- was during WWII
- Hitler tried wiping out the Jewish population
- they were kept in concentration camps
- they were killed in many different ways
- they were branded and had to wear special clothing
- many tried to hide and flee
- they were tortured
What we know about the Holocaust.
- it was a mass genocide
- Many of the killing were of Jews (6 million)
- Total killing estimated 11 million
- Hitler wanted a "perfect race" (Aryan- blonde hair and blue eyed)
- Hitler also targeted other groups-- gypsies-- polish -- Homosexuals--mentally disabled
- started in germany
- Hitler's men were called the Nazis
- Mass extermination was conducted in different ways: shooting, burning, gasing, starvation, disease
- Elit Nazis were classified as the Gestapo
- Started WWII
- Hitler was a soldier in WWI
- wrote a book while he was in prison
- Anne Frank was a victim
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