Surviving the Holocaust: Segment 6 — The Gas Chambers

The number of people sent to the gas chambers at Auschwitz was staggering.  Irene discusses how she was forced to sort through the belongings of people murdered in the gas chambers, how she watched thousands of people marched into the gas chambers day and night, and how the threat of being sent there herself was constant.

Suggested Discussion Questions:
How much did people in Europe know about what happened at the death camps?
How did Auschwitz differ from other camps?
Why were children targeted by the Nazis?
How did the prisoners cope with what they witnessed?

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