1. THE HOLOCAUST

2. THE FINAL SOLUTION WHEN? 1939-45
WHERE? APPLIED TO ALL NAZI-OCCUPIED EUROPE
AREAS? DEPENDED ON SIZE OF NAZI CONQUESTS
Ex: GREATEST EXTENT OF NAZI OCCUPATION IS 1942
HOW?
MASS EXECUTUION
GHETTO ISOLATION OF JEWS, ETC.
FORCED LABOR
CONCENTRATION CAMPS
EXTERMINATION CAMPS
WHO’S TARGETED? ALL UNTERMENSCHEN (DEFINE)
JEWS
HOMOSEXUALS
GYPSIES
PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY DISABLED
COMMUNISTS

3. THE FINAL SOLUTION 1. EASTERN EUROPE: -Poland -Russia 2. GERMANY
A. AREAS HARDEST HIT:
1. EASTERN EUROPE:
-Poland
-Russia
2. GERMANY
B. WHY?:
1. THOSE AREAS HAD HIGHEST POPULATION OF JEWS, OR…
2. THOSE AREAS WERE MORE EASILY INVADED EARLY IN WAR
C. WHO CONDUCTED MOST OF THE FINAL SOLUTION?
1. S.S. (Schutzstaffel) CAMP GUARDS
2. S.S. “EINZATSGRUPPEN” (“Special Action Groups”)
3. “WAFFEN – S.S.” (SS Front line combat units)
4. POLICE IN CONQUERED TERRITORIES
5. “GESTAPO” UNITS - German Secret Police
***MOST EXTERMINATION / FINAL SOLUTION ACTIONS WERE DONE BY S.S. GROUPS

5. REICHSFUHRER HEINRICH HIMMLER, LEADER OF THE S.S.

6. HIMMLER (left) AND HITLER (right)

7. THE WANSEE CONFERENCE
WHAT? MEETING / CONFERENCE OF TOP NAZI OFFICIALS TO DECIDE & ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:
HOW COULD THE EXTERMINATION OF EUROPEAN JEWS BE MADE MORE “EFFICIENT”?
HOW WOULD “FINAL SOLUTION” PLANS BE IMPLEMENTED IN FUTURE CONQUERED TERRITORY?
WHEN? JANUARY, 1942
WHERE? WANSEE, BERLIN, GERMANY
WHO? KEY NAZI & SS. LEADERS
EXAMPLE: REINHARD HEYDRICH, ADOLF EICHMANN
WHY?
HIMMLER WANTED EXTERMINATION METHODS TO BE IMPROVED & ACCELERATED
EFFECT?
MORE JEWS WERE MOVED DIRECTLY TO EXTERMINATION / DEATH CAMPS
SOME CAMPS WERE ENLARGED FOR MORE KILLING
SOME CAMPS WERE CONVERTED FROM LABOR TO EXTERMINATION CAMPS
RESULT? HOLOCAUST ACCELERATED

8. OBERGRUPPENFUHRER REINHARD HEYDRICH, S.S. a.k.a – “THE BLOND BEAST”

9. REINHARD HEYDRICH(right)

10. ADOLF EICHMANN, S.S.

14. DEATH CAMPS
DEATH CAMPS: CAMPS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE MASS KILLINGS OF PRISONERS
WHY?
THE WANSEE CONFERENCE CALLED FOR GREATER “EFFICIENCY” IN THE KILLING OF JEWS, SLAVS, etc.
EINSATZGRUPPEN KILLINGS WERE VIEWED AS INEFFICIENT & DEMORALIZING TO TROOPS
WHERE?
MOST DEATH CAMPS WERE IN EASTERN EUROPE (POLAND, RUSSIA)
MOST NOTORIOUS:
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU (POLAND)
TREBLINKA (POLAND)
SOBIBOR (POLAND)
DACHAU (GERMANY) – ORIGINALLY A CONCENTRATION CAMP
WHAT?
KILLING METHOD: USUALLY TOOK ONE OF THREE FORMS:
GAS CHAMBERS
OVERWORK / STARVATION
SUMMARY BEATINGS / SHOOTINGS
RESULT? DEATH TOLL INCREASES RAPIDLY (AUSCHWITZ: 1.6 MIL. KILLED)

15. JEWS BEING SEPARATED INTO GROUPS AT RAIL DEPOT

17. JEWS AFTER ARRIVAL AT AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU EXTERMINATION CAMP

22. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF AUSCHWITZ- BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP

23. JEWISH CAMP LABORERS, AUSCHWITZ

26. INTERIOR, PRISONER BLOCK HOUSE, AUSCHWITZ

27. INTERIOR, PRISONER BLOCKHOUSE, AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

29. CAMP SURVIVORS AFTER LIBERATION BY ALLIES

31. JEWISH WOMEN & CHILDREN BEING MOVED TO GAS CHAMBERS

32. GAS CHAMBER ENTRANCE (ONE OF THEM), AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

33. ENTRANCE TO AUSCHWITZ GAS CHAMBER

34. EXIT FROM GAS CHAMBER ROOM LOOKING TOWARD CREMATORIUM ROOM

38. CLOTHING OF GAS CHAMBER VICTIMS, AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

40. GAS CHAMBER FROM ONE ENTRANCE, AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU

41. GAS CHAMBER ROOM WITH EXIT TO CREMATORIUM ON LEFT

42. ZYKLON-B CANISTER AND PELLETS

49. BODY BEING LOADED INTO CREMATORIUM OVEN

50. CONCENTRATION CAMP IDENTIFICATION TATTOO ON ARM OF SURVIVOR

51. CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR DISPLAYS HIS I.D. TATTOO

52. DR. JOSEF MENGELE, S. S. NAZI CAMP “DOCTOR” – a. k. a
DR. JOSEF MENGELE, S.S. NAZI CAMP “DOCTOR” – a.k.a. “THE ANGEL OF DEATH”

53. MENGELE AND FELLOW S.S. OFFICERS, AUSCHWITZ

54. CAMP PRISONER BEING INFECTED WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

55. CAMP PRISONER IN AIR CHAMBER, DR. MENGELE’s EXPERIMENTS UNIT, AUSCHWITZ

57. “Cold Water” Experiment on live prisoner, Auschwitz (note floating bocks of ice)

58. U.S. ARMY TROOPER WITH CAMP VICTIM REMAINS, APRIL, 1945

59. U.S. ARMY TROOPERS & OFFICERS SURVEY CAMP VICTIM REMAINS, APRIL, 1945

60. U.S. ARMY OFFICERS & TROOPS WITH CAMP SURVIVORS

63. BRITISH TROOPS BURY VICTIM REMAINS BERGEN-BELSEN DEATH CAMP, 1945

64. RED ARMY DOCTORS ATTENDING TO CAMP SURVIVORS, APRIL, 1945

65. AFTER THE HOLOCAUST RESULTS: MOST EUROPEAN JEWS ARE…
KILLED
DISPLACED
MANY EMIGRATE FROM EUROPE TO…
N.AMERICA
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
“ZIONISTS” NOW MAKE STRONGER EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH STATE OF ISRAEL
EUROPEAN JEWISH POPULATION IS DECIMATED
TOTAL KILLED: APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION