Class List about Holocaust Information

• it was considered a genocide
• it started because Germany was blamed for WWI by the Treaty of Versailles
• victims included Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, African Americans, Muslims, and people with disabilities
• victims put in concentration camps
• once killed in a concentration camp your body was either burned or put in a mass grave
• crematoriums were three levels high and eighteen bodies could fit into each level
• at time victims believed they were going to take a shower, but the showers were really gas chambers
• prisoners were marked on left arm
• Hitler was in command during WWI
• Dr. Mengle performed experiments on twins and victims during the Holocaust
• the perfect race consisted of blonde hair blue eyes
• 5000 Jewish communities were eliminated
• prisoners in camps received small amounts of food
• skilled Jews were exempt from becoming victims
• some families went into hiding to avoid going to concentration camps
• Jews had to wear the Star of David on their jackets
• Oscar Schindler helped the Jews even though he was part of the Nazi party
• there were organizations that were paid by the Nazis to trick Jews and bring them to the concentration camps
• Restrictions were placed on Jews initially in their communities, such as curfews etc
• There was the Jewish resistance group
• Jews were transported via cattle cars to the concentration camps
• when the Jews were hiding from the Nazis, the Jews would mix cocaine and dried rabbit blood to hinder the dog's sense of smell