The document discusses Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, which proposes that humans must first satisfy basic physiological needs like food and shelter before pursuing other needs for safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. It then asks how the Nazis deprived Jews of their humanity level by level, potentially alluding to the Nazis targeting Jews' abilities to meet these different levels of needs.

1. The Holocaust

2. How does this happen?

3. Abraham Maslow
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (1942)
A well respected theory about what
humans needs in order to survive
and thrive
A theory of what makes us human

4. Physiological
Safety
Love & Belonging
Esteem
Growth
self-respect
respect of others
Make yourself better
+ relationships
friends & family
acceptance into clubs, groups, etc.
employment, resources ($), health, family, morals
physical security (no violence)
oxygen, food, sleep, water,
hygiene, homeostasis,
disposal of waste

5. How did the Nazis take away the
humanity of the Jews “brick by brick?”