The Holocaust Flashcards
Who did the Natzis persecute
The natzis perscuted Jews gypsies , Jehovah’s witnesses,and gay people as they believed that only perfect Germans were citizens
What was the plan for Jews
The final plan of power was to eliminate all Jews in Europe in death camps such as Auschwitz and treblinka
What were concentration camps
Concentration camps were basically Natzi prisons based for anyone not in the perfect order of Germany. They were basically torture camps
What was the largest death camp
Dachau was the largest and was the longest running as it was around for nearly all 12 years
What was decide at the wansee conference
At the wansee conference the complete eradication of Jews was agreed across Europe where they would start at Auschwitz
How were people transported to death camps and concentration camps
They were transports in cattle trucks and trains to the camps. They often perished in the trucks due to lack of food water and hygiene
How was the day in auschwitz
Prisoners were woken at dawn to breakfast which consisted of coffee and bread which barely kept them alive, then they would work in one of the many workplaces until roll call and then bed
What were the many jobs in the camps
The jobs consisted of in the kanada were you had to sort clothes and belongings, others consisted of working in the sewage and toilets and the other had to carry bags of cement or the dead
What were the gas chambers
Gas chambers were only used in death camps and it could have killed up to 50 people with only a single canister
When where large gas chambers constructed and how did they work
Large gas chambers were constructed between march and june 1939 , they where large underground burning chambers which could burn up to 100,000 people a year
Who was rudolf harst
Rudolf was the head doctor at Auschwitz and he often held brutal and inhuman experiments on prisoners which consisted of gas experiments with zylkon B
How many people ended up dying in Auschwitz
Over a million people died in Auschwitz
What were the Nuremberg trials
The nuremburg trials were held after the war for criminals such as natzi leaders
When and where were the nuremburg trials held
The 20th of November 1945 in nuremburg, America
What was the average sentence in the nuremburg trials
The average sentences for most Natzis was up to 20 to 30 years in prison
