Genocide & Holocaust Guided Notes
Genocide: Committing acts with the ______(in whole or in part) a group of ______of the group (such as race, religion, ethnicity, etc.)
In 1948 the international community adopted the ______, which gives a ______of genocide and which obligates the countries that sign the treaty to intervene to stop genocide when it is occurring.
What is Genocide: The legal definition of genocide as defined by the Genocide Convention is:
“[A]ny of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
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Examples of Genocide in the 20th Century:
8 Stages of Genocide
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THE HOLOCAUST Dates: ______to ______
In ______approximately ______Jews lived in the 21 countries of Europe that would be occupied by Germany during the war. By 1945 _____ out of every ______European Jews had been killed.
Two Main Phases of the Holocaust
PHASE ONE: BEGAN______
Dates: ______
On ______, Adolf Hitler was named ______, the most powerful ______in the German government.
Hitler was the leader of the right-wing National Socialist German Workers Party also called ______.
Nazis believed they were “______”. They targeted the following groups as a serious biological threat to the purity of the German Race, which they also called the ______Race:
1. ______3. ______
2. ______4. ______(other discussed in class)
Jews were considered to be “______”. Germany blamed the Jews for their ______depression and the country’s defeat in ______.
Jews began to face limited right, including the fact that they could not do the following (list at least two things):
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Between ______and ______, Nazis seized Jewish ______and ______.
PHASE TWO: BEGAN______
Dates: ______
On ______, Germany invaded ______and ______began.
Within ______month, Germany defeated Poland and began killing Polish ______like university professors, artists, writers, politicians, etc.
Hitler initiated an order to kill institutionalized, handicapped patients deemed “______”.
The Nazis created euthanasia program in secret, which became known as ______.
______are most closely associated with Holocaust and its means of killing. While they opened in 1933, their use increased during ______.
By 1940 an estimated ______people, mainly Jews, were murdered.
Between ______and ______, the Germans moved to eliminate the ______in occupied ______and elsewhere, deporting residents to “______”. These were also known as killing centers that were equipped with ______facilities.
______individuals were killed in these kill centers between 1941 and 1944.
______-______became the killing center where the ______number of Jews and Gypsies were killed. The estimate was more than ______killed. 9 out of 10 were Jews.
The Germans ______prisoners to camps inside Germany in order to keep them from ______. These deportations were also known a, ______.
In ______, Germany collapsed and existing camps were ceased.
By ______, the US and Great Britain had learned of ______.
The US started to take ______in ______.