During the 19th century Jews gained some equality with non-Jews in most European countries. Regardless of this fact, Jews were still harassed by anti-Semitic groups and some of these groups believed that the Jewish were an "alien race" that should not be allowed to mix with other people. Despite this, none of these hate groups formed an organized campaign against the Jewish people. All of this changed when Hitler came into power in Germany. He used the depression of 1929 as his chance to gain power. He blamed the Jewish and Communists for the depression and he promised people of Germany that he would provide jobs and national honor. He was appointed chancellor in January 1933. At first was it was thought he would be an easily controlled tool for big business. Once in power, however, Hitler quickly established himself as a dictator. An Enabling Act passed by

There were 6 arrival points in Poland: Kulmhof, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Lublin, and Auschwitz. Kulmhof claimed 150,000 lives with gas vans. In Belzec 600,000 Jews died in carbon monoxide gas chambers. In Sobibor 250,000 died and in Treblinka 700,000 to 800,000 were gassed. In Lubin 50,000 were either gassed or shot. The most devastating death toll was at Auschwitz where 1 million Jews were killed. Auschwitz was the largest death camp and unlike the others, it used quick-working hydrogen cyanide for the gassings. The victims of Auschwitz came from all over Europe: Norway, France, the Low Countries, Italy, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Some prisoners were subjected to medical experiments, especially sterilization. Although Jews and Gypsies were gassed regularly, several thousand other Auschwitz inmates died from starvation, disease, or shooting. To destroy the bodies of the deceased huge crematories were constructed. In 1944 the camp was photographed by Allied reconnaissance aircraft and it's factories were bombed but not it's gas chambers.

When World War II began in September 1939, the German army took over the western half of Poland, which added nearly 2 million Jewish people to the German's reign. The Polish Jews were placed under restrictions much harsher than those imposed on the German Jews. Many were forced to live in ghettos, which were like captive city- states surrounded by walls and barbed wire. Each ghetto had a Jewish council, which was responsible for housing, sanitation, and production. Food and coal were shipped in and manufactured goods were expected in return. The food supplied by the Germans was mostly grains and vegetables such as turnips, carrots, and beets. In one such ghetto the rations provided to the people was barley 1200 calories per person. Some black-market food was smuggled in and sold at high prices but unemployment was high and poverty was widespread. Housing was overcrowded with 6 or 7 people to a room and typhus was common.

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