Victims Read for discussion in class: I. Discussion: Richard Glazar, Trap with a Green Fence Chart: Flow Chart for "Operation T4" Map: Belzec, December 1942 Map: Auschwitz-Birkenau, August 1944 Photo: "Selektion" in Birkenau, ca. June 1944 The "Auschwitz Album" (Yad Vashem)
II. Nazi Persecution of Sinti and Roma Image: Dr. Robert Ritter Interviews a Romani Woman (late 1930s)
Dutch Jews wearing prison uniforms marked with a yellow star and the letter "N", for Netherlands, stand at attention during a roll call at the Buchenwald concentration camp. On February 28, 1941, 389 Jewish prisoners from Amsterdam and Rotterdam, many of them working class longshoremen, arrived in Buchenwald. All were immediately sent to work in the quarry and on construction projects, which led many to soon fall ill from exhaustion, exposure, and poor diet. This photograph was taken on the day of their arrival. Image source: USHMM, courtesy of the Gedenkstätte Buchenwald. |
An aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Auschwitz concentration camp showing the Auschwitz II (Birkenau) camp with bombs descending. The photograph is one of a series of aerial photographs taken by Allied reconnaissance units under the command of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force during missions dating between April 4, 1944 and January 14, 1945. The photos were used to plan bombing raids, determine the accuracy of bombing sorties, or make damage assessments. This photograph was taken on 13 September 1944.The bombs visible in this picture were not intended for the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, but aimed at the Monowitz sub-camp, site of a large synthetic rubber factory. Image source: USHMM / National Archives. Chart: Prisoner
Markings in the Concentration Camp System
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