The Final Solution Flashcards
1942 Jan
Wannsee Conference: This was the final solution to exterminate Jews
1942-44
Transportation of Jews to death camps
What was frequently mentioned in Hitler’s book of Mein Kampf released in 1925?
‘The annihilation of Jews in Europe’
When and what was the first step to the elimination of Jews?
In 1938, the Einsatzgruppen was formed
What was the Einsatzgruppen?
These were specialized mobile units to carry out the liquidation of Jews in recently annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia
Heydrich ordered that all Jews living in the countryside must move where?
Ghettos
When and where was the first ghetto set up?
In April 1940, the first ghetto was set up in Lodz
In the USSR, what began?
Ethnic cleansing
In the process of USSR’s ‘ethnic cleansing’, what happened?
33,000 were murdered at Babi Yar in 1941 September
20,000 were murdered at Kharkov in January 1942
Wannsee Conference
In Jan 1942, instead of the Madagascar Plan, Hitler agreed to evacuate Jews East for forced labour. Endoslung was coming into fruition
Endoslung in practice:
(a) Jews were transported by trains to the concentration camps, each cattle wagon contained how many people?
(b) When did gassing of Jews begin and where?
(c) What was used for gassing Jews?
(a) Jews were transported by trains to the conc camps, each cattle wagon contained 65-80 people, with windows and doors, sealed
(b) Gassing began in March 1942 at Auschwitz-Birkenau
(c) Crystallised HCN was used
How was food rationed at the concentration camps?
They were rationed to 1300 kcal a day
What would happen when bodies were too weak?
How many Europeans died when gassed?
Once bodies were too weak, they were sent to the gas chambers
6 million Europeans died
