"The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II."
An examination of the genocide committed by the Nazis against Jewish people and other marginalized groups, including the use of concentration and extermination camps.
Nazi Party and rise to power: Understanding how the Nazi Party came to power in Germany, and their ideology and policies.
Anti-Semitism: Examining the history of antisemitism, including prejudices, stereotypes and discrimination faced by Jews, throughout history, and in Nazi Germany.
Concentration camps: An overview of concentration camps, their types, and how they were used by the Nazis.
Ghettos: Learning about the ghettos established by the Nazis in Eastern Europe, which served as holding places for Jews before their deportation to concentration camps.
Persecution of other minority groups: Understanding how the Nazis persecuted and murdered other minority groups like disabled people, Romani people, homosexuals, etc.
The Final Solution: The plan of systematically exterminating all Jews under the Nazi regime.
Resistance and rebellion: Stories of resistance and uprisings by Jews against the Nazis in ghettos & concentration camps.
Rescue and relief: Efforts made by individuals and organizations, especially in allied countries, to rescue Jewish refugees and provide relief to those who managed to escape Nazi persecution.
Collaboration: Learning about how some non-German Europeans collaborated with the Nazis, and the impact of this collaboration on the victims of the Holocaust.
War crimes trials and justice: Examining the post-war investigations and justice systems, in Germany and other countries, and how war crimes trials helped to convict and punish those responsible for the Holocaust.
Memorialization and remembrance: Understanding the importance of memorialization, education, and remembrance of Holocaust victims and survivors, and how it helps people to learn from the events and avoid repeating history.
"Some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe."
"The murders were carried out primarily through mass shootings and poison gas in extermination camps."
"Extermination camps, chiefly Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, Belzec, Sobibor, and Chełmno in occupied Poland."
"The Nazis developed their ideology based on racism and pursuit of 'living space.'"
"The regime passed anti-Jewish laws and orchestrated a nationwide pogrom in November 1938."
"Occupation authorities began to establish ghettos to segregate Jews."
"Around 1.5 to 2 million Jews were shot."
"Later in 1941 or early 1942, the highest levels of the German government decided to murder all Jews throughout Europe."
"Most were killed with poison gas."
"Many died from starvation, abuse, or exhaustion or used as test subjects in deadly medical experiments."
"Factors such as the lack of money to pay helpers and the risk of denunciation."
"The property, homes, and jobs belonging to murdered Jews were redistributed to the German occupiers and other non-Jews."
"The majority of Holocaust victims died in 1942."
"The killing continued at a lower rate until the end of the war in May 1945."
"Not all victims were Jews, with millions killed for ethnic and ideological associations."
"Many Jewish survivors emigrated outside of Europe."
"A few Holocaust perpetrators faced criminal trials."
"Billions of dollars in reparations have been paid."
"The Holocaust has become central to Western historical consciousness as a symbol of the ultimate human evil."