World War 2: The Holocaust

World War 2 Note Packet April 7, 2014

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Hilter’s rise to power was influenced by finding a scapegoat (someone to blame for Germany’s problems

 Encouragement

of Jewish discrimination  Nuremburg Laws

 Seizure

of Jewish property, homes, businesses  Kristallnacht (night of broken glass)

 1942

– Nazi Party set a primary goal of the extermination (genocide) of all Jewish people

European Jewish Population 9,508,340

Jewish population killed 5,962,129  63%

Jewish population survived 3,546,211

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http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials/videos/concentration-campliberation

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step forward in establishing international law for crimes against humanity