Birkenau to Auschwitz to Buna

Concentration camp “ The term concentration camp refers to a camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions and without regard to legal norms of arrest and imprisonment that are acceptable in a constitutional democracy. In Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945, concentration camps were an integral feature of the regime.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "The Holocaust." Holocaust Encyclopedia. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/index.php?ModuleId=10005143.

Birkenau “Sorted” Huge pit of bodies being burned Shaved, disinfected with gasoline, showered, put in prison uniforms Hard work or crematorium Elie’s father is first beaten (How does Elie react? Why is this significant?)

What is an SS Officer? Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons Perceived themselves as the racial elite of Nazi future. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "The Holocaust." Holocaust Encyclopedia. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/index.php?ModuleId=10005143 (accessed September 8, 2006). http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/nazioccupation/images/An%20SS%20officer%20stands%20in%20front%20of%20Jews%20assembled%20for%20deportation.%20Vienna,%20Austria,%201941.jpg

SS Officers Responsible for security, identification of ethnicity, settlement and population policy, and intelligence collection and analysis. Controlled the German police forces and the concentration camp system.

Birkenau http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/domains/jewishmuseum.org.uk/local/media/images/medium/New%20Museum%20images/Birkenau%20web%20version.jpg

“Between late April and early July 1944, approximately 440,000 Hungarian Jews were deported, around 426,000 of them to Auschwitz. The SS sent approximately 320,000 of them directly to the gas chambers in Auschwitz-Birkenau and deployed approximately 110,000 at forced labor in the Auschwitz concentration camp complex.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005189

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Women chosen for forced labor at Auschwitz-Birkenau 1944 http://www.ushmm.org/photos/77/77273.jpg

Soviet Prisoners of War at Birkenau http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3365089161_f5d06eff63.jpg

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Auschwitz Short distance away Killing still occurred here Also a staging ground for work kommados This is where Elie is tattooed with a number This is where Elie meets Stein

“SS and police authorities deported approximately 200,000 other victims to Auschwitz, including 140,000-150,000 non-Jewish Poles, 23,000 Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war, and 25,000 others (Soviet civilians, Lithuanians, Czechs, French, Yugoslavs, Germans, Austrians, and Italians).” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005189

Buna Work camp Four hour walk from Auschwitz Housed in musicians block Juliek, Yosi, Tibi Franek

Have you seen Schindler’s List? Auschwitz III, also called Buna was a forced labor camp. It was established in October 1942 Prisoners worked for German industries that exploited concentration camp labor. Have you seen Schindler’s List? United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005189

Kapo Head prisoner in charge of other inmates Elie’s first Kapo, a young Polish man, showed compassion. What was his fate? Who was Idek the Kapo?

Kommandos This is the German word for command. Name for units of slave laborers in the camps.

Sonderkommando Forced to help with the Final Solution Guarded newly arrived inmates Usually inducted upon arrival- could not resign- work or be killed. They were prisoners, not SS officers Task of disposing of corpses.

Rebellion On October 7, 1944, several hundred prisoners assigned to Crematorium IV at Auschwitz-Birkenau rebelled after learning that they were going to be killed. During the uprising, the prisoners killed three guards and blew up the crematorium and adjacent gas chamber.

The prisoners used explosives smuggled into the camp by Jewish women who had been assigned to forced labor in a nearby armaments factory. The Germans crushed the revolt and killed almost all of the prisoners involved in the rebellion. The Jewish women who had smuggled the explosives into the camp were publicly hanged in early January 1945.

Homework Finish reading and taking notes on Section Four of Night. This will take you to page ____. You will be able to use your notes on the reading check tomorrow and on the next in-class task.

Testimonials http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/media_oi.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005189&MediaId=1188 http://media.photobucket.com/image/%252522sophie%252527s%20choice%252522%20meryl%20streep%20nazi%20children/franzpatrick/Films/SophiesChoice.jpg

Homework Due Wednesday Watch at least three Holocaust testimonials on the Holocaust Memorial Museum website. The link for this site is on my wikispace. Write a journal that summarizes what you heard. What surprised you? What questions come to mind? How does this connect to what you have read in Night?

Faith Why does he decide not to throw himself into the pit? Why does he lie to Stein?

(Tuesday) Today’s Task Using passages from the text, create a timeline of Elie’s faith. Write the page number for each passage. Include: Elie before the ghettos Elie during the ghettos Elie upon arrival at the camp Elie at the camp The faith of others at the camp (at least two quotes that show faith or faltering faith) Elie after the hangings

Example At the beginning of the story, Elie is a very faithful and devout young man. He really wants to study the complex mystical teachings of Judaism but his father won’t let him. “ “ ( ).

Homework Take the research question you have been assigned and find an answer using Internet resources. You must find your answer on a credible site. Review the criteria for what is credible. Write your citation information at the top of your page using MLA format. Write a 250 words about what you learned from your site .If you take anything word for word, you must put those words into quotation marks.