THE HOLOCAUST

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THE HOLOCAUST

• 1936 - 1945

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THE FINAL SOLUTION

• WHEN? 1939-45
• WHERE? APPLIED TO ALL NAZI-OCCUPIED EUROPE
• AREAS? DEPENDED ON SIZE OF NAZI CONQUESTS
• Ex GREATEST EXTENT OF NAZI OCCUPATION IS 1942
• HOW?
• MASS EXECUTUION
• GHETTO ISOLATION OF JEWS, ETC.
• FORCED LABOR
• CONCENTRATION CAMPS
• EXTERMINATION CAMPS
• WHOS TARGETED? ALL UNTERMENSCHEN (DEFINE)
• JEWS
• HOMOSEXUALS
• GYPSIES
• PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY DISABLED
• COMMUNISTS

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THE FINAL SOLUTION

• A. AREAS HARDEST HIT
• 1. EASTERN EUROPE
• -Poland
• -Russia
• 2. GERMANY
• B. WHY?
• 1. THOSE AREAS HAD HIGHEST POPULATION OF JEWS,
  OR
• 2. THOSE AREAS WERE MORE EASILY INVADED EARLY
  IN WAR
• C. WHO CONDUCTED MOST OF THE FINAL SOLUTION?
• 1. S.S. (Schutzstaffel) CAMP GUARDS
• 2. S.S. EINZATSGRUPPEN (Special Action
  Groups)
• 3. WAFFEN S.S. (SS Front line combat units)
• 4. POLICE IN CONQUERED TERRITORIES
• 5. GESTAPO UNITS - German Secret Police
• MOST EXTERMINATION / FINAL SOLUTION ACTIONS
  WERE DONE BY S.S. GROUPS

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REICHSFUHRER HEINRICH HIMMLER, LEADER OF THE
S.S.
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HIMMLER (left) AND HITLER (right)
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THE WANSEE CONFERENCE

• WHAT? MEETING / CONFERENCE OF TOP NAZI OFFICIALS
  TO DECIDE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION
• HOW COULD THE EXTERMINATION OF EUROPEAN JEWS BE
  MADE MORE EFFICIENT?
• HOW WOULD FINAL SOLUTION PLANS BE IMPLEMENTED
  IN FUTURE CONQUERED TERRITORY?
• WHEN? JANUARY, 1942
• WHERE? WANSEE, BERLIN, GERMANY
• WHO? KEY NAZI SS. LEADERS
• EXAMPLE REINHARD HEYDRICH, ADOLF EICHMANN
• WHY?
• HIMMLER WANTED EXTERMINATION METHODS TO BE
  IMPROVED ACCELERATED
• EFFECT?
• MORE JEWS WERE MOVED DIRECTLY TO EXTERMINATION /
  DEATH CAMPS
• SOME CAMPS WERE ENLARGED FOR MORE KILLING
• SOME CAMPS WERE CONVERTED FROM LABOR TO
  EXTERMINATION CAMPS
• RESULT? HOLOCAUST ACCELERATED

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OBERGRUPPENFUHRERREINHARD HEYDRICH, S.S.a.k.a
THE BLOND BEAST
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REINHARD HEYDRICH(right)
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ADOLF EICHMANN, S.S.
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DEATH CAMPS

• DEATH CAMPS CAMPS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE
  MASS KILLINGS OF PRISONERS
• WHY?
• THE WANSEE CONFERENCE CALLED FOR GREATER
  EFFICIENCY IN THE KILLING OF JEWS, SLAVS, etc.
• EINSATZGRUPPEN KILLINGS WERE VIEWED AS
  INEFFICIENT DEMORALIZING TO TROOPS
• WHERE?
• MOST DEATH CAMPS WERE IN EASTERN EUROPE (POLAND,
  RUSSIA)
• MOST NOTORIOUS
• AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU (POLAND)
• TREBLINKA (POLAND)
• SOBIBOR (POLAND)
• DACHAU (GERMANY) ORIGINALLY A CONCENTRATION
  CAMP
• WHAT?
• KILLING METHOD USUALLY TOOK ONE OF THREE FORMS
• GAS CHAMBERS
• OVERWORK / STARVATION
• SUMMARY BEATINGS / SHOOTINGS
• RESULT? DEATH TOLL INCREASES RAPIDLY (AUSCHWITZ
  1.6 MIL. KILLED)

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JEWS BEING SEPARATED INTO GROUPS AT RAIL DEPOT
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JEWS AFTER ARRIVAL AT AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
EXTERMINATION CAMP
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF AUSCHWITZ-
BIRKENAUCONCENTRATION CAMP
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JEWISH CAMP LABORERS, AUSCHWITZ
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INTERIOR, PRISONER BLOCK HOUSE, AUSCHWITZ
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INTERIOR, PRISONER BLOCKHOUSE,
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
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CAMP SURVIVORS AFTER LIBERATION BY ALLIES
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JEWISH WOMEN CHILDREN BEING MOVED TO GAS
CHAMBERS
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GAS CHAMBER ENTRANCE (ONE OF THEM),
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
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ENTRANCE TO AUSCHWITZ GAS CHAMBER
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EXIT FROM GAS CHAMBER ROOM LOOKING TOWARD
CREMATORIUM ROOM
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CLOTHING OF GAS CHAMBER VICTIMS,
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
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GAS CHAMBER FROM ONE ENTRANCE,
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
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GAS CHAMBER ROOM WITH EXIT TO CREMATORIUM ON
LEFT
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ZYKLON-B CANISTER AND PELLETS
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BODY BEING LOADED INTO CREMATORIUM OVEN
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CONCENTRATION CAMP IDENTIFICATION
TATTOO ON ARM OF SURVIVOR
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CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR DISPLAYS HIS I.D.
TATTOO
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DR. JOSEF MENGELE, S.S.NAZI CAMP DOCTOR
a.k.a. THE ANGEL OF DEATH
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MENGELE AND FELLOW S.S. OFFICERS, AUSCHWITZ
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CAMP PRISONER BEING INFECTED WITH
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
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CAMP PRISONER IN AIR CHAMBER, DR. MENGELEs
EXPERIMENTS UNIT, AUSCHWITZ
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Cold Water Experiment on live prisoner,
Auschwitz (note floating bocks of ice)
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U.S. ARMY TROOPER WITH CAMP VICTIM REMAINS,
APRIL, 1945
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U.S. ARMY TROOPERS OFFICERS SURVEY CAMP
VICTIM REMAINS, APRIL, 1945
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U.S. ARMY OFFICERS TROOPS WITH CAMP SURVIVORS
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BRITISH TROOPS BURY VICTIM REMAINS BERGEN-BELSEN
DEATH CAMP, 1945
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RED ARMY DOCTORS ATTENDING TO CAMP SURVIVORS,
APRIL, 1945
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AFTER THE HOLOCAUST

• RESULTS
• MOST EUROPEAN JEWS ARE
• KILLED
• DISPLACED
• MANY EMIGRATE FROM EUROPE TO
• N.AMERICA
• ISRAEL/PALESTINE
• ZIONISTS NOW MAKE STRONGER EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH
  STATE OF ISRAEL
• EUROPEAN JEWISH POPULATION IS DECIMATED
• TOTAL KILLED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION

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