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Hitler’s “New Order” Revealed

This article explores the horrifying details of Hitler's "Final Solution," laid out during the Wannsee Conference in January 1942. It discusses the systematic extermination of Jews through concentration camps, forced labor, and mass shootings, led by Heinrich Himmler. The article highlights the horrific conditions in camps like Auschwitz and Treblinka, the brutal treatment of inmates, and the use of gas chambers. Additionally, it covers the Nuremberg Trials, where Nazi leaders were held accountable for crimes against humanity, revealing the full extent of the Holocaust's atrocities.

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Hitler’s “New Order” Revealed

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  1. Hitler’s “New Order” Revealed Final Solution Wannsee Conference January, 1942 Set up a systematic plan for exterminating the Jews Use of poison gas Concentration camps set up • Intended as a solution to the “Jewish question” • Heinrich Himmler: Head of the SS, headed the final solution. • At first: Rounded up Jews and shot them in large groups

  2. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed

  3. Concentration Camps • Separation into groups as you entered (age, health, and sex) • Unable to do work/weak: Sent to “showers” • Able to do work: Average life span: 3 months )forced labor, brutal treatment, starvation, filth, and disease) • Germany: Largest: Dachau and Buchenwald • Poland: Largest: Treblinka and Aushwitz • At first: Buried their dead in mass graves • Later: Huge ovens to cremate their dead.

  4. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed Entrance to Auschwitz:Work Makes You Free Crematoria at Majdanek

  5. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed Mass Graves at Bergen-Belsen

  6. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed Eli Wiesel Slave Labor at Buchenwald

  7. The Nuremberg War Trials:Crimes Against Humanity

  8. Nuremberg Trials: 1945-46 • Full horror of of German concentration camps and Nazi racial purification was revealed to the world. • Hitler was dead and many high-ranking officials had fled to South America. • Many were captured. • International court met in Nuremberg, Germany. • 22 Nazi leaders charged with crimes against peace and humanity. • 12 Sentenced to death • 7 Sentenced to life imprisonment • 3 Acquitted • Court declared the Nazi party a criminal organization

  9. Japanese War Crimes Trials General Hideki Tojo -Sentenced to death: November 12, 1948: -Executed by hanging -In his final moments, he apologized for the atrocities committed by the Japanese military and urged to U.S.A. to show compassion toward the Japanese people

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