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The Persecution of the Jews : 1933-1945 ( PPT Worksheet )
Discover : how the Nazis persecuted the Jews Explore : the reasons for this persecution Skill : knowledge and understanding .

Why persecute the Jews? Propaganda The Nuremberg Laws 19 _ _ Kristallanacht Nov 19 _ _

What is the message of the poster ? Why:

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2: __________________________ ______________________________ 2: __________________________ What:

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3: __________________________ What:
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4: __________________________ ______________________________ 4: __________________________ After :

Einsatsgruppen c 19 _ _ Ghettos c 19 _ _ The Final Solution 19 _ _ The Final Solution 19 _ _

Name of the poison gas used?

What was the role of these squads? What is a ghetto? What was the Final Solution?

Their main method of killing? Where was the largest ghetto? Which Nazi came up with this idea? How long did it take to kill the Jews?

Reasons why a new solution was What killed the Jews in the ghettos? How many Jews were killed during the
Name the Death Camp in Poland
needed? 1: Holocaust?
1: 2:
2:
Jewish Persecution : Propaganda, Laws and Broken Glass.
Discover : how persecution of Jewish people increased Explore : what happened during Kristallnacht Skill : vocab + language development, S.P.A.G.

Hitler believed that pure Germans belonged to As soon as they took power in 1933 The first action against the Jews took place in
The Soux were made up of many tribes
Fix Errors the European Master Race known as Hairyans. the Nazis began indoctrination and
living in South America. This area was April 1933. SA men put up _______ telling people
They were short, blond haired and brown eyed. persecution of the Jews.
made of up large, flat, grassy planes. to ________ Jewish shops and then stood out-
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Hitler believed that Jews were a danger to the side to help _______ this.
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purity and future of the German Empire . _________________________ Bollards placards posters enter avoid
1: _______ 2: ________3:_______
Mathlete 1 _________ 2 _________ 3 __________ _________________________ promote attack boycott smash response

Guess Anti-Semitic p__________ began to have an In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws on Citizenship and My Years In Germany By Martha Todd, 1939.
The Soux were made up of many tribes
effect on the minds of German people. Jews Race were passed by the Nazis. A young girl was being pushed and shoved in the
living inand
Germans South America.
Jews not allowedThis area
to marry : was
were discriminated against in employment and road. Her head had been shaved and she was wear-
made
Sex of up
between large,and
Germans flat, grassy
Jews banned planes.
:
fired from jobs. Shops and restaurants began to Jews to carry identity papers at all times : ing a sign across her breast. We followed and
put up signs r________ entry to Jews. Jews already married cannot have children : watched as the crown insulted her. We were told
Investigate
1: _______
Jews not allowed2:to________3:_______
display Nazi flags :
she was dating a _________
Jews were no longer German citizens :

Choose
Kristallnacht 910th November : 1938, a Ernst Raths murder gave the Nazis an excuse to attack Over the next few days SS men
vom Rath was by a In killed Jew in November Jews. Another reason may have been that Goeb- attacked Jewish, shops, busi-
diplomat named Paris. German _____________ bels had fallen out of favour with Hitler after hav- nesses, and synagogues burning
M. Choice
________________________________________ ing an affair with a German actress. Why could and breaking windows. ___
___________________________________ this have been a be a trigger? ______________ Jews were killed and 1000s put
__________________________________ _______________________________________ in concentration camps.

