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Many outside Europe heard of Nazi death camps & didn't know the extent of the cruelty.

Many outside Europe heard of Nazi death camps & didn't know the extent of the cruelty. As Allies moved into Germany & E. Europe, they saw the slaughter of Jews in camps. MAKES YOU. LABOR. FREE. Nazis imprisoned Jews from Germany + every conquered area

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Many outside Europe heard of Nazi death camps & didn't know the extent of the cruelty.

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  1. Many outside Europe heard of Nazi death camps & didn't know the extent of the cruelty. • As Allies moved into Germany & E. Europe, they saw the slaughter of Jews in camps

  2. MAKES YOU LABOR FREE • Nazis imprisoned Jews from Germany + every conquered area • 6 million + Jews tortured/ murdered • When Allied troops reached these camps, they saw gas chambers used to kill

  3. “The smell of death overwhelmed us even before we passed through…More than 3,200 naked, emaciated bodies had been flung into shallow graves.” – US General Omar Bradley

  4. Connection to Hiroshima: What would happen to US if a nuclear bomb were to threaten civilization today? • http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200712B/GroundZero.html

  5. 1: The Round-Up Nazi officers would canvas highly populated cities all over Europe in search of finding members of the “lesser race”

  6. 2: Interrogation • Even ID could be tampered with, so people were selected based on looks, last names, & living conditions • Sometimes Germans, themselves were taken!

  7. 3: Transportation Captured Jews were loaded on to old, dirty, windowless train cars & cabooses in the night Nazi officers would yell “move back” continuously to fit in as many people as possible Why would the Nazi government want to do this?...

  8. What would the trains be like, you ask? • Approx. 25x10 feet • Maximum capacity was 50 people in a freight X 50 cars = 2,500 on one train • “Holocaust Cars” held 150 people in a freight X 50 cars = 7,500 on one train!!!

  9. 4: Arrival After days on these trains, people were unloaded into concentration camps Passengers were unaware of their location No windows & night travel disclosed where camps were

  10. 5: Separation Families & friends torn apart by a ruthless selection process + young men, boys, girls - too old, too young, feeble, sick, weak, diseased, disfigured

  11. 6: Extermination Camps Those deemed “unfit” were loaded back on to trains to re-visit terrible travel conditions Sent to remotely hidden extermination camps, falsely labeled as “working camps” Masses were gassed & cremated, shot, tortured, or starved

  12. Brain Spill!!! • Graphic & varying Holocaust experiences • Dark, quiet – silence, please • Each will show for a few seconds • As you take in what you see, jot down: • Emotions • Thoughts • Connections • Personal thoughts • Observations • Questions

  13. “To forget a holocaust is to kill twice.”

  14. “Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are…the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions.”

  15. “There's a long road of suffering ahead of you. But don't lose courage. You've already escaped the gravest danger: selection. So now, muster your strength, and don't lose heart. We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life. Above all else, have faith. Drive out despair, and you will keep death away from yourselves. Hell is not for eternity. And now, a prayer - or rather, a piece of advice: let there be comradeship among you. We are all brothers, and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive.” ― Elie Wiesel, Night

  16. By the time Allies liberated these camps, Hitler was dead & many Nazis executed their cyanide pactsTo avoid enemy persecution, Nazis who chose to live fled their posts at concentration campsJews, Poles & Gypsies had been left alone for weeks without food, water or order

  17. War Crimes Trials Some Nazi officials who were in charge of these camps were captured nearby or eventually via investigation As the truth of the Holocaust was revealed, the Allies decided to put the Nazi leaders on trial Allies forced Nazi-supporting German citizens to enter camps & clean remains…a psychological trauma to show people what regime they had been supporting

  18. Nuremberg Trials: 1945-1946 – war crimes trials at Nuremberg, Germany • 12 Nazi leaders sentenced to death • Thousands of Nazis imprisoned

  19. For Homework • After we finish our review game, if there’s time, you may get out your phones & get started • Please don’t do your HW until we’re done playing  • Write on your notes from today: find TWO unique facts or statistics surrounding the Holocaust that we have NOT learned. Dig deep & find something truly interesting/ apart from the rest!

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