THE ROAD TO THE FINAL SOLUTION - English II with Mr. Davis



THE ROAD TO THE FINAL SOLUTION

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Anti-Semitism Definition:

Historical Context of the Holocaust List at least four factors that contributed to the Holocaust:

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3.

4.

Lebensborn-

July 1938—World leaders met in ________, France to discuss what to do about Hitler. They decided to do _________________. Myron Taylor represented the U.S.

May 10, 1933—All over Germany, books by __________, ________________, and ____________________ authors are burned.

1933

1934

1935

1938

March 22, 1933—The first concentration camp, ___________, was established. ______________ prisoners were incarcerated here at first.

January 30, 1933—Hitler becomes ________________, even though over _____ percent of Germany did not vote for him.

Lebensraum-

September 10, 1935—Nuremberg _______ are released. These laws deprive the _______ of basic rights, such as citizenship and the right to marry whomever they would like.

June 30, 1934—The Night of the _______ ___________. Over 300 people on Hitler’s hit list were murdered, many of them Hitler’s own military.

January 1942

Nazi officials hold meeting in Wannsee to organize the Final Solution (mass murder of Jews in Europe).

1939

1941

1942

1943

1944

October 1938—Deportations of ________ to other countries begin. Hitler’s first idea was to just get them out of Germany.

Kristallnacht--

November 9 – 10, 1938--In a nationwide __________called Kristallnacht, the Nazis and their collaborators burn synagogues and loot Jewish homes and businesses. Approximately ___________ Jewish men imprisoned in concentration camps.

Blitzkreig--

September 1, 1939—In response to a fake attack on a border radio station, Hitler ___________ Poland and begins World War II. _____________ came to Poland’s defense. The Nazis execute Polish __________ and change education. The Soviets also invade from the _________ and they divide Poland between them.

Euthanasia--

October 1939—The T-4 Euthanasia Program begins in Germany. Those in __________ institutions are used as guinea pigs for experiments with ________ injection and gas. This is how the Nazis discover _________________.

Summer 1941—_____________ squads called the Einsatzgruppen begin going into towns and killing all Jews in large numbers with machine guns. Hundreds of _____________ are killed this way.

December 7, 1941—The ________________ attack Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into the War.

The Final Solution--

January 20, 1942—The _______________ conference takes place in a house outside of Berlin. Here, top Nazi officials decide the fate of the Jews: The ________ Solution.

Concentration Camp--

Summer 1942 --Deportations from ghettoes to ___________ centers and __________________ camps begin.

Killing Center--

April-October 1943—Jews begin to _______ and _______back once they learn what the Nazis have waiting for them in the killing centers and camps.

1945

1946

1948

Death March--

January 1942

Nazi officials hold meeting in Wannsee to organize the Final Solution (mass murder of Jews in Europe).

January-May 1945—The __________ liberated the killing centers and concentration camps, places they didn’t know even existed until they stumbled on them.

December 1944—__________ marches from the camps begin. The survival rate on a march was every _______ in five people survived.

Nuremberg Trials—

______ get the death penalty

______ get life in prison

______ get 10-20 years in prison

______ get acquitted

October 18, 1945-October 1, 1946—Nuremburg Trials take place. _____ top Nazi officials are put on trial for the world to see. Many receive the death penalty.

November 13-December 14, 1945 --Dachau Trials take place. ______ Nazi officers and guards are put on trial. _____ of them are sentenced to death.

May 8, 1945—The Germans __________________ and World War II is over in Europe. The ___________________ do not surrender until August.

April 30, 1945--_____________ commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin. He had just married his ______________ an hour before his death. She also committed suicide.

Number of Black Europeans Killed:

Number of Political Prisoners Killed:

Number of Jehovah’s Witnesses Killed:

Number of Homosexuals Killed:

Number of Soviet Prisoners of War Killed:

Number of Polish People Killed:

Number of Handicapped Killed:

Number of Gypsies Killed:

Number of Jews Killed:

May 14, 1948—The United Nations declares _________ a new state recognized by the U.N. Many Jews emigrate to their new country.

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