A LESSON IN TOLERANCE

May we never let it happen again…

A LESSON IN TOLERANCE

May we never let it happen again…

Holocaust (hol·o·caust): n -  

Greek word that means burnt whole or consumed by fire.

The Holocaust (proper noun):The Holocaust was the systematic, state sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

Holocaust (hol·o·caust): n -  

Greek word that means burnt whole or consumed by fire.

The Holocaust (proper noun):The Holocaust was the systematic, state sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

Genocide (noun):The crime of destroying a group of people because of their ethnic, national, racial, or

religious identity.

Nazi target groups:Ethnicities: Jews & Gypsies (Roma), Nationalities: Slavs (Poles & Russians)“Degenerates”: homosexuals,

the mentally & physically disabledPolitical rivals: communists & socialistsReligions: Jehovah Witnesses & JewsAsocials: Anybody else who opposed the Nazis

Genocide (noun):The crime of destroying a group of people because of their ethnic, national, racial, or

religious identity.

Nazi target groups:Ethnicities: Jews & Gypsies (Roma), Nationalities: Slavs (Poles & Russians)“Degenerates”: homosexuals,

the mentally & physically disabledPolitical rivals: communists & socialistsReligions: Jehovah Witnesses & JewsAsocials: Anybody else who opposed the Nazis

Holocaust Victims…Holocaust Victims… 6 million Jews

1.5 million children under 12 The current TOTAL population of Salt Lake and

Utah counties is just over 1.5 million people

“Other Undesirables” 5 million

OVER 11 MILLION KILLED

6 million Jews 1.5 million children under 12 The current TOTAL population of Salt Lake and

Utah counties is just over 1.5 million people

“Other Undesirables” 5 million

OVER 11 MILLION KILLED

Conditions in Germany at the end of WWI

Conditions in Germany at the end of WWI

Germany was a defeated nation Peace Treaty Requirements Stock Market Crash

Nazis and Germans are not the same Nazi Party German citizens

Germany was a defeated nation Peace Treaty Requirements Stock Market Crash

Nazis and Germans are not the same Nazi Party German citizens

“The great masses of the people will more easily fall victim to a big lie than a small one.”

“How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.”

“The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.”

“ I believe today I am acting in the sense of the Almighty Creator. By warding off the Jews I am doing the Lord’s work.”

*What do all these quotations have in common?

The Power of Words…The Power of Words…

All were said by Adolf Hitler…

Rise of the Nazi Party

Hitler’s Promises:

1. Better life

2. Germany to become

a great nation again

3. Racial purity

Hitler Youth Parade

Hitler was made chancellor of Germany in Jan. 1933

Life in Hitler’s GermanyLife in Hitler’s Germany

Genocide was NOT the first step.

Hitler started with a more subtle plan.

Genocide was NOT the first step.

Hitler started with a more subtle plan.

“You have no right to live among us as Jews.”

PropagandaBoycottingNuremberg laws

(1935)Kristallnacht

(1938)Registering Jews

Nuremberg LawsLaws enacted against Jews in 1935

Nuremberg LawsLaws enacted against Jews in 1935

German Jews became second-class citizens in their own country.

• Jewish teachers and civil servants were fired from their jobs

• marriages between Jews and non-Jews were forbidden• Jews were no longer allowed to run their own

businesses.

German Jews became second-class citizens in their own country.

• Jewish teachers and civil servants were fired from their jobs

• marriages between Jews and non-Jews were forbidden• Jews were no longer allowed to run their own

businesses.

Similar laws were enacted in other countries as the Nazi occupation spread across Europe.

• Anne Frank wrote in her diary:

“Jews were required to wear a yellow star; Jews were required to turn in their bicycles; Jews were forbidden to use trams; Jews were forbidden to ride in cars, even their own; Jews were required to do their shopping between 3:00 and 5:00 P.M.; Jews were required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty parlors; Jews were forbidden to be out on the streets between 8:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M.; Jews were forbidden to attend theaters, movies or any other forms of entertainment; Jews were forbidden to use swimming pools, tennis courts, hockey fields or any other athletic fields; Jews were forbidden to go rowing; Jews were forbidden to take part in any athletic activity in public; Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their friends after 8:00 P.M.; Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes; Jews were required to attend Jewish schools, etc.”

Similar laws were enacted in other countries as the Nazi occupation spread across Europe.

• Anne Frank wrote in her diary:

“Jews were required to wear a yellow star; Jews were required to turn in their bicycles; Jews were forbidden to use trams; Jews were forbidden to ride in cars, even their own; Jews were required to do their shopping between 3:00 and 5:00 P.M.; Jews were required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty parlors; Jews were forbidden to be out on the streets between 8:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M.; Jews were forbidden to attend theaters, movies or any other forms of entertainment; Jews were forbidden to use swimming pools, tennis courts, hockey fields or any other athletic fields; Jews were forbidden to go rowing; Jews were forbidden to take part in any athletic activity in public; Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their friends after 8:00 P.M.; Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes; Jews were required to attend Jewish schools, etc.”

Photo credits: Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives

Kristallnacht

“Night Of Broken Glass” (1938)

“You have no right to live among us.”

Ghettos:

Ghettos were walled off portions of cities in which Jews were forced to live. Conditions were extremely poor.

Concentration Camps:

The Nazis established prison/work camps for the imprisonment of

all “enemies” of their regime.

Raids and CaptureRaids and Capture

“Today I have nothing but dismal and depressing news to report. Our many Jewish friends and acquaintances are being taken away in droves… transporting them in cattle cars to Westerbork, the big camp in Drenthe to which they're sending all the Jews. Miep told us about someone who'd managed to escape from there. It must be terrible in Westerbork.” - Anne Frank

“Today I have nothing but dismal and depressing news to report. Our many Jewish friends and acquaintances are being taken away in droves… transporting them in cattle cars to Westerbork, the big camp in Drenthe to which they're sending all the Jews. Miep told us about someone who'd managed to escape from there. It must be terrible in Westerbork.” - Anne Frank

A raid in the summer of 1943, in the neighbourhood of Merwedeplein, where the

Frank family lived before they went into hiding.

In the CampsIn the Camps Every man and woman received a number, which

was tattooed on his or her arm. All their heads were shaved bald. They received prison-camp clothes, because they

were not allowed to keep their own clothes. All other personal belongings were also confiscated.

There was little food given to prisoners, and barracks were crowded. Many became sick and died.

Every man and woman received a number, which was tattooed on his or her arm.

All their heads were shaved bald. They received prison-camp clothes, because they

were not allowed to keep their own clothes. All other personal belongings were also confiscated.

There was little food given to prisoners, and barracks were crowded. Many became sick and died.

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In the CampsIn the CampsWork days were long and hard. Prisoners spent 11 or more hours a day doing menial tasks, such as breaking apart batteries, assembling radios, or hauling rocks.

The men were placed in one part of the camp, the women in another.

“You have no right to live !”

Wansee Conference (1941)

The “Final Solution” to the Jewish problem was decided. ALL Jewish people were to be systematically killed.

“In Germany, they first came for the Communists,

and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews,

and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists,

and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics,

and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me –

and by that time no one was left to speak up.”

~Martin Niemoller

What role will you play? What role will you play?

Words of HOPEWords of HOPE "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait

a single moment before starting to improve the world."

"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”

"I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquility will return again."

"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”

Who said these inspiring words?

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”

"I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquility will return again."

"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”

Who said these inspiring words?

Anne Frank

How will learning about her life change the way you live yours?

Anne Frank

How will learning about her life change the way you live yours?

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