What is the first thing that comes to mind when World War II is mentioned? The typical response will most likely always be Hitler and his cruelty toward Jews. What is strange about this answer is the fact that the majority of people do not realize what actually occurred in Europe during this time. To most people‚ the Holocaust was an event where many Jews were killed by Nazis. (www.ushmm.org) In fact‚ the Holocaust was a tragic point in history which many believe never occurred‚ or do not realize
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Explain why Auschwitz became the main Nazi Death Camp in 1942. Firstly‚ until mid-1943‚ the main death camps were camps similar to Sobibor‚ Belzec‚ and Treblinka. However‚ when all of the ‘non desirables’ had been liquidated‚ these camps shut down. Death camps were only meant to be a temporary place‚ and once their job was completed‚ they would quickly be dismantled. Auschwitz was different. It incorporated a Labour camp – so was designed for a much longer use than its’ contenders. The fact that
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operations to methodically kill Jews of Generalgouvernement‚ in the autumn of 1941. This plan was given the name ‘Operation Reinhard.’ Three killings were set up in Poland‚ Belzec‚ Sobibor‚ and Treblinka. Mass murders of Jews were the main purpose of these
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continue with their mass deportations with plans to torture and annihilate‚ and send nearly 100‚000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to the east‚ yet again‚ mainly to Auschwitz. Soon after‚ over 300‚000 Jews from the Warsaw ghetto are sent to the Treblinka killing center‚ successfully deporting about 265‚000. Within the concentration camps‚ the Jew were deprived of food and acceptable living conditions. The weak‚ elderly‚ women‚ and babies were gassed and burned upon arrival. The prisoners slept on
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Many lives suffered during the holocaust ‚ from different chances of dying in the concentration camps. From Gas chambers‚ execution‚ and starvation. The main easier way to kill wew gas chambers‚ gas chambers were invented in February 8 1924‚ According to (http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16700249)BBC; “How did people die in the holocaust”‚ in the United states and were used for death rows. Gas chambers in the holocaust were originally used in 1941 in extermination camps in order to kill quicker
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camps forced labor of work camps and extermination camps. A concentration camp is a death camp or a mass murder camp. This camp is a place where you got taken and had a form of murder Six camps called Auschwitz‚ belzec‚ Chelmno‚ Majdanek‚ Sobibor‚ Treblinka‚ All were located in poland. The german extreme or death camps and killing centers were designed and built by nazi germany during world war 2 1935-1945 to systematically kill millions of jews‚ slavs‚‚ communists and other whom the nazis considered
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Today‚ Jewish partisan Charles Bedzow celebrated his 92nd birthday. In honor of his incredible life‚ here is his story. Charles Bedzow was born Chonon Bedzowski in 1924 in the town of Lida‚ located in present-day Belarus. Once the Germans occupied Lida‚ Charles and his family were stuffed into an overcrowded‚ destitute ghetto within the town. He and his family suffered under the constant threat of starvation in the gradually worsening conditions. In the spring of 1942‚ he watched as his fellow townspeople
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legislation‚ etc. The plan was basically to create a society where there are only Germans and no Jewish people. In 1941‚ the Germans invaded the soviet union using mobile killing squads and started to exterminate Jewish communities. Belzec‚ Sobibor‚ Treblinka‚ Auschwitz-Birkenau‚ were a few camps that were used to carry out genocide‚ approximately 3 million Jews were killed by gas at these extermination camps. All together‚ "The Final Solution" consisted of a mass murder of 6 million Jews‚ they were either
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why did so many Jews die in Poland? How much responsibility‚ if any‚ can be placed on different factions and contributing factors to the Jews struggle? And how did these factions and major events aid the Nazis in following the path to Auschwitz‚ Treblinka and the other concentration camps? Poland had a long history of tolerance towards the Jews and had one of the largest Jewish populations in the world. This is not to say that anti-Semitism was unheard of in Poland‚ it was a growing problem there
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The Gray Zone by Primo Levi In the chapter‚ the gray zone‚ the author Primo Levi describes the human relationships inside the Lager. In describing the gray zone‚ Levi discusses the different roles of prisoners assigned by the Nazi. The prisoners that did the work were seen as being more privileged which at the end of the day helped them get more food and live better. Therefore‚ the concept of the gray zone is analyzing the difference between the privileged and the non-privileged in the Lager.
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