Resistance, Liberation &

Aftermath
Copernicus
Zack McDowell, Ashley Taylor, Jordan Rowe, and Kirk
Tietsort
Resistance
The act or power of resisting, opposing, or
withstanding
Against the Nazis
Escaped by hiding or
emigration
Remaining people took
food, medicine, and clothing for survival
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Resistance in 1942
Joseph Stalins called for the establishment
of an underground movement
Acts of organized armed resistance
Sabotaged the Nazis from the inside
Transportation links,
telephone/electric lines,
and factories
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Resistance in 1943
Warsaw Ghetto- collected weapons/tanks
came in killing 600,000 jews
More ghettos followed in the Resistance
700 jews torched in Treblinka death camp
Bialystok Ghetto
Vilna Ghetto
Sobibor Ghetto
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Resistance in 1944
Sonderkommando-prisoners forced to
handle the bodies of gas chamber victims
Blowed up one of the four crematoria at
Auschwitz Camp
Saboteurs captured/killed
continued until the end
of the war
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Liberation
Horrible concentration camp conditions
Shut down the camps
Free from
imprisonment
Prisoners
dreamed of this
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Before The Camps Were Liberated
Hid the evidence
Destroyed camps
Set fire to the
crematorium
Killed Jews
Forced to flee
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?ModuleId=10005162&MediaId=6127
Death Marches
Long distances
Harsh conditions
Many were killed
SS did not want
to give up
prisoners
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/media_nm.php?MediaId=382
Who Liberated The Camps?
American soldiers
Soviet soldiers
British soldiers
French soldiers
Canadian soldiers
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007724
Major Camps Liberated
Soviet liberated Majdanek, 1944
Led to the liberation of Auschwitz
America liberated Buchenwald, 1945
More than 20,000 prisoners liberated
British liberated
Bergen-Belsen,1945
10,000 of the 60,000 died
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?ModuleId=10006184&MediaId=864
Liberation Survivors
Low percent survived
Traumatized
Weak and ill
Suppose to be happy
Reality set in

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The Fate of Liberation Survivors
Jews were afraid to go home
Hatred of Jews was still present in Europe
Many became homeless
Little possibility of immigration
1 million displaced people
Several organizations helped
food and water
find homes
Aftermath
After being liberated the Jews had no
where to go
Many ended up homeless
Those who returned to their homes were
discriminated against
Aftermath: Riots
There was still many anti-Jewish riots
The worst riot was in the town of Kielce in
1946
42 Jewish people were
Killed
Aftermath: Refugees
The Jews were turned into refugees
There was many refugee camps provided by
France, GB, and U.S.A
The Jews were able to migrate to Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, western Europe,
Mexico, South America, and South Africa.
Aftermath: Justice
Allied troops were outraged at the camps
Allied forces wanted Nazis to be punished
Their actions were seen as crimes against
the peace of the world
Nazi officials, and people working with Nazi
organization were put on trial
Aftermath: Punishment
Nazi soldiers were responsible for crimes
under orders from superior leaders
tried and mostly were sentenced to death
People part of Gestapo and Nazi Party
mostly imprisoned
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<http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/resist.htm>.
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Works Cited Continued
"Liberation of Nazi Camps."United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United
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<http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131>.
"The Aftermath of the Holocaust." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 10 June 2013. Web. 21 Jan. 2014.
"The International School for Holocaust Studies." Yad Vashem. Yad Vashem The Holocaust
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