Phelps2007 - Sachsenhausen

Sachsenhausen
Nick Wanamaker

Was established in 1936 and was built by 50 inmates
A crematory was built in 1940 in the camp
In 1943 the camp added a gas chamber called Station Z
is one of the three large camps
went from 1936 to 1950
was ran by Soviet Union forces
30,000 people died-in death marches 7,000 people died
people that died were put in the crematory
people were killed by beating, hanging, shooting, torture, starvation
number of victims 30,000-35,000
on death marches people were shot when they were to weak to go on
station z was built for mass extermination of the inmates
people were starved until they would die
thousands of inmates would be put on ships and the nazis would sink the ships
more than 200,000 people were in prisoned at the camp
everyday life was people dying and people being force to do labor
people were killed everyday
homosexuals wear pink stars and jews wear yellow
they made the weak and the ill work until they would die
3,000 people survived and 1,400 were women

Sachsenhausen
Ashley Ayers
Backround on the Holocaust

The Holocaust was the murder of 6 million Jews.
The Holocaust occurred durring World War II.
Holocaust is of greek orgin meaning sacrifice by fire
By may of 1945 2 out of 3 jews were murdered.
Other groups were also targeted; Gypsies, the disabled, and homsexuals.
The Nazis party came to power in January of 1933.
In 1933 the Jewish population was over 9 million.
Nazis created concentration camps to imprison Jews.
Germany invaded Poland September 1st, 1939

Front Gate To Sachsenhausen

The Sachsenhausen Monument

Prisoners at Sachsenhausen

Was established in 1936
Located at the edge of Berlin
Was originally a training center for SS officers
Named after the Sachsenhausen quarter, part of the town of Oranienburg
Was not originally designed as a death camp
200,000 people passed through Sachsenhausen
Some 100,000 inmates died from exaustion, disease, malnutrition or pneumonia
Largest site of counterfeiting ever
Nazis forced Jewish artisans to produce American and British currency
Over 1 billion dollars in fake money was recovred
On April 20, 21 the camp orders 33,000 inmates on a forced march
Remaining 3,000 inmates were liberated by the Soviet Red Army

Sachsenhausen
Steven Shyda

1. The camp opened on July 12, 1936
2. Located in the Berlin Area, near Oranienburg camp.
3. Had 44 sub-camps located near the main camp.
4. 30000 Jews were arrested in an operation called Kristallnacht. 6000 of the 30000 were moved to Sachsenhausen.
5. On May 3, 1940 1200 Polish prisoners were put in Sachsenhausen.
6. In mid-November 1941, the SS deported 18000 Soviet POW to Sachsenhausen.
7. Prisoners in Sachsenhausen died due to starvation, exposure, abuse, and lack of medical care.
8. Mentally and Physically ill people were killed in a program called Euthanasisa.
9. More than 13000 Soviet prisoners were killed in Sachsenhausen.
10.Prisoners in Sachsenhausen were subject to horrible medical experiments.
11.The barracks were made of rotted wood.
12.In April 1940 the first crematory was built in Sachsenhausen.
13.33000 prisoners were made to leave Sachsenhausen on death marches.
14.By the end of the war 65000 prisoners were kept in Sachsenhausen.
15.On April 22 1945 Sachsenhausen was freed by the Soviet Army
16.There is a museum at Sachsenhausen today
Sachsenhausen
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