HIS242H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Berlin Blockade, Extermination Camp, Josef Mengele
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Not fast enough load onto truck, drive around block, hope they die. Causes a lot of stress for soldiers shrieks of people, etc. Take off clothes say we don"t want infectious diseases, but really because clothes might hold value. At the height of their use, 30 vans were in use, utility was problematic, profound stress for nazis. Hitler sentenced death to jews, communists, jehovah"s witnesses, gypsies, homosexuals sent to concentration camps. Concentration camps created economy forced labor (slavery) (cid:190) many nazis died due to intense labor. Poland is where a death camp is created sole purpose to kill people. Death camp = factory of death (cid:190) wirths first major job is to gas undesirables (developmentally delayed, deformities, and anyone who does not conform to ideal standards of nazi ideology) Hitler gets wirth to oversea the creation of death camps. The wirth method: gassing people in specially designed rooms. Try to find an efficient way to deal with the jewish problem.
