Horrible Holocaust

1. Horrible Holocaust By Christopher Jackson

2. Dr. Joesef Mengele • Dr. Joesef was the lead scientist at Auschwitz. Before the war he was on the staff of the Nazi-founded Institute for Hereditary Biology and Race Research. He was also said to be very handsome and was named the “Beautiful Devil” and “Angle of Death”. In his career he brought fear to women the most making them strip them and whip them. He would also often go to the infirmary looking for new victims which where mostly women looking for medical help. Out of all the subjects he found twins the most fascinating so they went to him instead of being gassed. All of his “research” was supposable for learning the mysteries of there birth for the sake of the third Reich. • Dr. Mengele researching on twins • http://www.whale.to/b/2267-Male-twins-undergoing-spirometry-by-Otmar-Freiherr-von-Verschuer.jpg • Rogasky, Barbara, Smoke and Ashes, NewYork: Holiday House Publishing, Print g

3. Krisallnacht • Krisallnacht or Night of the Brocken glass lasted from November 9th to November 10th. Almost 100 Jewish people died and around 30,000 arrested! Nearly all synagogues where burned in Germany and Austria. thousands of Jews homes and or business where looted and destroyed. In one instance in Vienna a Jewish man’s business was looted by competitors and destroyed by the S.A. He was forced to clean it up, later the land was confiscated by the Nazis but still had to pay taxes on it and had to sell his wedding bands to raise funds. • a synagogue burning to ash • http://image.aish.com/holocaust/he05n11h_500x338.jpg • Mara, Will , Krisallnacht, New York, 2010, print

4. Chelmno(death camp) • Chelmno was established in Poland on December of 1941 and was never liberated, It was destroyed before Soviet Army arrived. Chelmno was the only death camp to use vans as a was to exterminate the Jews. After ten minutes and the Jews where dead they drove 2.5 miles to the close by Rzuchow Forest where the prepared mass graves. More than 150,000 people where killed in Chelmno. The way they would kill the Jews is that they would load them into the back of the van and hook the exhaust into the back of the van. The vans would sometimes be dressed up as Red Cross Vans. • Jews about to be gassed • http://www.jewishgen.org/forgottenCamps/Images/chelmno2.gifLeone, Daniel, The HolocauseDeath Camps, San Diego, 1997, print

5. Third Reich • The Third Reich was often used to describe the Nazi regime from January 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945. When the Third Reich was brought into power it brought an end to the Weimar Republic. The Weimar Republic was a parliamentary democracy established in defeated Germany in WW1. The last few year of the Weimar Republic being in power plagued Germany with political deadlocks, increasing violence, and an economic depression. When the Third Reich came into power they eliminated any and all basic rights. Also After the fire in the Reichstag(the German Parliament) Germany went into a state of emergency and the chancier (Hitler) could make any decrees without approval of the parliament. • Propaganda poster for the Third Reich • http://www.moonwheel-historical.com/images/Postcards-478-01.jpg Stewart, Gail, Hitler’s Reich, San Diego, Lucent Books, 1994, print

6. Zyklon-B • Zyklon-B real name is hydrogen cyanide. It was manufactured by the company Degesch. It was originally made for exterminating pests rats, mice etc.. Zyklon-B gas chambers where mainly used in the camps Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek. The victims of Zyklon-B would lose consciousness in a few seconds to minutes but it took as long as three to fifteen minutes to die from asphyxiation. And Zyklon-B was considered to be an improvement to the crude use of Co2 in most death camps. • a spilled jar of Zyklon-B • http://abcwwii.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/zyklonb.jpg The Holocaust, 1997, print

7. Swastika • The swastika was used long before Hitler used it for the Nazis it has even been found in ancient ruins of Troy, Egypt, China, and India. In India it was even used interchangeably with the Star of David. The word "swastika" comes from the Sanskrit svastika- "su" meaning "good," "asti" meaning "to be," and "ka" as a suffix. And until the Nazis used it for 3,000 years it meant life, sun, power, strength, and good luck. Even in the early 20th centaury it was still good it could even be found on the shoulder patches of the American 45th Division. And also on the Finnish air force until after World War II. • the Nazi flag • The Holocaust, 1997, print • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-unTDpxXDS0g/TbeXmNoI6fI/AAAAAAAAABs/3yU7xElWqgc/s1600/Nazi+Flag.jpg