RLST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Nuremberg Laws, Yom Hashoah
6 Oct 2016
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Timeline: hitler is elected to power in 1933, nuremberg laws go into effect in 1935, kristallnacht happens on november 9, 1938, germany invades poland in 1939, concentration camps. Originally just to concentrate jews in locations. Not yet to kill all of the jews: germany changes policy to extermination in 1941. To x the jewish question : the final solution is implemented in 1942. Gas chambers are started to be put into effect. Concentration camps turn into death camps or labor camps: warsaw ghetto uprising in april 14, 1943. Jews are concentrated into the warsaw ghettos: there is an uprising against the nazis, all of the jews in the ghettos are killed that fought against the nazis, world war ii ends in 1945. Estimated 6 million jews and 7 million other targeted groups are killed overall in the holocaust. How is the holocaust commemorated: yom hashoah, visiting concentration camps.
