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Ghettos and Trains: The Dark Journey of the Holocaust

"Ghettos and Trains" delves into the harrowing experiences of Jews during the Holocaust, focusing on the ghettos established by the Nazis in urban areas and the trains used for mass deportations. It explores the conditions in the ghettos, the resistance efforts by groups like the ZOB and ZZW in Warsaw, and the grim reality of forced transportation to concentration camps. Highlighting both despair and resilience, the work captures the historical significance and human tragedy of this dark chapter in history.

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Ghettos and Trains: The Dark Journey of the Holocaust

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  1. Ghettos and Trains By: David Metz, Dane Gay, and Hayden Cota-Robles

  2. Ghettos • Name from a Jewish quarter in Venice • City district where Germans concentrated Jews to • Forced to live in harsh conditions

  3. Ghettos: continued • When the concentration camps were full they would send people to the Ghettos • The ghettos were made to separate the Jew’s from the rest of the people • During war over a million Jews were sent to concentration camp.

  4. Ghettos: continued • Tens of thousands of western European Jews were also deported into ghettos • In 1944 the Nazis completed the last major destruction of the Ghettos • The Warsaw ghetto was largest ghetto

  5. Ghettos: Warsaw • Though the trains led to death there was still hope for the Jews to live • In response to the genocide, Jews formed two groups, ZOB and ZZW • Two groups were formed by the Revisionist Group

  6. Warsaw • 1943 the Nazi forces in Warsaw tried to resume deportations, the Germans were met with the resistance • The groups saved about 5,000 people from the concentration camps • began the build foxholes and bunkers in order to fight the Germans more effectively

  7. Warsaw • 1943 the Nazi forces were back to deport the last of the Jews out of the ghetto to liquidate it • The Jews in the Ghetto started little fights everywhere and held off the deportation for over a month

  8. Trains • Most efficient way for the Nazis to move people in order to complete the final solution • The trains transported the Jews from the ghettos to Auschwitz • They fit 80 Jews to each compartment

  9. Trains • Nazis made the Jews stand with their arms over their heads so they could fit as many people as possible in the compartments • The trains were going to transport about 11 million people for the final solution

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