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What did Nazi SS guards pretend the gas chambers were?
Prisoners were told the gas chambers were showers.
How did the gas chambers in Auschwitz end?
They were blown up - one by the Sonderkommando, then later the rest by the SS.
Why were gas chambers blown up in Poland in 1945?
The SS wanted to cover up what it had done.
How did the ss try to hide what happened at Auschwitz?
They disassembled the crematoria and blew up the gas chambers. Paper records were destroyed and those who worked in the gas chambers were sought out and executed (they did not get them all).
Who removed the bodies of Jews from gas chambers and burned them?
This work was done by prisoners bullied into helping the SS in this way.
Did the Nazis act alone or did they get help?
The Nazis got a lot of help, there were many volunteer SS regiments and for example many of the SS guards at the gas chambers at Auschwitz were Ukrainians.
What are facts about gas chambers in concentration camps?
1. People were stripped before entering the gas chambers. 2. The chambers were separated into female and male areas. 3. At some camps people were not initially entered into the chambers; they were only executed if they had exceeded their deemed usefulness to the welfare of the camp or if they were insuboordinate in their behavior. --- # Large gas chambers were built specifically for the 'Final Solution', that is for the Holocaust, for Jews and gypsies. # They came into routine operation in March 1942. # At extermination camps the majority of newly arrived Jews and gypsies were gassed as soon as practical after arrival. (Gassing was not usually used as a punishment). # Except at Majdanek, the SS tried to blow up the gas chambers before they left.
Why were Jewish people gassed in gas chambers when they were still in good shape?
The SS sometimes had no use for additional slave labourers, in which case entire trainloads were gassed on arrival.
Who were the perpertrators of the holocaust?
The Nazis, primarily the SS. ___________________ Public (and historians) opinions on who, or rather how wide the classification of who the perpetrators were has changed over the decades: The SS were at the raw end of actions, they were the ones who did the killing, but there were many more people involved in getting the victims to the gas chambers, almost all of them were not SS and most were not even Nazis or Germans.
Is the 2014 Chevrolet SS electric or gas?
The 2014 Chevrolet SS is a gas-powered vehicle.
How do the prisoners in eliezers block survive thenew year selection?
The prisoners in Eliezer's block survive the New Year selection by avoiding being chosen as unfit for work. They try to appear healthy and strong to avoid being sent to the gas chambers. It is a matter of luck and persistence in convincing the SS officers that they are able to continue working.
What temperature does zyklon b gas activate?
It activates at about room temperature. It gives off gas at 78 degrees F (about 25.6 degrees C). That is one of the reasons why the SS packed victims tightly into the gas chambers. They wanted to get the temperature up to that level quickly from the heat of the human bodies inside.
