Holocost

Question 1

Phase 1

Answer 1

1933-1939 “German Phase” –

Nazi’s Create SS to use brute force

Nazi’s pass a series of laws to identify and separate Jews from German

Question 2

Phase 2

Answer 2

1939 – 1941
I. ”Expansion Phase”
II. Germans take military action and create labor camps in new territories
III. Begin shipping German Jews and others to camps
IV. Use of mobile Death Squads begins – Trucks and firing squads

Question 3

Phase Three

Answer 3

“Final Solution” – Death camps created

i. Mass killings begin as millions are moved from Ghettos by train to the Concentration Camps created in Poland and Germany
ii. Treblinka, Sobibor, Auschwitz, Dachau
iii. Prisoners are separated by those who could work and not work
iv. Prisoners who could work were fed less than 200 calories a day
v. Zyclon B gas is used in camps, bodies are cremated within two hours of arrival at camps
vi. Millions are slaughtered

Question 4

Phase Four

Answer 4

Liberation (almost)

i. As allies close in, the SS rushes to hide evidence of their work
and speed up killings or ”evacuate” camps

ii. Nearly 2 million are killed in “Death Marches”

Question 5

Nazi Experimentation

Answer 5

Dr. Josef Mengele – “Dr. of Death”
i. Experiments begin during phase 4, ‘41-’44
i. Experiments on twins
ii. Eye color
iii. Pressure chambers
iv. Freezing, burning
v. Torture
vi. “eugenics” – fake science of gene manipulation