l6 final solution

Question 1

origins of final solution

Answer 1

german high command authorised ss general reinhard heydrich to create plan to find a complete solution to the jewish equation

developed mass slaughter of jews - gas chamber efficiency

Question 2

the wannsee confrence

Answer 2

place final solution formally revealed to non- nazi leaders who would helpa rrange for jew to be transported from all over german occupied poland

Question 3

extermination camps

Answer 3

established primarly for assembly line style murder of jewish upon arrival to the site
jewish transported to camps using railway system
auschwitz-birkenau and majinek alos labour camps= ~20% sent off to forced labour

Question 4

transport to extermination camps

Answer 4

ghettos liquidated- –> jewish packed into trains and sent to extermination camps
took 4-5 days
no food water no windows
a bucket/cart as toilet
belzec - 45wagons with 6700 people, 1450 dead on arrival

Question 5

selections at the camps

Answer 5

ordered off train
immediately split into 2 groups: men and old boys, women and young children
taken to camp doctor children under 16 and unfit for work=gas
fit for work= forced labour until death
1.1m taken to auschwitz,~200k forced labour