The Holocaust

 

I. Nazi Persecution of Jews in the 1930s

 

II. The Evolution of the “Solution”

A. Key Figures

          1. Heinrich Himmler

          2. Reinhard Heydrich

          3. Adolf Eichmann

B. Forced Emigration

C. The Madagascar Plan

 

III. The “Final Solution”

A. SS Einsatzgruppen

B. Jewish Ghettoes

C. Turning Point: Summer 1941

D. Einsatzgruppen after Summer 1941

E. Social Segregation: The Yellow Star

F. The Death Camps

 

IV. Evaluating the Holocaust

A. Jewish Death Toll

B. A Non-Jewish Holocaust

C. Interpreting Hitler’s Role