(1933 – 1939)
You may not live amongst us
Ghettoization of Europe’s Jews Forced Jewish labor (1939-1942)
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Ghettoization• 1939-1942• Jews rounded up,
isolated in ghettos• Conditions?
– Crowded • 10-20 per room
– Starvation• 200 calories per
person, per day
– Disease
• Slave labor
Phases of the HolocaustPhases of the Holocaust
You may not live amongst us as
Germans
Removal of Jews from German Society
(1933 – 1939)
You may not live amongst us
Ghettoization of Europe’s Jews Forced Jewish labor (1939-1942)
11
22
33
Phases of the HolocaustPhases of the Holocaust
You may not live amongst us as
Germans
Removal of Jews from German Society
(1933 – 1939)
You may not live amongst us
Ghettoization of Europe’s Jews Forced Jewish labor (1939-1942)
You may not live
11
22
33
Phases of the HolocaustPhases of the Holocaust
You may not live amongst us as
Germans
Removal of Jews from German Society
(1933 – 1939)
You may not live amongst us
Ghettoization of Europe’s Jews Forced Jewish labor (1939-1942)
You may not liveAttempt to eliminate Europe’s Jews•Einsatzgruppen (1941 – 1942) •Final Solution (1942 – 1945)
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Einsatzgruppen
• Action Squads• Followed German army
into the East• Rounded up:
– Communists– Political rivals– Slavs– Gypsies– Jews
• Killed 1.4 million
The Final Solution
• Wannsee Conference– Berlin, Jan 20, 1942– Attended by highest ranking Nazi officials– Here that the “final solution to the Jewish
question” was decided
– “Final solution” = Elimination of Europe's 11 million Jews
V-E DayV-E Day
• April 1945 Russia/U.S. Troops meet in April 1945 Russia/U.S. Troops meet in eastern Germanyeastern Germany
• Hitler commits suicideHitler commits suicide
• Germany surrenders Germany surrenders unconditionallyunconditionally
• May 8th 1945: Victory in May 8th 1945: Victory in Europe Day Europe Day
Should the U.S. have used atomic weapons on Japan?
Reasons For Reasons Against
• Killed civilians—women and children
• Japan would have surrendered by Nov 1945– Seeking peace
• Unfair to use Japan as bargaining chip w/ USSR
• Forever change nature of warfare
• Why 2?
• To end the war quickly• To avoid invasion of Japan
—save American lives• Justifying $2 billion spent on
the Manhattan project• Racism• To intimidate the soviet
union
The Atomic BombThe Atomic Bomb
• August 6, 1945, U.S. dropped atomic August 6, 1945, U.S. dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima, wiped bomb on Hiroshima, wiped out 70 percent of the out 70 percent of the city and killed city and killed 70,000 70,000 Japanese civilians. Japanese civilians.
• 22ndnd bomb in Nagasaki bomb in Nagasaki
three days three days later killed 40,000+ later killed 40,000+
Surrender of JapanSurrender of Japan
• Emperor Hirohito forces his generals to Emperor Hirohito forces his generals to surrendersurrender
• Aug. 15th 1945 V-J DayAug. 15th 1945 V-J Day