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Anti-Semitism existed in Europe long before the Nazi regime came to power Jews were persecuted for centuries prior to 1900.
Jews in most European communities. Introduced it in the 16th century in Germany provided for Jewish enclave’s citizens of Venice they in 1516 the Jewish area walled in and the gates were locked from sunset to morning two gates allowed Jews to leave after sunrise. Jews were forced to wear black clothes.
In 1555 pope Paul IV confined Jews of Rome to a ghetto with only one entrance and one exit. The example was followed all over Europe as Jews were compelled to stay in segregated and enclosed areas. The French revolution of 1789 led to abolition of the Venice ghetto in 1797, the Frankfurt ghetto in 1811 and finally the …show more content…
Nazi state were exterminated often in gas chambers or used as slave labour. Some prisoners were also subjected to barbaric medical experiments led by Josef Mengele. During World War 2 estimated 60,000 prisoners on a forced march to other locations.
Death camps existed for the sole purpose of killing Jews and other “undesirables” in what became known as the holocaust.
Auschwitz the largest and arguably the most notorious of all the Nazi death camps its first commandant was Rudolf hoss (1900-47)
By mid-1942 the majority of those being sent by the Nazis to Auschwitz were Jews. Upon arriving at the camp detainees were examined by Nazi doctors. Those detainees considered unfit for work including young children the elderly, pregnant woman and the infirm were immediately ordered to take showers. Once inside the prisoners were exposed to zyklon-b poison gas.
For those prisoners who initially escaped the gas chambers an undetermined number died from overwork disease insufficient nutrition or the daily struggle for survival in brutal living conditions. Arbitrary executions, torture and retribution happed daily in front of the other
Anti-Semitism existed in Europe long before the Nazi regime came to power Jews were persecuted for centuries prior to 1900.
Jews in most European communities. Introduced it in the 16th century in Germany provided for Jewish enclave’s citizens of Venice they in 1516 the Jewish area walled in and the gates were locked from sunset to morning two gates allowed Jews to leave after sunrise. Jews were forced to wear black clothes.
In 1555 pope Paul IV confined Jews of Rome to a ghetto with only one entrance and one exit. The example was followed all over Europe as Jews were compelled to stay in segregated and enclosed areas. The French revolution of 1789 led to abolition of the Venice ghetto in 1797, the Frankfurt ghetto in 1811 and finally the …show more content…
Nazi state were exterminated often in gas chambers or used as slave labour. Some prisoners were also subjected to barbaric medical experiments led by Josef Mengele. During World War 2 estimated 60,000 prisoners on a forced march to other locations.
Death camps existed for the sole purpose of killing Jews and other “undesirables” in what became known as the holocaust.
Auschwitz the largest and arguably the most notorious of all the Nazi death camps its first commandant was Rudolf hoss (1900-47)
By mid-1942 the majority of those being sent by the Nazis to Auschwitz were Jews. Upon arriving at the camp detainees were examined by Nazi doctors. Those detainees considered unfit for work including young children the elderly, pregnant woman and the infirm were immediately ordered to take showers. Once inside the prisoners were exposed to zyklon-b poison gas.
For those prisoners who initially escaped the gas chambers an undetermined number died from overwork disease insufficient nutrition or the daily struggle for survival in brutal living conditions. Arbitrary executions, torture and retribution happed daily in front of the other