Horrors of the Holocaust Tuesday, November 1st
Dec 26, 2015
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Today, I will summarize and evaluate information from historical documents by writing down the Gist and supporting details for each text.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
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NamePart 1
Freezing/Hypothermia
Follow along as I read the first of two sections under Part 1◦ Freezing/Hypothermia
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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
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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