The Holocaust took place during World War II from about 1938 until 1945. On November 9th and 10th, 1938 many Jewish people died in Germany. This was called Kristallnacht or in English “Night of Broken Glass”. The losses that occurred on these nights were only the start of many more deaths to come. The idea of purging Nazi Germany of all Jews and minorities is referred to it as the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”. Although the Holocaust started in 1938 the idea was brought up 1942 and was the way of planning for the Holocaust. During the Holocaust about six million Jews died. But in total there were about nine to eleven million victims. Other groups that were ostracized were Romanians, disabled people, homosexuals, Soviet prisoners of war, gypsies, politicals, Serbs, Poles, Jehovah Witnesses and more.

By: Kelsey, Michelle, Kim and Fallon.

This is a picture of Kristallnacht when the state of Germany organized the Nazi’s to go through Germany and beat, tortured, and killed all of the Jews. This was also known as the “Night of the Broken Glass”. This happened on November 9-10 1938 and it was the beginning of the Holocaust in Germany.

By: Michelle, Kelsey, Kim, and Fallon.