1 Holocaust Background– The Bloodlands

2 Background to the HolocaustBuilding distrust and hatred for Jewish People German Boycotts of Jewish Businesses Nuremberg Law—Anti Jewish Laws Kristallnacht

3 Kristallnacht 4/9-10/1938 The Night of Broken GlassJewish homes, synagogues, and businesses destroyed 20,000 Jews arrested and sent to concentration camps

4 Genocide The deliberate killing of an entire group of people

5 The Holocaust Systematic murder of 11+ million peopleOccurred across Europe (esp. Bloodlands) Half of whom were Jews

6 Non-Jewish Victims Gypsies Freemasons Jehovah Witnesses HomosexualsSlavic Peoples (Russians) Poles Political Prisoners

7 Different Camps Extermination (death) Camps Concentration CampsPure Extermination camps: Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka(Operation Reinhard) and Chelmno Combination Camps: Auschwitz-Birkenau and Majdanek Given a task/ job Worked 22 Main camps in Germany and other European countries