The word holocaust meant an offering to God that was entirely consumed by fire.(Rogasky 6) Once World War II was over the definition changed to any large area or great number of people destroyed by fire.(Rogasky 6) The holocaust was a movement. In this movement the Jewish community was to be sent to concentration camps which from the Nazi's definition was a prison camp where dangerous people were sent.(Rogasky 7) Once the concentration camps where full the Jews were deported to death camps, who basic purpose was to kill Jews.(Rogasky 7) Every thing that was going on during the holocaust was under the supervision of the ss or protection squad.(Rogasky 8)

Poland was chosen as the location for the extermination camps because of her isolation form the rest of Europe, and primarily because she

contained the largest number of Jews.(Rogasky 8) the Nazi definition of a Jew was anyone with three or more Jewish grandparents, if he belonged to the Jewish community as of September 1, 1939 or had entered it since that date, or was married to a Jew.(Rogasky 6)

The work was back breaking and physically destructive. If that were not enough, some kapos forced the Jews to work at a run or beat them mercilessly.(Rogasky 29) As many as one half a work group dies on any given day. Others near collapse, would be helped to the entrance of the camp by their fellow inmates. Than snap upright and march to go through a roll call.(Shenitz 10)

Starvation was the deliberate Nazi policy. The amount of food the ghetto was allowed could change week to week, sometimes from day to day. At its very best it was no more than 1,000 calories a day.(Melter 30) There were long periods when not even that much food was made available. Normally the Jews only got 350 calories a day.(Melter 30)

Reinhard Heydrich was the chief of the Reich Security Main Office.(Hayes 30) On September 20, 1939, he issued a directive called "The Jewish Question in Occupied Territory." (Hayes 31) It ordered the movement of all Jews in Poland, as well as those in other areas under German control.(Hayes 31) To special places set aside for them in the main cities of the General Government called Ghettos.

Typhus is a disease directly connected with over crowding and filth. It is extremely contagious and 16,000 people died of it in Warsaw alone.(Shenitz 59)

On a roll call the Jews was awakened at 4:00 a.m. or earlier. Rushed out into the field, lined up and roll call began. Numbers had to match the records. If one person was missing, it could last up to 24 hours. Those that died during the night were dragged out to the field to be counted as well. People who moved, dropped, had low numbers, or even wore a hat backwards were shot on the spot.(Lipstadt 33)

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