The Final Solution
Extermination of the Jews
Overview
The extermination of the Jews was a strict and systematic way of killing developed by the Nazis. They used mass shootings, gassing trucks, and concentration and extermination camps. All these strategies were used to try and find the perfect killing method. Mass shootings came first and they ended with the gas chambers. In total about six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, three million were killed in the camps
Mass Shootings
The first method of killing was mass shootings. Jews would be taken away from there normal life and brought to their death place. They were forced to dig their own graves, then they were lined up in front of the graves and all shot so that they would fall into it.
Gas Vans
The Nazis tried to make their killing more effective by creating gas vans. Groups of about fifty Jews were forced into the sealed vans. The exhaust was redirected into the van and as the Nazis drove around, the Jews suffocated from the gas.
Auschwitz Concentration Camp - Crematory/Gas Chamber
Crematoriums and Gas Chambers
This video shows an inside look into the gas chambers and crematoriums in Nazi Germany. This was the last and most productive way the Nazis found to exterminate the Jews. Groups of Jews were brought into the gas chambers, thinking they were showers and were killed. Then they were put into the crematoriums so there was almost nothing left of their bodies as evidence.
Works Cited
"Auschwitz Concentration Camp - Crematory/Gas Chamber." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2014.
"Methods of Mass Murder." The Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2014.