The ‘Final Solution’

Adolf Hitler, 30th January 1939“If the international Jewish financiers in and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, then the result will not be the Bolshevising of the earth, and thus the victory of Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe!”

What happened to Europe’s Jews?

Read through the information on your group’s card.

Which dates were the most important turning points in the history of the Holocaust in this community?

What happened to Europe’s Jews?

Who were the perpetrators of the Holocaust in this community?

Which places were important in the murder of this Jewish community?

Where was the Holocaust perpetrated?

Extermination camps, e.g. Bełżec, Treblinka

Transit camps, e.g. Westerbork, Drancy

Ghettos, e.g. Kraków, Terezín

Forced labour camps, e.g. Płaszów, Jasenovac

Mass shooting sites, e.g. Ejszyszki, Babi Yar

What was the role of Auschwitz-Birkenau?

What was life like in Auschwitz-Birkenau?