Unscramble

Many Germans were alarmed at I believe ( Kristallnacht ) was the day we lost our Some Germans were also Jews : T / F
what they saw during the Night Of innocence. It would be fair to point out that I my- Kristallnacht means Crystal Night : T / F
The Broken Glass. However, the Nazis self never met a Nazi who wanted the mass mur- Kristallnacht took place over one night only : T / F
Odd one out
controlled press said Kristallnacht was Kristallnacht started on the 9th Nov, 1935 : T / F
der of the Jews. We wanted them out of Germany
Alfons Heck believed Kristallnacht was right : T / F
the result of unplanned attacks by but certainly not want them to be killed.
A Church is a Jewish place of worship : T / F
the German people. Alfons Heck, Hitler Youth, 1938.
German people were mostly to blame : T / F
Message
Which Minorities Did The Nazis Persecute And Why?
Discover : the reasons for persecution Explore : the methods of persecution used Skill : knowledge and understanding.
Target 1 : non-Aryans. Hitler believed in the theory of Social Darwinism, that Aryans were a MASTER RACE, descended from the legendary Teutonic K nights. They were strongest people and others were weaker. They

Target 2 : Unfit to work. Hitler also disliked those Germans who were lazy or unable to work. He saw the disabled, alcoholics, prostitutes or
simply the work-shy (lazy) as a burden on the economy. If they were not able to contribute to (help) the new Germany they should be removed.

Look at this scum! We want

to breed a MASTER RACE of
Aryans just like me!

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2
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Jews Gypsies Disabled Mentally Ill Work-shy

Laws Sterilisation Concentration Camps Euthanasia

The Nuremberg Laws were
The Nazis wanted to stop some By 1936, work-shy, gypsies, The Nazis began the killing of
passed against Jews in 1935.
people having children. In 1933 tramps, beggars, gays, alcohol- mentally ill and handicapped
The Nazis also hated Gypsies as they passed a law which allowed ics, prostitutes and criminals adults and children in 1939.
they were non Aryan AND for the sterilisation of the were being sent to camps. Starvation, experiments, injec-
considered work-shy. In 1938, homeless, alcoholics and tions and later gas chambers
they passed the Struggle 11,000 beggars put in camps by
those of simple mind were used to kill them. 72,000
Against The Gypise Plague Law. 1938.
murdered before Church pro-

The Nuremberg Laws Kristallnacht The Final Solution

Focus on Anti-Semitism Anti Jewish Propaganda 1935 1938 1941 - 45
1 : Jews were not Aryan.
2 : The loss of WW1 (stab in back)
3 : Hitlers personal experience
when homeless after WW1. He
saw rich Jews during the Global
Depression. (Lawyers, business
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Considering Context
To have a better understanding of history it is important to be aware of context. Context means understanding the situation surrounding
an event, how people felt about it, the factors leading up to it and the culture of that time. It is very easy to judge people in a negative way
for their actions, but being aware of context may help us understand them - even of we dont agree with them.

Einsatzgruppen Describe what is happening in the image right .

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Try to explain (understand ) why the soldier

outlined is doing this terrible act.
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Would you have done the same?
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What am I
thinking ?
 A boy from our town had been deported to Belzec concentration camp.
Determining Usefulness with Nachos He escaped and came back to our town. He told us that Belzec had a
crematorium. Trains from other cities had passed by our city and peo-
Task to judge the usefulness of a source using NACHOS ple had thrown out notes. These notes were picked up by the men
forced to work there. The notes said, "Don't take anything with you, just
Useful: explain Not Useful: explain water." They took us to a cattle train. People started to run away from
the train, but they were shot. Once on the train we had to stand be-
ature of the source.

N This means source type. cause there was no room to sit down. A boy tore the barbed wires from
EG: Letter, speech, diary, the train window. The young people started to jump out of the window.
book, poster, newspaper
report. Many jumped. The Germans on the rooftop of the train shot at them
with rifles. My father told us, the oldest three, "Run, run--maybe you
uthor of the source. will stay alive. We will stay here with the small children because even if

A This is the who and when.

