Extermination Camps
Death camps were located in what country?
Poland
Why did the U.S. enter WWII?
What are gas vans?
Cars that would fill with gas killing Jews and other groups of people during the Holocaust
Who condemned the cold-blooded extermination?
Allies
What is the legacy of the Holocaust?
Prisoners were forced to endure what at night?
Long roll calls that would exhaust them the next morning
What is the Wannsee Conference?
Discussing plans for a final solution to the Jewish question
Heinrich Himmler feared what?
That mass murder was causing psychological problems for the SS
Who began spreading the atrocities of Germany?
Soviet Union
Which camp has the largest memorial?
Auschwitz
What two colored houses did Auschwitz have?
How many Wannsee protocols are there?
30
What are Sonderkommandos?
Selected able-bodied people that helped with extermination process
Why was the British Broadcasting Corporation reluctant to report the findings?
Because it was extremely graphic
Which camp does not have a memorial?
Chelmno
Belzek had how many zones?
What did Hitler blame when the United States enters WWII?
Jews
Cremation replaced burials, Jews dug up graves in order to burn them
What was a priority on the railways?
Jews
Which concentration camp has been left widely intact?
Dachau
What are the names of the extermination camps?
Auschwitz, Belzek, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor, and Treblinka
What copy was found by the U.S. after WWII?
Copy 16
What would happen after prisoners were gassed?
Bodies were removed and any valuables were taken
Who allowed themself to be captured in order to get information?
Witold Pilecki
Where were Anne Frank and her sister buried?
Bergen Belsen