Holocaust 1941
Devia & Andrew
What Happened
1941 was the year where the government officials; Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Reinhard Heydrich finally decided to physically annihilate the Jews in Europe.
In March of 1941 the German authorities set up an internment camp in occupied France to get rid of the French Jews and the foreign Jews.
Ghettos are established. Thousands of Jews are forced to live and work within the confines of the ghetto. Some of the boundaries of the ghettos are made with barbed wire and some, a concrete wall.
Sometimes there would be resistance movements within the ghettos. They might be underground and would focus on education and welfare of the people.
December 7, 1941 was when Japan attacked pearl harbor. This was the start of the involvement of America.
The Ghettos/ Concentration Camps
Pearl Harbor
Hitler and Officials
The Ghettos/ Concentration Camps
Homeless children in the ghettos
Forced labor under terrible conditions
Very crowded
Resistance in the ghetto
Conclusion
- The Pearl Harbor bombing caused the U.S. to participate in WWII. It also took the lives of thousands of people.
- Concentration Camps were practically the demise of the Jewish society by decreasing the number of Jewish people in the world significantly.
- Ghettos demoralized innocent people and their families, by separating each other with concrete walls through middle of cities.
- Hitler's sadistic nature, caused much pain through out the world. People sat watching these terrible events, and worried about how their life would be endangered in the future.
What an we as a society learn from these events:
- We can learn that you never know what is going to happen and that it is better to be prepared for everything.
- Value every moment of your life because you never know when it could be taken away from you.
- Violence is never the answer, it always ends up as a disaster.
- Everyone is is equal and no one should have too much power.
Citations
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"Holocaust Timeline: The Ghettos." Holocaust Timeline: The Ghettos. A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust, n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2013.
History.com. "Pearl Harbor." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. <http://www.history.com/topics/pearl-harbor>
Memorial Museum, US Holocaust. "Nazi Camps." Holocaust Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. <http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005144>.
Wistrich, Robert S. "Adolf Hitler." Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2013. <http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/hitler.html>