The Holocaust Nazi leaders planned the destruction of the Jews and anyone they considered Uundesirablendesirable - This included the weak, the outspoken, the "racially impure" This included the weak, the outspoken, the "racially impure" Hitler wanted a master race of able bodied Germans - called Aryans 1935 - Nuremberg Laws Laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship Prohibited them from marrying or having relations with persons of "German or related blood." Other Policies - Jews with German names had to change to Jewish names, Jewish passports had a red “J” stamped on it, Jews had to wear a yellow Star of David with Jude on it 1938 – Kristallnacht - Troops attack Jewish businesses, homes and synagogues and kill about 100 people Resettlement As Hitler took over East Europe – millions of Slavs removed from their homes – placed in labor camps and their land was given to German settlers This was overseen by the Schutzstaffel - SS Final Solution Hitler's plan to rid Europe of the Jews – This is genocide To carry this out - Germans set up einsatzgruppens They were to kill all of the Jews At first - they placed the Jews in ghettos where they were starved Then they were sent to concentration camps - like Buchenwald and Dachau Here youHere were you kept were until kept you until dropped you d roppeddead dead Death Squads - follow the army into conquered areas – kill the Jews - bury them in mass graves Death Camps - Jews in captured countries were sent there to be executed Auschwitz in Poland was the largest Killed all Jews - then burned their remains in crematoriums Once there - they had their ID number tattooed in their skin - according to Jewish law - this is a sin Reaction Some Jews actually escaped to other countries - but many people there didn't help them because they were afraid of the Germans 11 million people die during the Holocaust - 6 million were Jews War Crimes After the war - Nazi leaders were put on trial for their war crimes in Nuremberg November 1945-October 1946 24 people were put on trial 19 were found guilty - 12 of which were executed .