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6 What does it mean?

* Nacht und Nebel was a German term used in a secret order.

* The term was Issued by Adolf Hitler on December 7, 1941.

* The intention of this term was to make any of the underground activist disappear into "the fog of the night".

* Also classified prisoners of the camps by "Night and Fog".

Read first bullet. The secret order was that if there were any acts of resistance against the Reich which is the German Empire, they were to be punished in sever ways. Read second and third.There were also prisoners classified as "Night and Fog"

7 " Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it."

- Adolf Hitler

8 Gate pic with quote

9 The Holocaust

* A planned murder of over 6 million Jews and millions of other groups of people.

* Hitler's "Final Solution"

* Forced people into Concentration Camps.

* There were 6 death camps.

* Auschwitz, the worse of all the death camps.

* 1.5 million people killed at Auschwitz.

* Upon arrival, the prisoners were stripped, shaved, and tattooed.

The Holocaust was one of the most horrific events of the 20th century. It occurred between 1933 and 1945. It was a planned systematic murder of over 6 million Jews and millions of other groups of people such as Gypsies, Polish, and even homosexuals. Hitler Called it the "Final Solution" which was to completely exterminate the Jews and other "undesireables". During the Holocaust, people were foced into concentration camps. There were 6 death camps. Auschwitz was the worse of these and at Auschwitz alone 1.5 million people were killed. Upon arrival the prisoners were stripped of their clothes, shaved from head to toe, and tattooed with identification numbers.

10 The Holocaust

* Auschwitz gate slogan "Arbeit Macht Frei"

* Prisoners worked from sun up to sun down.

* Used gas chambers along with lineup shootings.

* Prisoners gassed in the back of a van as they were being transported to the mass graves in Chelmno.

* Also used silenced small-bore rifles.

* Camps also had hospitals, but were useless.

* Fake medicine, used same ointment for everything.

* The Holocaust went on for about 12 long years. Until finally

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