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