23. The 'Final Solution' (S6) Flashcards
How many Jews and other ‘undesirables’ were murdered during the Holocaust?
6 million Jews and 5 million others
Where and when was the Final Solution agreed upon?
At the Wannsee Conference in Jan 1942.
Who chaired the meeting at Wannsee?
Reinhard Heydrich- second in command of the SS.
Which was given a higher focus when the war turned against Germany: the killing of the Jews or military needs?
The killing of Jews
Which event caused Goebbels to give his ‘total war’ speech?
The German defeat at Stalingrad in Feb 1943.
After Stalingrad, which other 2 events caused the Jews to be targeted more so?
1- The heightened Allied bombing campaign in 1943.
2- The D-Day landings in 1944.
At what late point did the Nazis start trying to conceal what they had been doing to the Jews?
Nov 1944 (e.g. the crematorium at Auschwitz was blown up).
What is the difference between a concentration camp and a death camp?
Not all concentration camps became places of extermination. But a death camp’s purpose was to kill the inmates.
Which gas was settled upon as the favoured method of gassing inmates?
Zyklon B- a rat poison.
Name 1 other death camp besides Auschwitz.
- Treblinka
- Belzec
- Sobibor
- Chelmno
Which Jewish brothers fought from within Polish forestland and saved 1200 Jews from the Nazis?
The Bielski Brothers
Which Jewish uprising lasted from Jan 1943 to May 1943?
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising- the Germans required massive military firepower to crush this uprising.
How many people died on the death marches as the Nazis began to move the camp inmates westward in 1944?
Between 250,000 and 400,000.
Who do you find most to least responsible for the Holocaust?
Decide on your order:
- Hitler
- Other leading Nazis (Heydrich/ Himmler/ Goebbels/ Speer)
- The Death Heads Units who carried out the killings
- Ordinary Germans who did nothing
