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…as people with at least two gypsy great grandparents." By the end of 1933 there were at least fifty concentration camps throughout occupied Europe. "At first, the camps were controlled by the Gestapo (police), but by 1934 the SS, Hitler's personal security…

…it was combed out by prisoners and put into paper bags.[40] The SS set up a gold-melting room in the plant. There two dental technicians soaked the teeth for hours in acid to remove bone and flesh, and used a blowtorch to melt the gold into molds. They produced…

…at Auschwitz II: Birkenau, prisoners were forced to exit from the train and gather upon the landing which was known as the ramp. On the ramp, SS officers would make selections. Most women, children, and those that looked unfit or unhealthy were sent to the left…

…to eliminate Jews totally. When the Nazi armies swept across Eastern Europe, Hitler sent SS units from town to town to hunt Jews down. The SS (Hitler’s elite security force) and some thousands of helpers rounded up Jews-men, women, young children, and even babies…

…. The movement was an invaluable source of zealous members for the NSDAP and affiliated organisations and later the main source of recruits for the SS. However the youth movement played an even more fundamental role in the Nazi plan. Hitler called the youth…

…by the Schutz Staffeinel (SS), arrived at Wiesse, where he personally arrested Ernst Roehm. During the next 24 hours 200 other senior SA officers were arrested on the way to Wiesse. Many were shot as soon as they were captured but Hitler decided to pardon Roehm…

…., Einsatzgruppen (Mobile killing units) began to plan killing operations aimed at entire Jewish communities. The SS, the elite guard of the Nazi state, soon regarded the killing methods, shooting or gas vans, as inefficient. On July 31, 1941, Hermann Goering…

…a SS major. It is via this pistol that Shaw demonstrates Seeger's changes towards his views of coping with prejudice. Seeger's changes occur over three different stages: the acquiring of the Luger, holding the pistol, and selling it. Shaw uses symbolism…

…again. The Germans forced the Jews to board a train and travel to a concentration camp. Elie, Elie’s mom, father, and sister all boarded a train heading for the concentration camp called Auschwitz. When they arrived, the SS separated the men from women…

…of the Nazis and SS. This showed the Jews that there was definitely no way out. The Jews were relocated from their homes to ghettos where the conditions were terrible. Living conditions were compacted and crowded. It was very dirty and filled with germs…