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Operation Reinhard  Code name for plan to kill Jews in Poland.

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2 Operation Reinhard  Code name for plan to kill Jews in Poland

3 The first Auschwitz  Auschwitz is the German word for a town in Poland called Oswiecim.  The first concentration camp in Auschwitz was actually former Polish army barracks.  This camp was called Auschwitz I

4 Auschwitz I  Used mainly for Polish political prisoners  Locals were kicked out of their homes and relocated  Many SS guards and their families were given their homes

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9 Building 10  Medical building  Experiments on prisoners Mostly sterilization  Many murdered just so an autopsy could be conducted

10 Fabric made of hair

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12  Several thousand executed against this wall  Political prisoners, people who helped prisoners escape

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15 Gas Chamber

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17 The SS had a bar at the camp Prisoner’s barracks

18 Decoration above the SS bar

19 Rudolf Höss Commandant of Auschwitz Gallows built after the war to hang Rudolf Höss

20 Auschwitz II-Birkenau  Eventually, the Germans realized that they needed a larger camp to accommodate their mass killings  A few miles from Auschwitz I, they built another camp, Auschwitz II-Birkenau

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24 Barracks Actually, they are horse stables One of 2 small fireplaces This connected the fireplaces

25 3 level bunk beds 5-7 people per level

26 The bathroom

27 Platform where people would get off the train.

28 The selection process  One group selected to work  The other group immediately sent to gas chamber

29 Old man being inspected

30 On the way to the gas chamber

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33 Killing methods at Auschwitz  Gas Carbon Monoxide ○ gas vans ○ Gas Chambers Zyklon B  Random shootings  Random hangings  Medical Experiments  Passive Methods Starvation Malnutrition


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