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THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NEW ORDER
Chapter 11 Section 3
A. THE NEW ORDER IN EUROPE
• In 1942, Nazi’s controlled most of Europe
• This control allowed them to carry out the Holocaust
• Murder of 5-6 Million Jews
• Many died in death camps such as Auschwitz
• Upon arrival at the camps, Jews were separated into two
groups:
• Workers
• Those unfit to work (mothers and young children)
• Camps were the final stages of genocide, carried out by the
Nazis
B. RESETTLEMENT IN THE WEST
• Nazis had planned to conquer
nations and repopulate with
German Aryans
• Heinrich Himmler, leader of the
SS, was in charge of
resettlement
• 1 Million Polish people were
uprooted and replaced with
Germans
• As Hitler took the USSR, he
planned on enslaving the
Russian people
• Slave labor was problematic
• Caused people to resist
C. THE EINSATZGRUPPEN
• The Nazi’s Final Solution in
dealing with the Jews was
genocide
• At first, the Einsatzgruppen
would arrest Jews and round
them up in ghettos
• The poorest neighborhoods
in Germany
• In the Ghettos, Jews were given
minimal amounts of food
• Some began to resist and fight
back
• Next, the Einsatzgruppen acted
as mobile killing squads
• Their job was to round up Jews
and execute them on sight
• Many were told to dig their own
graves
D. THE DEATH CAMPS
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Next, Hitler began to design camps
for death
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Beginning in 1942, Jews were
shipped to various camps
throughout Hitler’s empire
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The largest such camp was
Auschwitz
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About 30% of Jews in camps were
used as labor
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The rest were sent to gas
chambers
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Sending Jews to concentration
camps became Hitler’s priority
E. THE DEATH TOLL
• Germans killed between 5 and 6 million Jews, mostly in
death camps
• Another 9 to 10 million non-Jews were also killed by
various means
• The Allies did not know the full extent of Hitler’s
persecution until the end of the war
F. CHILDREN IN THE WAR
• Young people of all ages were war victims
• Jewish children were killed in death camps
• European children were evacuated from cities due to
bombing
• Some evacuated children never saw their parents
again
• After the war, there were approx. 13 million orphans
in Europe
• In USSR and Germany, children might be expected to
fight in the war or serve as spies