In what ways did the Nazis attempt to eliminate all Jews in Europe from 1941 onwards?

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In what ways did the Nazis attempt to eliminate all Jews in Europe from 1941 onwards?

The Nazis used quite a few different methods to try and eliminate all Jews in Europe from 1941 onwards. These were concentration camps, Ghettos, Death camps, Murder Squads (Einsatzgruppen) and the Final Solution.

Concentration Camps, also known as work camps, were camps that were set up for Jews, Gypsies, queers and other people who were considered non-Aryan. Prisoners were made to work like slaves and many died as a result of starvation, disease or beatings. If you were unable to work, a woman or a child, you were killed as soon as you entered the camp. Most of the people that were killed were the elderly, disabled, mentally handicapped and the children. If you survived this terrible experience in the concentration camps, you were then moved off to the Death Camps.

There was a Ghetto in every major city. Ghettos were designed to keep all Jews in a city in 1 area, which they couldn’t leave, and had to eat the poor amount of rations they were given. The largest Ghetto held one hundred and sixty five thousand people in a space of 1.6 square miles. Warsaw housed over 350,000 Jews. The Germans occupied Warsaw on September 29, 1939. The Ghetto was sealed on November 15, 1940, and eventually ended up holding 500 thousand people. It was surrounded by a ten foot high wall, which on top was lined with barbed wire. In some Ghettos, cars were allowed to pass through, on the condition that they didn’t stop on the ay through. Then the guards may have suspected that they were helping the Jews.

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Death camps were also used to kill the Jews if they already survived the Concentration Camps. They used Zyklon B pellets, which would produce a poisonous gas which, when it reacts with the oxygen in the air, becomes very harmful. But if there were too many Jews in the camp they were shot. However, if there weren’t enough bullets to kill them, they would be torched using a flame thrower.

Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) were groups of German SS and police. They were under the command of security police and security service officers. The Einsatzgruppen were sent ...

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