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Atrocities of World War II

Atrocities of World War II. Kidner Ch. 27, pp. 798-802. Dec. 7, 1941 Night and Fog decree. SS Reichsführer Himmler issued the following instructions to the Gestapo.

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Atrocities of World War II

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  1. Atrocities of World War II Kidner Ch. 27, pp. 798-802

  2. Dec. 7, 1941 Night and Fog decree • SS Reichsführer Himmler issued the following instructions to the Gestapo. "After lengthy consideration, it is the will of the Führer that the measures taken against those who are guilty of offenses against the Reich or against the occupation forces in occupied areas should be altered. The Führer is of the opinion that in such cases penal servitude or even a hard labor sentence for life will be regarded as a sign of weakness. An effective and lasting deterrent can be achieved only by the death penalty or by taking measures which will leave the family and the population uncertain as to the fate of the offender. Deportation to Germany serves this purpose."

  3. The Final Solution • Wannsee Conference, Berlin, January 1942 • Jewish genocide policy made official • Einsatzgruppen • Zyclon B • Ghettos • Warsaw, Lodz, Lublin • Death Camps • Dachau, Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, Sobibor, Treblinka

  4. Warsaw Ghetto

  5. Auschwitz

  6. Anne Frank: 12 March 1945 at Bergen-Belsen

  7. Mass Grave at Bergen-Belsen

  8. WW II Casualties: Europe Each symbol indicates 100,000 dead in the appropriate theater of operations

  9. WW II Casualties: Asia Each symbol indicates 100,000 dead in the appropriate theater of operations

  10. WW II Casualties • Civilians only. • Army and navy figures. • Figures cover period July 7, 1937 to Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps. • Deaths from all causes. • Against Soviet Russia; 385,847 against Nazi Germany. • Against Soviet Russia; 169,822against Nazi Germany. • National Defense Ctr., CanadianForces Hq., Director of History.

  11. Massive Human Dislocations

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