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Adolf Hitler He was the leader of the Holocaust. He was also the leader of the Nazi party. He captured 11 million Jews and other and put them in concentration camps where he killed them. Later in 1945 he killed himself. 1. Hitler was in the army. 2. He was known to be manipulative. 3. He lead the Nazi party in the Holocaust. 4. He took control of some countries during 1933-1945. 5. He commuted suicide. April 20, 1889- April 30, 1945 |
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Anne Frank She was a was a author and she is well known for her diary/book called The Diary of a Yong Girl. She ad her sister were separated from their family and brought to a camp where they died a week before the camp was liberated. 1. She wrote her own Diary about her life during the Holocaust. 2. She was separated form her family besides her sister. 3. She hid n rooms behind a book shelf in her house before before caught. 4. Her parents gave their lives for them and sacrificed themselves so that they could live. 5. She died of Typhus which is a decease caused by different species of rickettsia bacteria that are transmitted to humans by lice, fleas, mites, or ticks. 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945 |
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Germany In Germany Hitler and The Nazi party set up most of their main concentration camps. All the camps were brutal but these camps in Germany were so popular because of how bad they were. 1. This country was one of the biggest countries Hitler and the Nazi party took over. 2.This is also were the most and brutal camps were. 3. Germany was one of the first countries to fall after the Holocaust got brought down. 4.This is the country of the start of WW2 5. In Germany 10 million people died to the Holocaust. |
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Nazi Party The Nazi Party was the party that was founded by Hitler. It consisted of A lot of Hitlers friends and his close man and they Helped Hitler find the Jews, gays, crippled and all the people that spoke out against their group and bring them to the concentration camps. This group was later brought down and a lot of the people in the party were brought up on war charges. 1. These people were Hitler back up and they helped him inflict violence to get what they want. 2.They killed 11 million people. 3. The group started in 1933 and ended in 1945 4. They took over about 4 countries 5. They were known as one of the most racist groups in history |
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Poland During the Holocaust the Germans invaded Poland and that became one of the countries Hitler and the Nazi party took over. 1.1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. 2.Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action. 3.To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people. 4.Hitler ordered hostilities against Poland to begin at 4:45 a.m. the next morning. At 8 p.m. on August 31, Nazi S.S. troops wearing Polish uniforms staged a phony invasion of Germany, damaging several minor installations on the German side of the border. 5.This is also the second place where most of the population was in concentration camps. |
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Concentration Camps The concentration camps were the camps that Hitler and the Nazi party created for all the people they captured. This was where most of the prisoners of the Holocaust went through hell. This was basically Hitlers dehumanization camps. There were some bad conditions living in these camps. 1. Very harsh conditions 2. The term concentration camp refers to a camp in which people are detained or confined, usually under harsh conditions and without regard to legal norms of arrest and imprisonment that are acceptable in a constitutional democracy. 3.The first concentration camps in Germany were established soon after Hitler's appointment as chancellor in January 1933. 4.German authorities established camps all over Germany on an ad hoc basis to handle the masses of people arrested as alleged subversives. 5.11 million people in total went through the harsh conditions the Holocaust put out and most suffered and died. |
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Auschwitzwas a German Nazi concentration camp during World War II that was in operation from 1940 to 1945. Auschwitz was a German Nazi concentration camp during World War II that was in operation from 1940 to 1945. 1.More people died in Auschwitz than the British and American losses of WW2 combined. 2.About 1 in 6 Jews killed in the Holocaust died at Auschwitz. 3.1.1 million people died during the four and a half years of Auschwitz's existence. 4.Auschwitz was first constructed to hold Polish political prisoners, who began to arrive in May 1940. 5.144 prisoners are known to have escaped from Auschwitz successfully. |
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Heinrich Himmler This was Hitler right hand man. He helped him organized everything that needed to be organized during WW2 1. He was in the military 2.Hitler commanded him a leading position on leading the entire Third Reich 3.e was known to have good organisational skills and for selecting highly competent subordinates which is why Hitler wanted him to set up the concentration camps. 4.He was captured on May 23 along with two other gaurds and were taking into custody. 5. Known to have committed suicide by biting down on a hidden cyanide pill. October 7, 1900-May 23, 1945 |
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Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
After the Holocaust was over people wanted all the people that were killed to be remembered, so they built a memorial in Honor of all the people that suffered during this time period. 1. Its over 19,000 square and has 2. There are 2,711 concrete slabs that have no markings. 3.Created in 1988 but wasn't approved till 1999. 4. The memorial is located in Washington D.C 5. Peter Eisenman's controversial design was chosen as a fitting tribute to the Jews that died before and during World War II as part of Hitler's plan to exterminate them. |
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Ghettos The Ghettos was what the Jews went when the Nazis striped them of their homes, jobs and basically their lives. 1. Extremely crowded with Jews, poor, jobless and broken down families. 2. The Ghettos were invented by the Nazis 3.This i also another way for Hitler to dehumanize the Jews and everyone else he brought their. 4.This was another type of the concentration camps but just not as harsh. 5. The Ghettos are still around today in certain communities with some of the same theme that it had been in WW2. |
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