How did the Holocaust begin Flashcards
What are Ghettos?
Walled-off areas of cities, which Jews were made to live in terrible conditions. Many died of disease and starvation.
How big was the Warsaw Ghetto?
400,000 Jews packed into a 1.3 square mile.
When did Hitler invade the Soviet Union?
1941
Who were the Einsatzgruppen?
SS killing squads who were given the task of of murdering Soviet officials and the Jews.
How many people did the Einsatzgruppen murder by 1943?
Over 1 million
Who came up with the ‘Final Solution’?
SS General Reinhard Heydrich
When was the Wannsee conference?
January 1942
What does SS stand for, and what did they do?
Schutzstaffel (protection squad), they were elite Nazi soldiers, they were heavily involved with running concentration and extermination camps.
How many Jews died in concentration camps?
2.7 million
How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
6 million, 2/3 of every Jew living in Europe before the war
What was the main extermination camp in Germany?
Auschwitz II. 1 million Jews were murdered there.
How was the ‘Final Solution’ going to be implemented?
Jews deployed in large labour columns, separated by gender. Able bodied will build roads. The weak will die of ‘natural’ causes.
