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Ghettos and Camps Holocaust Slide 2 Final Solution Oct 1941 order from S.S. Head down Nazi chain of command with change to Jewish problem Prior to this, vigorously encourage Jews to emigrate (Madagascar Plan) Shift resulted in deportation of Jews to camps and ghettos in the East Systematic murder of millions of Jews Photograph Source: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/au28.h tml Jewish children, kept alive in the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) pose in concentration camp uniforms between two rows of barbed wire fencing after liberation. Slide 3 Wannsee Conference January 20, 1942, Berlin suburb Coordinate Nazi bureaucracy required to carry out Final Solution including: deportation of Jews to killing centers Immediate death for those who were unable to work or the very young, the old, and the weak Segregation by gender of the remaining Jews Decimation through forced labor with insufficient nourishment Eventual death for the remaining Photograph Source: http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/holoprelude/Wannsee/ wanseeminutes.html Slide 4 Ghettos Purpose to create total confinement for Jewish population Nazis hoped would deplete Jewish population quickly and naturally through starvation, disease and cold. Photograph Source: http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en- us/2916_1548.html and http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en- us/2916_138.htmlhttp://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en- us/2916_1548.html Slide 5 Concentration Camps Established in 1933 for imprisoning political opponents, extended to other undesirables Dehumanize prisoners both physically and emotionally Photograph Source: http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/41668- container.html Auschwitz, Poland, Prisoner no. 24288 & no. 22207 Slide 6 Death Camps Great pains taken to deceive victims of their fate From ghettos and concentration camps, told they were being resettled to be put to work Gas chambers with Zyklon B At Auschwitz, able to process death of 12,000 victims daily Photograph Source: http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/en-us/1798-container.html Slide 7 Testimonial: Sara Schichter Source: http://www.mhmc.ca/en Slide 8 Slide 9 Activity - Dear Diary Portfolio Entry Lets read Eva Heymans diary entries as a class, and discuss the Portfolio Entry activity