The Holocaust: Right or Wrong

These are things that I know about the Jewish Holocaust:

• was a persectution the Jewish people
• Jews had to wear the star of david on their clothing to identify themselves
• many were sent to concentration camps
• Hitler believed that eveyone should be blonde with blue eyes, and the jews often did not fit this description
• many were killed by a gas chamber or acid showers
• families were split up
• many Jews went into hiding
• Krystallnacht was the burning of the synogogue. It means "night of the broken glass" for all of the windows of jewish homes that were shattered.
• many Jews fled to America, where they were gladly accepted
• Some Jews in concentration camps were genetically experimented on, and often killed
• living conditions were filthy and unhealthy

What we know about the Holocaust

• Jews had to wear stars for indentification and moved to the ghettos.
• Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and a few catholics were transported in cattle cars and placed in concentration camps. When recieved at concentration camps, victims were killed, raped, mistreated.
• killing consisted of gas, shooting, cremate, killings also in ghetto
• Krystallnacht was the burning of the synogogue. "Night of the Broken Glass" for all of the shattered windows of the Jewish homes.
• Jewish people were turned away from their jobs and jewish businesses were often closed down.
• Jewish children were removed from schools
• Hitler wanted a pure Aryan race (blonde hair blue eyes)
• Hitler was part Jewish