The Final Solution Flashcards
1
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Ghettos
A
- control sizable Jewish population
- marked off
- walls + under strict and violent guard
- cut off from outside world
- overcrowded
- starvation, food was expensive
- thought it was temporary
2
Q
Death Squads
A
- mobile killing squad, Einsatzgrupen
- kill any Jews in Nazi territories
- pit, shoot them
- mass graves
3
Q
Cattle Trucks
A
- bucket
- no air
- no water or food
- people died
- overcrowded
4
Q
Selection Process
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- separated
- strong + healthy = forced labour
- left or right
- babies, young children, pregnant women, elderly, disabled, sick = little chance of surviving first selection
5
Q
Gassing process
A
- led to gas chambers
- shower, lice
- naked, turned over valuables
- close and lock steel doors
- CO piped into chamber, Zyklon B down shafts
6
Q
Sonderkommando
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- removed hair, gold teeth, filling
* burnt bodies
7
Q
Living conditions
A
- primitive barracks
- no windows
- bucket
- overcrowded
- food, soup, rotten veg and meat
- Diarrhoea
8
Q
Medical experimentation
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- Josef Mengele
- twins
- survivors were murdered and dissected
- children were maimed and paralyzed
- Onkel Mengele
- injected with gas gangrene
- contraception and infertility treatments
9
Q
Liberation
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- allies approached, evacuated
- on foot, shot, starvation, hypothermia
- surrender=May 1945
- charged with crimes against humanity
10
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Genocide
A
- deliberate act of killing a specific group of people
* mass killing
