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Euthanasia Program Buses used to transport patients to Hadamar euthanasia center. The windows were painted to prevent people from seeing those inside.

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1 Euthanasia Program Buses used to transport patients to Hadamar euthanasia center. The windows were painted to prevent people from seeing those inside. Germany, between May and September 1941. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php? ModuleId=10005200

2 Einsatzgruppen (Mobile Killing Units) Members of an Einsatzkommando (mobile killing squad) before shooting a Jewish youth. The boy's murdered family lies in front of him. Slarow, Soviet Union, July 4, 1941. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php? ModuleId=10005130

3 Additional Victims of Nazi Persecution The Nazis and their collaborators also persecuted other groups for racial or ideological reasons. Soviet prisoners of war in the Mauthausen concentration camp Austria, January 1942 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php? ModuleId=10005149

4 Rescue Individuals in every European country and from all religious backgrounds risked their lives to help Jews. Bert and Anne Bochove, who hid 37 Jews in their pharmacy in Huizen, an Amsterdam suburb, pose here with their children. The Netherlands, 1944 or 1945. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php? ModuleId=10005185

5 Death Marches Due to the rapid Soviet advance, the SS had not had time to complete the evacuation of Majdanek. A view of the death march from Dachau passing through villages in the direction of Wolfratshausen. Germany, April 1945. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php? ModuleId=10005162

6 War Crime Trials Both international and domestic courts conducted trials of accused war criminals. Chief US Counsel Justice Robert Jackson delivers the prosecution's opening statement at the International Military Tribunal. Nuremberg, Germany, November 21, 1945 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php? ModuleId=10005140

7 Battle Map This map identifies the areas in which battles were taken place and paths taken’.


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