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The “Final Solution”By: Zachary Nowak
Who did it involve? Germans vs. Jews
• Jews had faced anti-Semitism throughout history
• Since ancient times Philo of Alexandria
(38 AD) Anti-Semitism
drastically escalated• Kristallnacht
Development: “Endlosung der
Judenfrague”• Final solution to the
Jewish question The final stage for
Jewish elimination Previously described
Nuremburg Laws Eventually meant
the liquidation of Jews
Wannsee Villa
Implementation (in Steps)
Forced to wear Star of David Sent to overcrowded ghettos
• Warsaw ghetto = 30% pop., 2.4 % area From ghetto to concentration
camps• Slave labor or immediate gassing• Approx. 23 main camps, 900 sub-camps
Jews in a ghetto
HUGE Number of camps Well known camps
• Auschwitz, Dachau, Treblinka, Sobibor, etc.
Massive amounts of sub-camps• Not as well known
Dachau• Approx.
100sub-camps
Getting to the camps: Rounded up in
German occupied territory• Sometimes brutally,
sometimes tricked Forced onto cattle
cars Long trip to
concentration camp
Often many died on the way
Ex.: Black Sabbath• Freedom Square,
Thessaloniki Greece (1942)
Immediate Liquidation From train to
selection platform
Left = Death Sent to gas
chamber
From gas chambers to crematorium• Killed by guards• Sonderkommando
Slave Labor Sent to work all
day Men and women
separated Common latrine
From work to sleep
Multiple people to a bunk
Notice emaciation
Slave Labor (Contd.) Too weak = death Being sick = death Taking extra food = death Living too long = death Sometimes killed on a whim The ultimate Nazi goal = death
• Majority of prisoners died
Goal… Complete annihilation of the
Jewish population• Slave labor = byproduct of elimination• Hitler diverted trains to transport Jews
Lebensraum = living room Scapegoat the Jews
• They cause all problems for Germany• Used propaganda and lies against Jews
Distinctive Features Compliance of Germany’s
institutions Dominance of ideology Scale of genocide Medical experiments New methods of mass murder
• Zyklon-B 1942: 8,000 Jews gassed daily
(Auschwitz)
Death Marches Between autumn 1944 and April
1945 Sent Jews further into the Reich Get rid of witnesses Maintain prisoners to produce
armaments Use prisoners as bargaining
chips Continued until last days of war
Resistance Large-scale resistance was
difficult Government, economy, and
industry were involved There were some resistance
cases Many private Some public Even some inside the camps
themselves
Resistance Example of public
resistance Saved approx.
1,100 Jews Needed workers for
his factory Opportunistic or
moralistic? Only Nazi buried on
Mount Zion Movie: “Schindler’s
List”
Effectiveness Despite resistance, 6 million Jews
killed Approx. 64% in Nazi controlled
territories Nazi leaders claimed they “followed
orders” Anti-Semitism was rampant in
Germany Nuremburg Trials
• Held some Nazi leaders accountable
Picture Credits:(in order of appearance)
billium12, “hitler1” April 11,2010 via Flikr, Creative Commons Attribution. Jeff Barnes, “Burning of a synagogue” December 22, 2005 via Flikr, Creative
Commons Attribution onlinehero, “Inside the Wannassee Villa” August 12, 2008, Creative Commons
Attribution. Rhys Alton, “Temple Beth Hatfiloh – Star of David” August 1, 2010, Creative
Commons Attribution. dalbera, “Le Memorial aux juifs assassines d’Europe (Berlin)” July 26, 2008,
Creative Commons Attribution. garethmurran, “Map of Concentration Camps” June, 24, 2004, Creative Commons
Attribution. gichristof, “Black Sabbath” April 2, 2009, Creative Commons Attribution. Pablo Nicolas Taibi Cicare, “Auschwitz I (Oswiecim)” October 14, 2008, Creative
Commons Attribution. Joe Goldberg, “Crematorium Oven” March 22, 2010, Creative Commons Attribution. Joe Goldberg, “Barracks” March 22, 2010, Creative Commons Attribution. Blatant News, “Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust during World War 2” October
15, 2009, Creative Commons Attribution. Ian Rutherford, “Oskar Schindler’s Factory” May 19, 2007, Creative Commons
Attribution. _Nigel, “Schindler” January 19, 2009, Creative Commons Attribution. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Holocaust Encyclopedia.” Accessed
9/25/2010.