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JoshuaKaufman

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overviewoftheestablishmentofAuschwitz.Weusedthisinformationtohelpthereaders
understandwhenAuschwitzwasestablishedandhowthecampwasorganized.

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consideredthemostlethalofalltheexterminationcamps.

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theyacrematoriumlookedlike.

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"Crematoria&GasChambers."
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IreneFogelWeisstellsheramazingstoryaboutarrivingatAuschwitzandbeingseparatedfrom
herfamily.ShedescribedwhatlifewaslikeinAuschwitz.Weusedthiswebsitewetoseewhat
thecaptivesfeltlikeandwhattheywentthrough.

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Fischel,Jack.
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andsightstheysawinthecamp.Weusedtheirdescriptionsofthecampandputitintoourown
words.

Gorman,Ryan."HolocaustSurvivorReunitedwithUSArmySoldierWhoLiberatedHerfromNAZI
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MarshaKreuzmanfound
JoeBarbellabychanceinanewspaper.Whentheymet,shetoldherstorytotheAmerican
soldierwhosavedherlife.Thiswasanotherwebsitethatmadeusrealizehowmuchliberation
meantfortheprisoners.

"History148.":WhyDidtheAlliesWinWW2.Web.24Jan.2016.
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"IntroductiontotheHolocaust."
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JehovahWitnesses,communists,andsocialistswerepersecuted.ThisshowsthatJewishpeople
werenottheonlyonestoexperiencethehorrifyingtreatmentofadictatorship.

"Liberation&Revenge."PBS.PBS.Web.24Jan.2016.
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"PrisonersoftheCamps."
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"Refugees."
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anunderstandingofthedisturbingwaysinnocentpeopleweretreated.

"RudolfHssCommandantofAuschwitz."HolocaustEducation&ArchiveResearchTeam.Web.25
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paragraphaboutRudolfHss.

"RudolfHss."TheLibrary.Web.25Jan.2016.
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ThiswebsiteexplainshowRudolfHsschangedthecampintoanexterminationcamp.Weused
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"SovietsLiberateAuschwitz."History.com.A&ETelevisionNetworks.Web.24Jan.2016.
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"TheHolocaust."
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reasonandwerenotgrantedtheopportunitytoeatordrink.Thissitehighlightedtheunfair
treatmentoftheprisonersandthelackofmercythattheyfaced.

"ThisInspiringHolocaustSurvivorWalkedOutofanAuschwitzGasChamber."
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Thisstoryhelpedusunderstandthatthereweresomemiraclesinthesehorrificcamps.Awoman
namedGenaTurgelwasforcedintothegaschambers,butmiraculouslyshecameoutalive.She
stillhasnoideawhathappenedbutistrulygrateful.Wetellherstorytoexplainthatmiraclescan
happeneveninAuschwitz.

"WorldSocialistWebSite."
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"WorldWarII."
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HitlershatredforJewishpeoplebeganafterWorldWarOne.HeblamedtheJewsforGermany
losingthewar.ThisiswhyJewswereamaintarget.Weexplainedinourwebsitewhatstarted
Hitler'santisemitism.

"WW2LiberatorReuniteswithHolocaustSurvivorsTheBostonGlobe."
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Liberationofcampwasaveryemotionaltimeforbothprisonersandliberators.Weusedthese
storiestogainknowledgeofwhatliberationwaslikeinothercampsbesideAuschwitz.