Today we started by reviewing what we talked about yesterday.
1941-Jews throughout eastern europe are forced into ghettos. In 2 days German units shot 33,771 Ukrainian Jews at BabiYar, the largest single massacre of the Holocaust, The death camp at Chelmno in Poland begins murdering Jews.
1942- Nazi officials announced "Final Solution"-their plan to kill all european jews. Five death camps begin operation in Poland: Majdane, Bobibor, Treblinka, Belzec, and the most famous: Auschwitz. 60% of homosexuals that were in these camps were killed.
1943- Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto resist as the Nazis begin new rounds of deportations. These Jews hold out for nearly a month before the Nazis put down the uprising.
1944-Hitler takes over Hungary and begins deporting 12,000 Hungarian Jews each day to Auschwitz where they are murdered.
1945-Hitler is defeated and WW2 ends in Europe. The Holocaust is over and the death camps are emptied. Many survivors are placed in displaced persons camps until they find a country willing to accept them.
1947- The UN establihes a Jewish homeland in British-controlled Palestine, which becomes the state of Israel in 1948.
Nazi Science Experiments-woah, these things are rediculous. They removed womens breasts, tried making the eyes blue, that's just..wrong!
Joseph Stalin-was born in the country Georgia. He was poor. He was only 5 ft 3 in. But he demanded, and got respect. He went to school to become a priest. He killed 10 million people.
Kellogg-Briand Pact-60+ countries signed a petition to outlaw wars to end disputes.
3 minute history of Japan-They were a backwards nation, very agricultural, they wanted to keep isolated. Had futilism, wasn't a unified country. Ninjas. Yeah, that's right, NINJAS.
Good Neighbor Policy-FDR tried to become better neighbors with Latiin America, because we weren't very friendly with eachother.
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