the final solution

Question 1

how did the final solution come about

Answer 1

shooting and firing squads were inefficient and too personal for the nazi killer (called death squad ). it psychologically negatively affected them

nazi came up with a plan for systematic genocide of European jews and they named it the final solution

Question 2

why did the nazis use the term ‘final solution ‘ to refer to it

Answer 2

to disguise the true nature of their crimes

Question 3

wat was their plan of killing jews

Answer 3

they established extermination camps containing gas chambers to kill jews more efficiently

Question 4

explain the process of gathering the victims and taking them to be executed

Answer 4

1. the victims were crowded into cattle trucks and then to the extermination camps
2. they were ordered to undress and were forced into death chambers disguised as a shower
3. they were locked inside and a poisonous gas called Zyklon B was released into the room. they die within 15 min
4. after gassing , everything valuable like jewellery wee taken form their bodies
5. their bodies were pushed into giant ovens

Question 5

what was the term used for death squads

Answer 5

Einsatzgruppen

Ein - satz -gruppen

Question 6

define the final solution

Answer 6

the name for nazi Germanys plan for the systematic killing of European jews

Question 7

what does Holocaust mean

Answer 7

the mass killing of jews in nazi Germany

Question 8

what is genocide

Answer 8

mass murder