Stages of the Holocaust

A. 1933-1939: THE HOLOCAUST BEGAN GRADUALLY, IN STAGES (few deaths until

Kristallnacht)
Date Stage of the Nazi’s purpose was to… Picture to help you
Holocaust remember.
1. Boycott of
Jewish stores
________________ the Jews by making it hard for
1933
(a boycott means them to make a living
________ buying
from someone)

2. Civil Service ______________ Jews from public life, and

1933
Law ______________ the number of Jews in universities

3. Nuremburg ____________ who is Jewish (3 grandparents).

1935
Laws It became illegal for Jews to marry __________.

4. Kristallnacht ___________ Jewish property; ____________

1938 many Jews; got Germans used to ________ against
“Night of broken
glass” Jews.

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 Stages of the Holocaust

B. 1939-45: DURING WWII, THE HOLOCAUST TURNED INTO A VIOLENT WAR AGAINST
THE JEWS.
Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, starting World War II.

Sept. _____________ of people with certain physical

5. T4 program
1939
disabilities.

6. Creation of Physical __________ of Jews from Germany.

Oct. 1939
Ghettos Ghettos were set up in cities in German-occupied
Poland for Jews. They could not leave them.
June 22, Nazi invasion of Nazis gained control of Eastern Europe and Western Russia, where millions of
1941 the Soviet Union Jews lived.
After German invaded Eastern Europe and the
June 1941 Soviet Union, soldiers in killing squads _________
7. Mobile
- Nov.
Killing Squads Jews, street by street, often in large pits in forests.
1942
Non-Germans helped with the killing.
_____________ of Jews (more than 4 million were
Late
8. Killing
1941- murdered in the killing centers in eastern Europe)
centers
Early 45
1944-45 Soviet (Russian) troops closed down the killing centers in Eastern Europe. In the West, America and
the Allies invaded Nazi Europe (June 6, 1944). Soviets and Allies defeated Germany in May 1945,
ending the Holocaust.

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