The Holocaust: The Cruelty Of The Holocaust

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The cruel, smelly , poisonous gas that killed thousands of people. The victims had to fight for their life. They didn't know what was going on , once they were locked in a room with hundreds of people. Then all of a sudden, lights turn off and the chaos began. Gas chambers of the Holocaust, it's a type of execution that killed people. The Holocaust mainly happened in Germany and wherever else the nazis had control of. They installed the gassing chambers in the following cities: Bernburg, Brandenburg, Grafeneck, Hadamar, Hartheim, and Sonnenstein. Nazis chose who were to be thrown in the gas chambers, for example, the ones "unworthy of life". If the victims were sick, had a mental illness or physically disabled were tossed in the chamber and …show more content…

The cruelty these innocent people had to go through. The curfews, getting beaten, thrown into camps, and being separated from there families. What's the purpose of all of this? Adolf Hitler wanted nothing more but for the Jews to be eliminated in the world. At Auschwitz Concentration Camp , it was nothing but lies and killing . The SS would lie to the inmates. They would tell them that they were going to take a shower, get a good meal and find them work , but they were really putting them into a chamber. Also, they would tell them they were to go do work on Block 11, when they were actually being thrown in there to practice more of the Zyklon B gas. Bunker 1 (gas chamber) was able to put around 800 people in there. Bunker 2 (gas chamber) was able to fit around 1,200 people in there. After the gassing was complete, the SS would wait an hour and a half before opening the doors just to be sure everyone was dead. The ones who shouted, were sick, old or young , they would die quickly. If there were any survivors, they would be shot immediately without hesitance. The gas came throw the shower heads . The victims were told they were going to be disinfected but were really being killed. Once they were dead after being gassed, all the corpses were either thrown in the crematorium by the chamber , set on

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