2. Genocide
people murder
The systematic* and planned extermination of an ENTIRE group
of people based on nationality, race, religion, or ethnicity.
* orderly, step-by-step process
3. How does genocide happen?
Under what conditions is it possible for one
group of people to willingly attempt to annihilate
an ENTIRE group of others?
5. Who is the giant ape
supposed to represent?
What is this poster
encouraging people to
do?
By joining the military
during wartime, what
is expected of the
soldiers?
6. What is going on in these pictures?
What is the intended result of
firing heavy artillery?
Do the men realize
they’re killing
people?
Do they actually
see the people
they’re firing at?
7. Pretend this is a radar used to
locate and bomb targets.
How are people
portrayed on a radar
screen?
Would it be easier
for this man to do
his job, or the men
in the previous
picture? Why?
9. What is going on here?
How do these men do this job every day?
Splitting up
families
Sending
some family
members to
instant
death, and
others to
slave labor.
Crying
Pleading
Begging
11. Make a “T” chart in your notes. On one side of the chart,
make a list of the items human beings physically need in
order to live. On the other side list things that you
personally need in order to live a happy life.
12. Dehumanization (DHZ)
The process of taking away all
human qualities of the victim and
reducing the victim to sub - human
levels in the eyes of the perpetrator
and the victim.
14. Why DHZ?
Perpetrator (Nazi) Victim (Jews & others)
Makes their “job” easier
They don’t think they’re
doing anything wrong
Justifies their actions
in their own eyes
15. Jan. 1933
Hitler to
power
Feb. 1933 Ger.
lose freedom of
speech, press, etc.
People can be put
in jail w/out a trial
March 1933
Hitler becomes dictator
1st concentration camp for
political opponents
April 1933 - Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses
- Jews & political opponents lose jobs as
teachers, lawyers, doctors, etc.
May 1933 Nazis burn
books by Jews & Pol.
opponents
July 1933 Jews who
move to Ger. can’t
be citizens
Sept 1935
Nuremberg Laws
make Jews 2nd
class citizens **
Aug 1936
Olympics -
antisemetic signs
taken down
**Nov. 1938
Kristallnacht
State organized
riots against
Jews **
Sept. 1939
WWII starts
things get
worse for the
Jews
16. Nov. 1939
Forced removal of Jews
from defeated countries
to new locations. Jews in
new Ger. territories
forced to wear ID tags
June 1940
Lodz Ghetto
sealed off
Jews can’t
leave
June 1941
1st mass murder
of Russian &
Polish Jews
(Einsatzgruppen)
July 1941
1st talk of the “Final Solution” to
the Jewish Question
Sept. 1941
German Jews
forced to wear
yellow Star of
David
Oct. 1941
German Jews
removed from
homes to
Ghettos
Nov. 1941
1st killing
center opens
Jan. 1942
Wannsee Conference
“Final Solution” is all set
and ready
March 1942
1st gas
chambers
used to kill
Jews
45. 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
46. 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
47. How did the Nazis take away the
humanity of the Jews “brick by brick?”
