KRISTALLNACHT AND AUSCHWITZ’S KILLING

MACHINES

KRISTALLNACHT

Kristallnacht was a 4 day event and it started in November 7 in

Kassel. It began as a local anti-Jew riot mostly SA and SS

troops. Soon they destroyed Jewish Restaurants, Synagogues,

and Jewish businesses. 7500 Jewish businesses was burned,

275 synagogues was burned. And 236 Jews died. 43 women

died and 13 children died during Kristallnacht, 30,000 man and

teenagers were also arrested. Soon Jews couldn’t use cars,

attend public events, and had no insurance for the damages.

This is a private Jewish home vandalized during Kristallnacht.

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Den James Kristallnacht Heshan city Leo paper 2012 print.

AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENEAU

Osweicim was a town that became Auschwitz. The Germans used Osweicim’s

barracks as death camps and soon placed barbed wires and fences around it.

Birkenau became Auschwitz two and it held soviet prisoners. Auschwitz two

used gas chambers and was used mostly to kill Jews and its prisoners. Soon

Germans builted Auschwitz three and also with the first Auschwitz camp it held

most of the Jews. In the first Auschwitz camp about 4 million Jews were killed

and some of the Jews that were doctors were experimented by Nazi Scientists.

This is a picture of Auschwitz two taken from a spy plane.

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Lawton Clive Auschwitz Cambridge Candlewick Press 2002 by Franklin Watts Print.

ZYKLON B

The first gas chambers was used in Belzec during world war 2. They wee used in

Belzec, Auschwitz, Majdanek, Sobibior, Treblimka, and Chlemo. The Zyklon B was

manufactured by Degesch and was cotrolled by I.G. Farben, The Tesch and te

Stabenw Company in Hambury. The Zyklon B was transported in the shape of

greenish crystalline pellets. It use to be a pesticide when they used carbon

monoxide for the as chambers. The Zyklon B gas was more effective when the

Jews body heat increased. The Nazi’s would drop pellets in a rectangular hatch

and wait for it to form gas.

Zyklon B pellets found during the liberation of Majdanek in July 1944 in Poland.

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Lace William The Death Camps San Diego Lucent Books inc 1998 print.

DR. JOSEF MENGELE

Josef Mengele was born March 16, 1911 3 years before world war

1. His Parents were Karl and Wablurga Mengele who was always

busy they never showed their love to Josef. Josef Mengele Lived in

Gunzburg and he loved riding horses. When he went to school he

loved to study biology, physics, zoology, and his favorite subject

anthropology. Josef was more interested in evolution and culture

more though. Josef joined the Nazi’s to impress his parents so

they could love him more. He was more nicer to twins and

gypsies that they called him Uncle Pepi.

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On the far left is Josef Mengele with German Commanders Richard Baer, Rudolf Hoess, and Josef Kramer.

Cefre Holly Dr. Josef Mengele The Angel Of Death New york The rosen Publishing group, inc 2001 print.

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