Horrors of the Holocaust

Tuesday, November 1st

Today, I will summarize and evaluate information from historical documents by writing down the Gist and supporting details for each text. (1b)

In your notebook, write down what you think the three worst forms of torture during the Holocaust were. Be sure to describe each form of torture.

Warm Up

On lined paper (yes, you will turn this in), write “Part 1” and Freezing/Hypothermia

Horrors of the Holocaust

NamePart 1

Freezing/Hypothermia

Follow along as I read the first of two sections under Part 1◦ Freezing/Hypothermia

Horrors of the Holocaust

Ice Baths in Nazi Concentration Camps

Summarize the material

◦To mimic the cold conditions the German Army would face while fighting on the Eastern Front, Jews were put into icy baths or forced to stand naked in sub-zero temperatures.

Part 1: Freezing/Hypothermia

Write this down!

Name Part 1

Freezing/Hypothermia

Your paper should look like mine…

Summary

Select a detail/quote from the text◦ “The experiments were conducted on men to

simulate the conditions other armies suffered on the Eastern Front.”

Details from TextWrite this down!

Name Part 1

Freezing/Hypothermia

Your paper should look like mine…

Summary

Detail/Quote

Follow along as I read the second of two sections under Part 1◦ Sea-Water Experiments

Horrors of the Holocaust

Sea water being injected into a prisoner

Name Part 1

Freezing/Hypothermia

Your paper should look like mine…

Summary

Sea-Water Experiments

Summary

Detail/Quote

Summarize the material

◦Victims were not given food or water. Instead, they only received chemically processed sea water. This caused suffering and bodily harm to the victims.

Part 1: Sea-Water Experiments Write this

down!

Name Part 1

Freezing/Hypothermia

Your paper should look like mine…

Summary

Sea-Water Experiments

Summary

Detail/Quote

Detail/Quote

Select a detail/quote from the text◦ “The victims were deprived of all food and given

only chemically processed sea water.”

Details from TextWrite this down!

Follow along as I read Part 2. Be prepared to summarize the information in these sections with a partner

Part 2: Mustard Gas and Poison

Mustard Gas burns

With your partner, summarize the material from the section on Mustard Gas.

Next, select a detail from the information.

Be prepared to share with the class.

Part 2: Mustard Gas

Part 2: Experiments with Poison

Nazi dogs with poisonous teeth

Summarize the information under the section titled “Experiments with Poison.”

Then, select a detail from the text.

Part 2: Experiments with Poison

Part 3: Marc and Francesca Berkowitz

Part 3: Sulfanilamide Experiments

Nazi doctors sliced open the leg of Ravensbruck survivor Jadwiga Dzido (shown here) and deliberately infected the wound with bacteria, dirt, and glass slivers to simulate a battlefield injury. They then treated the wound with sulfanilamide drugs.

Part 4: Freezing Experiments

Part 4: Spotted Fever (Typhus) and Malaria Experiments

Part 5: Cooling Experiments

Part 5: Sun Lamp

Part 6-Cooling Experiments-Hot Bath

Part 7: Moshe and Tibi Offer

Part 7: Incendiary Bomb Experiments

Part 7: Warming by Body Heat

Part 8: Hungarian twins in Auschwitz

Part 8: Mengele Experiments

Other Pictures of Horrors of the Holocaust

Altitude Experiments: after the victim’s body was pressurized (to mimic high altitude), his/her brain was analyzed.

Mengele Experiments

Malnourished Jews in Auschwitz

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