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2. 1933 Hitler Gains Power in Germany:  Blames Jews for post WWI problems  Declares “solutions” will take care of Jews

3. Hitler initiated Nuremberg laws against Jews:  German citizenships was taken away  Sexual relations were forbidden  Marriages were outlawed  Married Jews were forced to be divorced immediately  Jews Forbidden to hoist the Reich and National Flag

4. RISE OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS:  Prisons to rid Europe of the unwanted  Jews, Gypsies, and Homosexuals were sent to the camps  Prisoners faced hard labor  None were suppose to be murdered DEATH CAME FROM:  Old age  Diseases GypsyJews

5. SUFFERING/HUMILIATIONS:  Head shaved  Got Naked in front of peers  Tattooed and imprinted with number  Slept in hard wood shelf beds  Given little food WORK:  “Busy Work”  Made watches  Made shoes  Endured harsh weather

6. “What to do with all the Jews?”  Over 11 million Jews still lived in camps  The Wannsee Conference was held to discuss matter  Plans of Extermination were considered  Many gov’t members appealed the acts of extermination Building where Wannsee Conference took place

7. The Final Solution “The complete annihilation of European Jews”  Originated in the Wannsee Conference in Germany 1941  Initiated officially in the Fall of 1942  Death camps replaced Concentration camps  Armed forces were sent to find and kill hiding Jews All Jews were scheduled for death:  Time of death varied by age and health Who else was killed: Gypsies Homosexuals Polish Christians Ukrainians

8. STREETS/TOWNS OF EUROPE:  Gas Tankers (Fumigation of Streets)  Poison bombing  Heavy use of artillery weapons DEATH CAMPS:  Killed in Gas tankers while being transported  Poison Gas Showers  Burned in fire pits  Starvation and Diseases  Hung

9.  3.5 million killed in concentration camps  6 million killed on streets of Europe  millions of families left unrequited  Several lost generations  ½ million killed Gypsies  3 million Polish Christian  4 million Ukrainians

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