What to do with NINE MILLION JEWS?
DEPORT THEM? TOO MANY!
ROUND THEM UP IN ALL OCCUPIED AREAS
LABOR CAMPS CONCENTRATIONCAMPS
GHETTOS
DEATHCAMPS
AUSCHWITZ
BELZEC
SOBIBOR
CHELMNO
TREBLINKA
MAIDANEK 5,933,900 DEAD
EINSATZGRUPPEN? INEFFICIENT
THE DEATH CAMP: ARRIVAL FLOW CHART
FROM THEIR HOMES
DEATH CAMP
GHETTO CONCENTRATION CAMP
LABOR CAMP
LABORCAMP
BY TRAIN MARCHED TRUCKED
THE TRAINING GROUND
EINSATZGRUPPEN GAS VANS--1. IN THE OPEN2. 15 MINUTES TO KILL 90 PEOPLE3. CHELMNO 360,000 JEWS KILLED
T-4 PROGRAM --EUTHANASIA PROGRAM 1938-19411. ELIMINATE USELESS EATERS2. BURDENS ON SOCIETY ( MISFITS)
A. MENTALLY ILL B. INSANEC. RETARDEDD. INFIRME. 70,000 TO 300,000 KILLED IN GERMANY
WHO KNEW? WHO HELPED WHOSE GUILTY?
THE PERPETRATORS: Those who took part in the Final Solution
The Decisive Order:On July 31, 1941 Herman Goering issued this order to Reinhard Heydrich.
“ I hereby charge you with making all necessary preparations with regard to organizationaland financial matters for bringing about a complete solution to the Jewish question in theGerman occupied sphere of influence in Europe. Wherever other government agencies are involved, they are to cooperate with you.”
This was a turning point in history. All government agencies, all military forces, all branches of the state were to participate in the pursuit of the annihilation of aspecific group.
GENOCIDE
1. CIVIL SERVANTS, LAWYERS, ACCOUNTANTS, BUSINESSMEN AND OTHERS,EACH USING HIS OWN EXPERTISE, DEVELOPED PLANS TO HELP CARRY OUTDIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE “FINAL SOLUTION.” THIS INCLUDED DEVISINGTECHNIQUES FOR REMOVING, RELOCATING, CONCENTRATING OR GHETTOIZING AND THEN KILLING JEWS.
BUREAUCRATS CONTINUED…….
2. Each bureaucrat had a specific task and did not follow the process beyond his prescribed duty.
A) CIVIL SERVANTS: Gathered info and kept records on Jews.
B) LAWYERS: drafted laws like the Nuremberg Laws and others for removingthe civil rights from Jews.
C) ACCOUNTANTS: calculated costs of feeding, transporting or killing Jews so thatthese actions were profitable.
D) BUSINESSMEN: TOOK Jewish businesses and used Jews for slave labor inindustrial projects for their own profit. OSCAR SCHINDLER
E) SS OFFICERS: supervised the deportations
F) RAILWAY WORKERS: MANNED THE TRAINS AND TRACKS
IN 1942 THE DEATH CAMPS DESIGNED BY ARCHITECTS AND EFFICIENCY EXPERTSAND BUILT BY CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WHO PLACED BIDS WERE READYFOR THEIR VICTIMS.
PLANET AUSCHWITZMAY 26TH 1940 ---JANUARY 27TH 1945-
LOCATION: OSWIECIM POLAND-- ON THE VISTULA RIVERCHOSEN FOR IT’S PROXIMITY TO A NUMBER OF COAL MINES
AND RAIL CONNECTIONS.
AUSCHWITZ I --- MAIN CAMP AUSCHWITZ II OCT. 8, 1941 AUSCHWITZ III --LABOR (BIRKENAU) (MONOWITZ-BUNA)
EXTERMINATION CAMP
35 SUB CAMPS WERE WITHIN A 50 MILE RADIUS
RUDOLF HOESS COMMANDANT
CAMP CAPACITY-- 200,000 HIGHEST NUMBER OF PRISONERS 155,000
ESTIMATED DEATHS- 1.5 MILLION JEWS 750,000 POLES, RUSSIANS, GYPSIES AND OTHERS.
