Ghettos & camps

Question 1

What are common methods used in ghettos to persecute the Jewish community?

Answer 1

Methods include:
* Forced relocation
* Starvation
* Disease
* Violence
* Isolation
* Forced labor

Ghettos were often overcrowded and unsanitary, leading to high mortality rates.

Question 2

Investigate and explain the persecution of the Jewish community in ONE ghetto during World War Two.

Answer 2

The Warsaw Ghetto experienced:
* Overcrowding
* Starvation due to food rationing
* Deportations to concentration camps
* Resistance movements

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 was a significant act of resistance.

Question 3

What are common methods used in concentration and extermination camps to persecute the Jewish community?

Answer 3

Methods include:
* Torture
* Forced labor
* Medical experiments
* Mass executions
* Gas chambers

Extermination camps were specifically designed for mass killings.

Question 4

Investigate and explain the persecution of the Jewish community in ONE concentration camp and ONE extermination camp during World War Two.

Answer 4

In Auschwitz (concentration camp):
* Inhumane living conditions
* Forced labor
* Medical experiments

In Treblinka (extermination camp):
* Immediate executions upon arrival
* Gas chambers used as primary killing method

Auschwitz was a complex that included both a concentration and extermination camp.

Question 5

Evaluate the impact of camps during the Holocaust on the Jewish community.

Answer 5

The impact included:
* Massive loss of life
* Destruction of communities
* Psychological trauma
* Displacement of survivors

The Holocaust led to the death of approximately six million Jews.