Did the Nazis burn Jews alive in the Holocaust?

Answer 1

Actually, yes there were some that were burned alive. Read "Children of the Fire" About the "Twins" of Auschwitz. Auschwitz was one of the worst concentration camps. A doctor named Josef Mengele would save twins just so he could experiment on them. So not only were THOUSANDS gassed every day, there were others lined up at the crematories that went in but never came out, according to the Auschwitz survivors. In the book it talks about how the survivors would see the crematories burning night and day and after the war when they sould see fire coming out of stack houses it would bring back horrific memories. They also said how they would see the SS soldiers pick up bodies to throw in it, and some of the people were still alive, and very sick. The children who were twins were experimented on by having surgeries without any medications, eyes probed with needles, castrations, and many horrific things that no human should ever endure.

I read a thing about some young girl who was supposed to take a "shower", but ended up being sent into the ovens alive. I doubt it is the only time it happened, and I know that some people that survived the "shower" and were not dead afterwards did not get a second chance in the gas chambers. There was also this place called Jedwabne in Poland where, on June 10, 1941, over 1600 people were burned alive. I also heard about some of the experiments where people got burned, both on purpose and by accident. There was also another thing I read where some mother and her children (a toddler and a baby) were burned alive. This is all I know, I'm sure much more happened. I know that other than fire burns, some other people were burned with mustard gas and others received chemical, radiation, and phosphorus burns.

Answer 2

It may have happened, but most of the evidence is anecdotal. The most common method of killing was gassing. The corpses were then cremated (burned).
Usually not. The victims were generally first gassed.

Answer 3

Although most corpses were cremated after they died, it was not unheard of for children, adults, the elderly - to be burned alive. The Nazis didn't care how their enemies died. They simply wanted them dead.

Answer 4

In Auschwitz, trucks routinely transported both live and dead bodies to the crematory. "Every night a truck came by, and all of them, dead or not, were thrown on it and taken to the crematory" (Perry, 486).

Source: Western Civilization a Brief History. 11th ed., vol. 3, Cengage Learning, 2016. .

Answer 5

The victims were gassed first. By definition, a crematorium is where you burn bodies. Not bury them.

Answer 6

Unfortunatley, yes they were. Many people would line up and never come out.

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Usually, the victims were killed and their corpses were cremated.