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Ghettos In Germany

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“Jewish councils” were appointed to dictate life in the ghettos. The “ghetto police” enforced the word of the councils and the Nazis. If someone disobeyed, it wasn’t an unusual punishment to get shot. Jews whose turn it was to be killed were killed either by being shot or being put in a “gas van”. These tactics were soon abandoned as they got into the killer’s heads. The new solution was camps.
Before Jews were transported to any type of camp, they were taken to transit camps. The purpose of a transit camp is to concentrate prisoners until they were ready to be taken to a camp. Prisoners would have to wait in the camp until transport came to take them away. Transport typically was cattle wagons or boxcars. “The Nazis set up a number of transit camps in occupied lands. After being rounded up, Jews were imprisoned in transit camps before being deported to a concentration camp, labour camp or one of the six Nazi extermination camps in Poland Prisoners would leave their belongings …show more content…

Combined with the use of various forms of propaganda, Hitler and the Nazis were able to convince the Germans to believe in their message. The Germans then began to hate and discriminate against the Jews. This justified the German’s plans towards a Final Solution in killing the Jews. Over time, the Germans were able to carry out this plan. The Jews were then concentrated, put into labor, and gassed. Those who were lucky were liberated by Allied soldiers and were able to return home safely, where they were still shunned for some time. In this manner, Hitler and the Nazis were able to justify the extermination of millions of Jews. “The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction.” - Tim

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