DEATHS BY GAS (ZYKLON B) --2 MILLIONDEATHS FROM OTHER CAUSES --- 330,000
THE THREE CAMPS OCCUPIED A COMBINED 440 ACRES
S..S. GUARDS---- 7,000 OVER CAMP HISTORY ON DUTY 3,000AVERAGE AGE --36
RELIGION 42% CATHOLIC 58% PROTESTANT
THE CAMP WAS SURROUNDED BY A 13 FOOT ELECTRIFIED FENCEAND AN ELECTRIFIED MOAT.
PRISONERS WERE IDENTIFIED BY BADGES AND SERIAL NUMBER TATTOOES
LOCATED ON THE FOREARM
RED TRIANGLE--POLITICAL PRISONERGREEN TRIANGLE--- COMMON CRIMINALBLACK TRIANGLE--RELAPSED PRISONERPINK TRIANGLE--HOMOSEXUALSPURPLE TRIANGLE--JEHOVAH’S WITNESSESYELLOW TRIANGLE--JEWS
THE SS ESTIMATE THE TOTAL VALUE OF EACH PRISONER $775.00
LOOTING OF PRISONERSA. GOLD TEETH-- 20 POUNDS PER MONTH
B. EYE GLASSESC. WATCHESD. LUXURY GOODSE. SILVERWAREF. HUMAN HAIRG. JEWELERYH. MONEY, FOOD, WINEI. HUMAN ASH AND BODY FAT
CAMP HIERARCHY
1. KAPO2. CRIMINAL3. POLITICAL PRISONER4. PRIESTS5. GYPSIES6. JEHOVAH WITNESSES7. A SOCIALS8. JEWS9. SONDERKAMMANDO
THE PRISONER HIERARCHY
HUMAN BEINGS UNTERMENSCH
SLAVS GYPSIES JEWS
CZECHS POLES RUSSIANS SOVIET POWS
I.
II.GERMAN REICH
NORTHERNEUROPE
WESTERNEUROPE
SOUTHERNEUROPE
FRENCH
N N PRISONERSRED SPANIARDS
S.S. NEAR
LIFE
FAR
DEATH
POLITICALS JEHOVAH’SWITNESSES
CRIMINALS ASOCIALS HOMOSEXUALS
III.
IV.
THE PROCESS OF DEATH
STEP 1---SELECTIONSTEP 2--- ARRIVAL AT THE SAUNASTEP 3--- REMOVAL OF CLOTHINGSTEP 4--- ENTER THE CHAMBERSTEP 5--- 5--20 MINUTES SUFFOCATIONSTEP 6--- REMOVAL OF THE BODIESSTEP 7--- BODY CAVITY SEARCHSTEP 8--- BURNINGSTEP 9--- RECYCLE THE ASH
BODY DISPOSAL:BURIAL--PROBLEMATIC OPEN PIT BURNING
PRISONERS DID RESISTSLOW WORKSABOTAGESURVIVEDARMED RESISTANCEESCAPE
STEPPING OF THE TRANSPORTINSIDE THE CAMP
ARRIVAL
SORTING
PERSONS ABLETO WALK
SEPARATED BY SEX
MEN WOMEN
“SELEKTION”
PEOPLECONDEMNED TOWORKEXTERMINATIONTHROUGHWORK
PERSONS UNABLETO WALK
PEOPLE UNFITFOR LABOR
SURRENDER VALUABLES
SURRENDER CLOTHING
HAIR REMOVAL
DEAD PERSONS
SHOOTING GASSING
HAIR REMOVAL, GOLD FILLING REMOVAL
CREMATION
BURIAL
ALL CONFISCATEDPOSSESSIONSWAREHOUSED BYS.S.
CAMP ROUTINE
MEDICAL EXPERIMENTSJOSEPTH MENGLE
ANGELOF
DEATH
AIR PRESSUREEXPERIMENTSALL THREEDIED
JARS OF HUMAN ORGANSREMOVED FROM HEALTHYPRISONERS