Hitler and the Nazis created concentration camps first (Shuter, Life and Death in the camps, 6). The Jews were told that they were going to be re-educated about Nazi beliefs and then be released (Shuter, Life and Death in the Camps, 6). Labor camps were created next to work the Jews to death (6). Finally, the death camps were created to end the Jewish population. Death camps made the Holocaust possible because these are where most of the Jews were killed. These were established to make the German lands free of Jews. Before the camps, the Nazis would just try to make the Jews miserable and humiliate them to get them to leave Germany (34). Jews were also put in walled-off ghettos in cities to be isolated from the German people (8). Hitler
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There were six death camps created. Chelmno was the first death camp created in 1941 (Holocaust Education). A new way to kill the Jews was established. The Jews would be told they were being sent to the showers, but they were gassed by the exhaust of trucks (Holocaust Education). The Jews were lied to and did not know they were being led to their deaths. The trucks pumped carbon monoxide exhaust fumes into the sealed room (Shuter, Prelude, 2003a). As a result, 320,000 Jews were gassed (¨Auschwitz¨). The second death camp established was Belzec in 1942 (Holocaust Education). The method of gassing the Jews continued to this extermination camp. By the end of World War II, 500,000 Jews had been gassed in Belzec (¨Auschwitz¨). Sobibor was created in 1942, and 250,000 Jews were gassed (¨Auschwitz¨). Sobibor was the first death camp where there were riots and attempts of escaping in large groups (Holocaust Education). Treblinka had used gassings, and 762,000 Jews had been killed by being gassed (¨Auschwitz¨). In 1942, the Nazis created Majdanek, and it had the least deaths of 61,000 Jews (¨Auschwitz¨). Auschwitz-Birkenau was the deadliest death camp. Auschwitz differed from others because it had higher technology compared to the other camps. Auschwitz had the gas chambers underground, and a crematory where the bodies would burn after being gassed (Holocaust Education). Over one million Jews were gassed in this camp (¨Auschwitz¨). In 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz (Shuter, Prelude, 2003a). Hitler told the SS to keep these camps a secret, but Vrba and Wetzler had ruined that plan by escaping. They reported what happened to the Jews in the camps, and their report was publicized all over the world (Shuter, Prelude, ). The Nazis murdered between 2.9 and 3.1 million Jews in these camps (¨Auschwitz¨). The total loss of Jewish people at the hand of the Nazis was between 5.2
There were six death camps created. Chelmno was the first death camp created in 1941 (Holocaust Education). A new way to kill the Jews was established. The Jews would be told they were being sent to the showers, but they were gassed by the exhaust of trucks (Holocaust Education). The Jews were lied to and did not know they were being led to their deaths. The trucks pumped carbon monoxide exhaust fumes into the sealed room (Shuter, Prelude, 2003a). As a result, 320,000 Jews were gassed (¨Auschwitz¨). The second death camp established was Belzec in 1942 (Holocaust Education). The method of gassing the Jews continued to this extermination camp. By the end of World War II, 500,000 Jews had been gassed in Belzec (¨Auschwitz¨). Sobibor was created in 1942, and 250,000 Jews were gassed (¨Auschwitz¨). Sobibor was the first death camp where there were riots and attempts of escaping in large groups (Holocaust Education). Treblinka had used gassings, and 762,000 Jews had been killed by being gassed (¨Auschwitz¨). In 1942, the Nazis created Majdanek, and it had the least deaths of 61,000 Jews (¨Auschwitz¨). Auschwitz-Birkenau was the deadliest death camp. Auschwitz differed from others because it had higher technology compared to the other camps. Auschwitz had the gas chambers underground, and a crematory where the bodies would burn after being gassed (Holocaust Education). Over one million Jews were gassed in this camp (¨Auschwitz¨). In 1944, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz (Shuter, Prelude, 2003a). Hitler told the SS to keep these camps a secret, but Vrba and Wetzler had ruined that plan by escaping. They reported what happened to the Jews in the camps, and their report was publicized all over the world (Shuter, Prelude, ). The Nazis murdered between 2.9 and 3.1 million Jews in these camps (¨Auschwitz¨). The total loss of Jewish people at the hand of the Nazis was between 5.2