Took notes in class.
Holocaust victims range from 11 to 17 million. 6 million jews, 500,000 to 1.5 mil gypsies killed. Mentaly handicapt were killed, soviet, pow and killed in action 16.5 million. Polish about 2.5 million. homosexuals 5 to 15 thousand dead. communist and socialist killed. mixed races. Created lebensborn to pump out as many blonde hair blue eyed babies. lebensborn women not required to have relations. Hitler took babysteps with the jews. He temerarily took citizenship rights. First concintration camps were set up in 1933 not to kill just work. civil liberties taken away. took away education and some jobs. Nuremburg laws took away civil rights couldnt vote or anything. If 3 or 4 grandparets were jewish they were jewish and put in camp. later on if one was jewish they were put in camps. 1936 Nazis boycotts jewish buinesses. 1938 kristallnacht nazis break windows looting and stealing from jews. Few were killed not ment to be a killing. 91 died though. 1939 death camps started. Called the final solution killing of handicapt and Jews wore stars. 1940 jews were deported to poland to be killed. Jews forced into ghettos. 1941 2 days 33,771 jews killed. 1942 hitler anounces final solution kills all Jews. 5 major death camps set up. Aushwits and treblinka most famous camps. 1942 US found out about the killings. 1943 Jews start figting back because they found out they were going to get killed. Many soldiers didnt know about camps but found out when they came acrost them. 1947 established isreal for jewish homeland.
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