Bergen Chapters 5-8

Chapter 5

Lodz- famous ghetto from the 1940s. It was very overcrowded. Jews from all over Europe were sent to Lodz. Gypsies were sent there as well. 

Judenrat- word for "Jewish council." German-run council, where Germans picked the officials in charge. 

After a Jewish resistance was discovered, many members who were linked to the underground Jewish newspaper were sent to Auschwitz.

Nazis considered Poles to be subhuman or "Untermenschen."

Polish people resented the Jews. Associated them with wealth.

T-4 program aimed at experimenting on adults with mental illnesses and the disabled.

Many Germans were outraged about the killings about the disabled while some were afraid to voice their opinions.

Chapter 6

French declared war on Germany in September 1939, known as the "phony war."

Armtistice Agreement signed with France in 1940.

Operation Sea-Lion- code name for the invasion of Britain. 

1940- Three-Power Pact with Germany, Japan, and Italy.

Chapter 7

Nazi "New Order" plans to head East.

Hitler rejected Christianity, saw it as a weak branch of Judaism.

"Defeatism" was punishable by death, wanted everyone to support the German army.

Jewish women who married Germans were sometimes persecuted. The offspring were often spared.

"Harvest Festival"- mass shootings in Lublin.

In December 1941, first killing center was made, Chelmno.

Chapter 8

Russian army was winning against the Germans.

June 6, 1944- D-day

In 1944, Germans began to evacuate many camps. 

Hitler committed suicide with his new wife Eva Braun along with close friends and their six children.