Are they an expert. Is it a
primary eyewitness or
secondary information?
they get out, they will not be able to survive." To me he said, "You run, I
know you will stay alive. You have the Belzer Rebbe's blessing." He was
very religious and he believed this. My brother Berele jumped out, then
my sister Hannah, and then I jumped out. The SS men shot at us. I land-
ontent of the source. ed in a snowbank. The bullets did not hit me. When I did not hear any-

C This means what it tells

us. Does it contain
important info, is it
factual, opinion or biased?
thing anymore, I went back to find my brother and my sister. I found
them dead. My brother Berele was 15. My sister Hannah was 16. I was
17. I took off my star and I promised myself that never again would I ev-
er wear a star. I ran back to the city where we lived. We had a Gentile
appening This is friend there, a lady to whom we gave a lot of our belongings. She was

H about context. What was

happening when the
source was made. Could
this add or detract value?
scared to keep me. Gentile families who were found to be hiding Jews
would be killed. She hid me behind a cedar-robe in the corner. I was
standing there listening to people come in. They were discussing how
mitted is about they were killing the Jews, how the Jews were running away, who had

O limitations of the source. been shot. It was a small city. They felt sorry for the Jews. It was a sen-
What is left out and the sation, a thing to talk about. They felt sorry but they forgot right away.
things it cannot tell us.
In the evening when it became dark she gave me half a loaf of bread
and 25 Polish zlotys. She told me to go
pecial reason is

S about motive or why. Is it

propaganda, persuasion
or created for another
specific purpose?

Conclude: the source is / is not useful.

Eva Galler was Polish Jew, recounting
her story for a website
named Survivor Stories.
Answer should always have a yes element! Useful : Not Useful :
 A Doctors Account of The Final Solution
Task : match the original witness accounts ( top row ) with the simplified statements below.

Grabner ordered me to pour
This was followed by I can also no longer say As an anatomist I have seen Michel announced to the The people went on crying
Zyklon B into the opening
palpable disquiet in the whether I was too influenced a lot of terrible things: I had Jews that they would be sent for about ten minutes. About 40 women were led to
because only another medi-
chamber. In my view it was by the propaganda of the had a lot of experience with to work, but before this they Everything was in disorder the gas chambers not by the
cal orderly had shown up. I
only then that the people time to have refused to have dead bodies, and yet what I would have to take baths and contorted. After that I Germans but by the Ukraini-
was not a member of the ans, also sentenced to death.
sensed something else was carried out the orders I had saw that day was like noth- and undergo disinfection. didn't look at my wife for
NSDAP only acted according
in store for them. been given. ing I had ever seen before. four weeks.
to the laws of my country.

A B C D E F G
The victims did not know what He was only doing He is not completely sure He was The Jews did not know He felt guilty about his Other prisoners were
was happening until they were what he was told to if he had choice or not to a doctor what was actions and what he had used to help with the
inside the gas chamber. do this happening at first experienced killings
do.

of

Dr Kremer Gives His Testimony at the Nuremberg Trials ( Fictional )

Q : Dr Kremer, can you clarify your role in the gassing of the 40 Jewish women in the camp?
A: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q : Who else was involved with this procedure ?
A: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q : How did you become a Dr working for the Nazis ? _________________________________________________________________________________________
A: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q : Why did you do this Dr Kremer ? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________
A: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q : There was something else I wanted to ask you ___________________________________________________________________________________________
A: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q : Finally, Dr Kremer, I have one more question ____________________________________________________________________________________________
A: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who were the SonderKommando?
Skill : use the sources of information and your knowledge to answer the questions below.

What was a SonderKommando ? What was their job ?

