Summary 10 - The 'Final Solution' Flashcards
What happened to the extent of mass killings between 1942-1943?
Mass killings were accelerated and given higher priority than military operations.
In 1943 and 1944, Germany suffered military defeats and began to lose the war. Give some key examples of German military defeats?
- February 1943 - German forces surrendered in Stalingrad
- Autumn 1943 - Germany suffered from mass bombing raids and Russian forces began to push back German forces
- Summer 1944 - D Day landings took place
The Nazis rounded up the Jewish populations of which nations as part of the expansion of the mass killings?
Jewish populations in France, Italy, Greece and Slovakia were rounded up. All of the ghettos were liquidated.
When were the Nazis forced to close down the death camps?
The Nazis were forced to close down the death camps in late 1944 as the Russians advanced deep into Poland.
How did the Nazis try to conceal the evidence of the death camps?
The crematoria at Auschwitz was blown up.
What did the Nazis do with the Jewish prisoners when they were forced to close the death camps?
The prisoners were forced to march away from the Russians.
Were the Nazis able to complete the final solution?
The ‘Final Solution’ was never completed. Auschwitz was liberated by the Russians in January 1945, British and American forces liberated Buchenwald and Malthausen.
