Camps
Camps
Wannsee Conference January 20, 1942 Meeting of high ranking German officials to discuss “The Final Solution to the Jewish Question” Hitler instructed Reinhard Heydrich to organize the mass murder; Heydrich estimated 11 million Jews would be murdered
Aktion Reinhard Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated by Czech partisans (Partisans are forces that fight against an occupying force) Odilo Globocnik is placed in charge; Aktion Reinhard goal is to murder 2 million Jews in Poland Globocnik Heydrich
Belzech (memorial) 434, 500 Jews were murdered at Belzec Treblinka 870,000 to 925,000 Jews murdered Sobibor At least 167,000 were murdered here
Auschwitz Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp complex Three parts: Auschwitz I Auschwitz II (Birkenau) Mar 1942 - Nov 1944 1 mi + Jews murdered Auschwitz III (Monowitz)
Phot of IG Farben at Auschwitz III Aerial Photo of Auschwitz I and II