In what ways did the Nazi party attempt to eliminate all Jews from Europe from 1942 onwards?

The T4 units used gas on mentally ill and disabled children before the war broke out. To start with they used mobile van units. When the final solution was decided upon, the SS built Labour and work camps. Once the final solution was approved all Labour and work camps were turned into death camps. Zkylon-B was used as the gas to kill the Jews in large amounts. The SS used fear to control Jews, even if they followed the rules they could be shot.

        Once the war had started Jews were transported to camps by train. In the Labour camps Jews were used to produce weapons or worked for German companies such as BMW or Hugo Boss to produce uniforms. In the extermination camps people were either selected for ‘special treatment’ or to work. 90% were selected for ‘special treatment’ all children and elderly people were selected for this. 10% were selected for work; they were the fit and healthy. The Nazis were very clever about keeping the Jews calm. Each Jew was given a postcard to fill in, however these were never sent. Also music was used at stations and camps when Jews arrived to calm and reassure them. When the Jews discovered their true fate it was too late for them and motorbike engines drowned their screams out so other Jews would not hear them.

        The people sent for ‘special treatment’ were gassed to death using Zkylon-B which was more effective than what they used to use – Carbon monoxide. The workers lived on less than 200 calories a day, had minimal clothing and lived in terrible conditions. The SS did this so that the Jews would starve, freeze or die of disease.

        The SS took the Jews valuables from the train station and gold from the Jews teeth. They also used their hair to insulate German submarines.  Oscar Schindler was a businessman that paid out of his own money for Jews to come to his factory to work for him. He did this so he could look after them and he saved about one thousand two hundred Jews.

        Hitler had no documents in his name about the extermination of the Jewish race. This was probably so that he could claim that he knew nothing about the extermination of the Jews. Himmler was in charge of the extermination of the Jewish race. Imra Grese tortured Jews; she was hung at the end of the war.

        Once the war was coming to an end the SS guards at all camps were given the order to kill all the remaining Jews there. Many took the Jews on death marches. These marches were done especially in 1944 and 1945 because the allies were about to liberate the camps and so the Nazis tried to kill as many Jews as possible and destroy evidence. They did this to hide evidence and move the Jews. Most of the Jews died on these marches, however some guards let their prisoners live, for example at Oscar Schindler’s factory.

        The Nazi’s had a very organized way of killing all Jews. Many individuals had roles. Himmler wad in charge of the extermination of all Jews. Heydrich came up with the idea for the final solution. Some people were against the killing of the Jewish race, like Oscar Schindler and they tried to save them. The Nazis main way of killing Jews was gassing at death camps. At Auswitz two thousand people could be gassed in one day, and one million in total. The Nazis had developed the most efficent, horrific killing system of all time, which was able to adapt to their changing fortunes in the war.