Holocaust

What word or words would you add to this wordle about the Holocaust? innocence, death, racism, nazis, hatred, hitler, jews, gas, cremation, fear, family, camps, labor, hunger, humiliation, inhumane

What word(s) do you think are the key to understanding the Holocaust? The key words to understanding the Holocaust would be genocide, awareness, camps, hitler, silence, and inhumane

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At the camp, Bass saw bodies stacked up by the crematorium. In the ovens he could see remains of skulls and rib cages. Yes I believe he thought that the Allies could have done more to stop the Holocaust because he criticizes how it took almost 10 years later for a war to start in order to stop the Holocaust. Graber believes that because he could do nothing individually to stop what was going on that it justifies his actions. Maybe Grabner feared that if he did not work for the Gestapo, the Nazi Party would come after his family. Nazi camps were near Warsaw, Vienna, Berlin, Prague, and Belgrade. Most Nazi camps and killing units were located in the countries that they had alliances with or had invaded and taken over. I believe this is so that the rest of the world couldn't find out what was going on. He believed there was around a thousand bodies in the grave. The mass murder seemed to not have any sort of effect on the executioner. As the people in the grave laid there suffering and slowly dying, he just sat on the edge of the pit with his feet dangling over it and smoking a cigarette. Reigner believes that between three and a half to four million Jews are going to be executed in order to settle the "Jewish question" in Europe. Etling's letter was dated August 10, 1942. The War Refugee Board wasn't established until January 1944, almost two years later. It shows that the United States either didn't care about what was going on or that they didn't really believe what the letter had to say until it was too late.
 * Read the DBQ documents on pages 466-467 in your text or online. Complete skill questions on page 466. **
 * What did Bass see at the camp? **
 * Do you think Bass believed that the Allies should have done more to stop the Holocaust? Why or why not? **
 * How does Grabner try to justify his actions? **
 * What does Grabner mean by saying he took part in the murder “out of consideration for my family”? **
 * Which large cities were Nazi camps near? **
 * Where were most Nazi camps and killing units located? Why? **
 * How many bodies does Graebe say were in the mass grave? **
 * What was the executioner’s attitude toward the mass murder? How can you tell? **
 * What did Gerhart Riegner believe was going to happen to European Jews? **
 * Compare the date of Elting’s letter to the date of the War Refugee Board’s establishment. What do these dates suggest about the U.S. response to the Holocaust? **