Despite facing antisemitism in the 1920s and 1930s, European Jews, especially those in Germany, lived well as integral members of society. However, that all changed when a fringe political movement rose to power.
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party) and their leader, Adolf Hitler, vowed to annihilate all Jews, whom they viewed as “parasites”. By the end of World War II, some six million Jews and five million others had been murdered at the hands of the Nazis and their supporters.
The effects of the atrocities of the Holocaust are still felt today by Jews around the world, and Jewish communities have worked tirelessly to educate the world about these horrors so that they never happen again.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:27 Jewish communities in 1920s and 1930s Europe
00:49 National Socialist Workers’ Party (NAZI) and Adolph Hitler
01:24 Initial failures of the Nazi Party and German economic collapse
01:43 Rise of the Nazi Party
02:12 The Nuremberg Laws
02:29 German invasion of Poland and WW2
02:41 War of annihilation on the Jews
03:12 Jewish ghettoes and yellow Jewish star
03:34 The Wannsee Conference and “The Final Solution”
04:21 Jewish resistance, partisan sabotage, and ghetto uprisings
05:01 Spiritual resistance and maintenance of dignity
05:23 Acceleration of Jewish genocide
05:36 Russian liberation of Auschwitz and German surrender
05:51 Aftermath of the Holocaust – destruction and refugees
06:32 What was the Holocaust?
06:46 Jewish response to the Holocaust
07:05 Outro
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Executive Producer:
– Melinda Goldrich
Co-Executive Producer:
– Shmuel Katz
Gold Level:
– Goldrich Family Foundation
Lauren and Ezra Kest
Silver:
In honor of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
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Image and footage credits:
USHMM
Yad VaShem
Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung
Israel GPO-Zoltan Kluger
Israel GPO-David Eldan
Fundacja Chai
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