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Label this job ( S ) on the image Label the SS Guard ( G ) on the image

"Despite the better conditions in which the Sonderkommando lived at the camps, most were even-
tually gassed as they became increasingly weak or sick from camp conditions. The Nazis also did Why did the Sonderkommando rebel ?
not want any evidence of their horrific acts to remain, and therefore decided to kill those prisoners ___________________________________
who witnessed their actions. In October 1944, the Sonderkommando team at Birkenau learned ___________________________________
that the Germans intended to gas them. The remaining Sonderkommandos decided to take their
fate into their own hands, and, on October 7, the group in charge of the third crematorium at the
_____________________________________
camp, the Birkenau Three Sonderkommando, rebelled. They attacked the SS with makeshift weap- ____________________________________
ons: stones, axes, hammers, other work tools and homemade grenades. They caught the SS guards
by surprise, overpowered them and blew up a crematorium. At this stage they were joined by the
Birkenau One Kommando, which also overpowered their guards and broke out of the compound.
The revolt ended in failure. There was no mass uprising, and within a short time the Germans suc-
ceeded in capturing and killing almost all the escapees. The Sonderkommandos tend to be regard-
ed very negatively by most survivors, and to a certain extent the Jewish establishment in general. What did other Jews think about them?
In the camps, the Sonderkommandos were seen as unclean, and the writer Primo Levi described __________________________________
them as being akin to collaborators. He said that their testimonies should not be given much cre- __________________________________
dence, "since they had much to atone for and would naturally attempt to rehabilitate themselves
at the expense of the truth." Those who were members of the Sonderkommando, however, state What do you think about them?
they had no choice in their job, and they were as much victims of Nazi oppression. __________________________________
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The Jewish Virtual Library __________________________________
 Skill: source analysis and evaluation. / 20

SPIEGEL: Do you feel a something like a sense of moral guilt?

W.: No. I spoke to them in a friendly manner; I never hit, kicked or killed any. I do
not feel like a criminal just because I had to guard them. Germany had invaded
Yugoslavia and that was a crime against humanity and international law. Then the
Nazis conscripted me and brought me to Auschwitz. And how was I supposed to get
away from there? If I had deserted, they would have shot me

An Interview with a Nazi Guard, recorded, August 15th, 2014.

Reported and interviewed by Hanz Spiegel.

Who created this source: _______________________ their job, role or position: ____________________________
Who is it for / audience: __________________________________________________________________________
When was it created : Year: ____ Century: ____ BCE CE Primary Secondary Tertiary
Where is the person who created the source from ? ___________________________________________________

What type of source is it: Letter / Speech / Diary / Other :

What is the content of the source. Summarise this in your own words rather then just copy out lines.
The MAIN point of the source is : _____________________________________________________________________
Furthermore it reveals :_____________________________________________________________________________
Additionally it illustrates :____________________________________________________________________________
Finally it shows us :_________________________________________________________________________________
Use the 5W indicators below to help decide if the source is reliable or unreliable / biased.
Consider 1: Content 2: Provenance 3: Motive 4: Corroboration
Unreliable What Reliable P Who When Where Why
C Uses facts
R Could the person know things Primary sources from a good eyewitness may Where a person comes Does the person have
Uses opinions
O O others do not? be truthful, but they can also be confused or from may influence the M motive or a reason to
One sided Balanced
N Strong Language Softer Language V emotional. Primary sources may be recorded a reliability of a source. For O lie?
Does the person have an important
E long time after the event so the person may example, a German in T
T Emotional Calm job or role?
I Does the person have a
Confused Clear N have forgotten some details. 1942 may be biased
E A Is the person trustworthy or of good
Secondary sources may get changed over towards a Jewish person. V
reason to tell the truth?
Boastful Modest
N Exaggerates Understates N standing?
time. The person was not there, but they can E Could it be propaganda
T Subjective Objective C Could their audience influence what be written with less emotion and using more Think national or regional and / or persuasion?
is said or written? bias!
Disrespectful Respectful E information not available at the time..

Unreliable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Reliable
1: The source content (what ) may may not make the source reliable because : _______________________
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Example : _____________________________________________________________________________________

2 : The source provenance ( origins ) may may not make the source reliable because : __________________
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Example from the source : _________________________________________________________________________

3: The source motive ( why ) may may not make the source reliable because : ________________________
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4 : Any other ideas why the source may or may not be reliable. Is the source supported / corroborated?
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