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Diary of the holocaust

Diary of the holocaust. By: D onald P etties. Zyklon B.

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Diary of the holocaust

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  1. Diary of the holocaust By: Donald Petties

  2. Zyklon B Zyklon b is the actually hydrogen cyanide. Zyklon B was used in the euthanasia program and death camps. Zyklon B was made to be a insecticide. Delivered to camps in crystalline (pellet) form. When exposed to air it becomes lethal. It was first tested on Russian war prisoners. The poison was made without warning labels so the SS added odor to it as an indicator. Zyklon B pellets found at the liberation of the Majdanek camp. Poland, after July 1944. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?MediaId=984 Gutman , Isreal. “zyklon b”. Encyclopedia of the holocaust.1990-1995.print

  3. Gas chambers Gas chambers were used murder hundreds at the same time. The method used by the Nazis for “efficient” mass murder. After the start of the “final solution” in the summer of 1941 gas chamber were introduced as a method mass murder. The method was launched in Dec.1941 at chemno by the SS. This was done using mobile gas vans. A total of 20 such mobile gas vans were constructed. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?MediaId=986 Interior of a gas chamber at the Majdanek camp. Majdanek, Poland, after July 24, 1944. Adam,Uwe. “gas chamber’. Encyclopedia of the holocaust A-K.1990-1995.print

  4. Gas chambers The first record of mass murder by gas was Dec.1939 SS used pure carbon monoxide. The Jews were trick to think it’s a shower. They have air tight doors so no gas leaks out. They were both mobile and stationary. The gas chamber was one of the most used tool for the extermination of the Jews. The lethal gas was the product of the zyklon b exposed to the air. Brooks, Philip. The united states holocaust memorial museum. Danbury: children's press,1996.print Gas chamber in the main camp of Auschwitz immediately after liberation. Poland, January 1945. ww.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?MediaId=670

  5. Swastika The swastika delivered from the ancient Sanskrit symbol meaning “all is all”. The symbol has been used by the Teutonic knight and 7 of the free corps units. Because the symbol was dynamic and eye caching. The Nazi socialist party http://usahitman.com/symbols-world/ Forman, James. Nazism. New York: franklin watts,1978.print

  6. Kristallnact Kristallnact know as "crystal night” or “night of the broken glass”. It took place on Nov.9-10,1938. Spontaneous out burst provoked by the assassination of Ernst van rath, third secretary of the German embassy. Murdered by 17 year old polish Jew, Herschel grynszpan. The name Kristallnact comes from kristallglas (beveled plate glass) referring to the broken shop windows. Euctionaries of the Gauleiter and the SA(storm trooper) assaulted Jewish Businesses and synagogues. the Kristallnact pogrom. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/kristallnacht/photo/ Yahl, Leni. “Kristallnact”. Encyclopedia of the holocaust A-K.1990-1995.print

  7. Gestapo Gestapo is shortened form of the German word “geheime statspolizie” meaning secret state police. The gestapo became the Nazis main tool of oppression and destruction. The gestapo originated in the political dept. of the police HQ in berlin during Weimar republic. The political police became a semi-official F.B.I during the 1920’s. Dies transformed the organization into the police-intelligence tool of a totalitarian dictatorship. Gestapo officer badge http://www.ushmm.org “Gestapo” learning about the holocaust f-k.2001.print.

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