The Holocaust
and the effects it had on Jewish people all over the world
What Was The Holocaust?
The Holocasut was a series of heinous crimes that took place against mainly Jews , but also Gypsies, Homosexuals and Mentally disabled peoples. this occured from the time frame of around 1942 to 1945 and was part of Adolf Hitler's " final solution" to exterminate anyone not not of his self detirmined master race. in the specific context of the Jewish situation, things started slow, first there the Nuremberg laws. the Nurenburg laws were passed 1935 and were a group of antisemetic laws that restricted the Jewish people. Jews were no longer German citizens. Jews could no longer marry non- Jews. Jews would have a curfew. Eventually Jews would not be allowed in certain stores, they would not be able to gather in large groups or go to movie theatres and parks. After a while of this they would become even more secluded and were sent to live in ghettos. in many towns several months after these ghettos were formed , the Jews were again collected and this time taken into cattle cars. they had no idea where they were going, they were told they were going for work and could take a small luggage. they again didn't know they were being taken to concentration camps and they would never see their luggage full of precious belongs again. six million Jews would be dead by the time most camps where liberated in 1945. 250,00 gypsies would also die. the other numbers are not known.
Prisoners in these camps were treated awfully and were rarely given food, when they were given food it would most likely be a small piece of stale bread and soup made of saw dust. they were made to wait in line for role call everyday, this was a process that could take place for hours, in the cold or the rain. the ' useful' prisoners were put to work though and worked on things like railroad tracks but that varied depending on where the camp was located. 'not useful' or ' un capable' prisoners were often times sent straight to the gas chambers, for their death upon arrival. in this purpose it was usually woman and children. but they weren't the only one's in sent to the cambers. selection a grueling process for all prisoners and would occur around once a week. during selection you practically knew you were dead as they picked you. but sometimes, sometimes they would tell you ( in large numbers of course everything needed to be efficient) you were taking a shower . they would tell you to strip , clean clothes would be on the other side. but it was water coming down the faucet. it would be called Zykclon b, a chemical poisons to humans.one out of three people would die instantly and other would die being trampled by people trying to get out. when most more dead the bodies would be taken to the crematoriums to be burned, some, a times, were still breathing.
Proof To The Words
oven
ovens were used as a quick way to dispose of already dead bodies. prisoners were often forced to work the ovens, and would sometimes have to bury someone they knew.
arbeit macht frei
sign first seen by prisoners when they entered the Auschwitz complex. the translation is work will se you free.
just some of the Empty bottles of Zyklon B found at Aushwitz alone
Zyklon B was a poison used during the holocaust to kill prisoners in mass. prisoners would think they were going to shower, instead this chemical would come down, killing them.
Faces of The Holocaust
Elie Wiesel
Elie Weisel is a well known holocaust survivor who was originally form sighet , a small Jewish town in what is now Romania . He and his family were deported from the ghetto is 1944 and taken to Auschwitz in a cattle car. he never saw his mother or sisters again after arrive. but his father would pass away a short while before liberation. Wiesel is now a professor and author of numerous books including 'night' a retelling of his story and 'after the darkness ' a book of reflections on the holocaust. he is also a Nobel piece prize winner. Wiesel currently resides in New York.
Anne Frank
Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl at the tine of the Holocaust and probably never expected her diary whom she called kitty to ever be noted as such an important piece of world history. Frank wrote in a diary from June 12, 1942 until august 1, 1944 when her and her family were taken from their hiding place in the annex and deported to concentration camps. in her diary Frank expresses common feelings to an average teenage girl as well as the frustration of sharing such small quarters with her family and the others. Frank was in hiding for almost three years when they were found out about, not once being outside in that time. Anne's diary was found by Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl after she and her family had been taken. it wasn't until after the war when it was evident that Anne was dead, that they gave the diaries to Anne's father, Otto Frank, the only one in the annex to survive the camps. Anne died two weeks before liberation, of Typhus, the exact date is unknown. her father is the one who decided to publish her diaries.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler is one of the most infamous people in all of world war two history. Hitler was born on April 20 1889 in Austria. it is said he was an unruly child and was very much attached to his mother. young Hitler wanted to become an artist though that never exactly worked out, as he was rejected from art school. though not right away this could be marked as the beginning of his rise to power. soon after his rejection he would begin to form the NAZI party and this would only escalate from there. he would become chancellor, then dictator and leader. he would try to take over the world and wipe off all Jews from the earth as well as anyone who wasn't of the 'Aryan' race. his plan was not as efficient as he hoped, it was efficient though however and he managed to murder six million Jews along with many others. but he was losing his war, when that become of obvious he and his wife of a day, Eva Braun committed suicide . the day was april 30, 1945