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WAR MAG 2K15

April 2015

WWII/HOLOCAUST EDITION.

By Max Orestis

This Issue features an Us $1.25 Can $2.50 in depth look at all Issue 143 things Holocaust and WWII including insight on D’Day, the weapons and technology including vehicles, and an exclusive look at concentration camps and extermination camps.

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Table Of Contents Intro/letter

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D’Day

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Technology including weapons and vehicles

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Concentration and extermination camps/conclusion

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Bibliography !

Lexicon

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HOLOCAUST/WWII 60 million people (3% of the world). Dead. WWII was a series of battles and events between the axis powers (Germany, Japan, Italy) and the Allies (USA, Britain, Canada, Etc). Over 6 million jews were killed during this time and even more civilians and soldiers parished.

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Dear Adolf Hitler, My name is Friedrich Schneider or as you like to call me Friedrich Israel Schneider. I write to you alone in my destroyed apartment and ask for a chance. I ask that you spare my life and that you not send me to a concentration camp. I beg that you not take me like my father or have me killed like my mother. I hope that you receive this and at least take it into consideration for I have no parents.

Sincerely, Friedrich Dear Friedrich Israel Schneider, What makes you think you have any right to write to me as an equal? You are below me and I would never even consider considering this letter. The second I find you you will be sent to a concentration camp and you will die either from starvation or exhaustion.

This is pointless. In fact I don’t even know why I am writing this, to a Jew no less. !

Your leader, Adolf Hitler

DDAY April 2015

Troops get ready to invade the beaches of Normandy

THE INVASION OF NORMANDY The most important battle in liberating Europe.

On June 6, 1944 130,000 allied troops

the invasion he told troops “You are about

landed on the beaches of Normandy. This

to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward

invasion is known now as D’DAY. In the

which we have striven these many months.

months before D’DAY the U.S. air force

The eyes of the world are upon you.”

carried carried a massive deception

In the hours that followed a total of

operation and thorough bombing of

425,000 Allied and German troops died,

Normandy behind the lines. On June 5,

went missing, or got wounded. 206,000

1944 General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Allied casualties were recorded. This

ordered for the invasion of Normandy be

invasion was a success however it took

the next day after hearing his

much longer than estimated because of a

meteorologists predict improved weather

mixup with pre invasion beach

on the following days. The day before the

bombardment sending an estimated 5,000

invasion troops prepared themselves for bunkers, mines, and amphibious beach

tons of bombs into the ocean. This probably Hundreds of thousands of troops killed a lot of fish but didn’t help the actual died while invading Normandy on invasion. The Allies eventually won and the D’Day.

obstacles that they had to break through

battle was key in the liberation of France

the next day. When Eisenhower addressed

and wining the war.

the 2,400 mile line of fortifications,

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WWII was a time period of extreme advancement in weapons and by the end there were many new weapons and vehicles.

Some weapons used by the us were the Colt m 1911 pistol which was design by famed gunsmith John Browning. This semi-automatic pistol used the deadly 230 GR bullet and was approved by the government for war and was massed produced for WWII. Another was the Browning M 1917 which was a machine gun used in many wars including the Vietnam war, the Korean war, WWI, along with WWII. The weapon was also invented by John Browning hence the name Browning M 1917.

Two weapons that Germany used were the Fallschirmjagergewehr LMG which was designed for Germanys paratroopers. It was a fully automatic rifle with a stand and it was magazine fed.

This light weight weapon was perfect for paratroopers and was mass produced to be used throughout the war. Another weapon was the Mauser C96 semi

automatic pistol. this pistol is one of the most famous from the time with a long thin barrel and foreword mag design. The pistol was invented by three German brothers with the last name Federle.

One thing that played a huge role in WWII were the tanks that Britain had although Britain is not famous for their tanks they had some amazing, powerful

WEAPONS AND TECHNOLOGY

Below is a B-29 super-fortress used for most of the bombing in tanks. One tank they had was called the Europe. In the middle is a C96 semi automatic pistol used by British Cruiser tank MK IV these tanks Germans in WWII.

are fast moving heavily armed tanks that

are designed to fight alongside heavy tanks like the A34 Comet. The A34 Comet was the most powerful tank in the British armed forces during WWII. This design came from the idea that they needed a tank with enough armor to withstand a battle field and enough fire power to take on any german tank.

These vehicles and weapons were a huge factor in the war and more specifically in large scale invasions like the days before, after, and during the invasion of Normandy or D’Day.

Here is an A34 Comet, the most powerful british tank

Above is the long range mustang fighter plane used mainly to escort B-29 superfortress bombers on long range bombing missions. It wasn’t developed until late in the war.

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CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMPS

During WWII Hitler and the Nazis built hundreds of concentration and extermination camps to eliminate Jews, Gays, disabled, and people that they thought were different. In the end an estimated 6 million jews were killed in concentration or extermination camps.

The first German concentration camps were made shortly after Hitler became the chancellor of Germany. Hitler believed in a true Aryan race

were considered an enemy of the Nazis you were sent to concentration camps to be killed or worked to death. The Nazis starved the prisoners of these concentration

Millions of people were sent to concentration camps to be worked to death

that had no imperfections. To do this he constructed over 20,000 concentration camps. During WWII if you

camps and many suffered from malnutrition.

These “enemies of state” especially jews were also experimented on by german surgeons.

To eliminate the threat of the spread of Naziism the US and the allies had to

use advanced weapons and armed vehicles to defeat Germanys army and their leader, Adolf Hitler.

During WWII 3% of the worlds population perished including 6 million Jews, and 55 million civilians. Both the Allies and the Axis powers killed many people but there was one who killed more than all the rest and that person was named Adolf Hitler. Hitler developed new weapons and built thousands of concentration camps. Many people also died in battles like the invasion of D’Day. This can be prevented in the future by making sure there are no bad leaders and no uprising groups like the Nazis.

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Bibliography

"D-Day." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 09 Apr. 2015.

Leapman, Michael. Witnesses to War: Eight True-life Stories of Nazi Persecution. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print.

Richter, Hans Peter. Friedrich. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Print.

"WW2 Weapons." WW2 Weapons. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.

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Holocaust WWII

Choose 20 words from your bookmark that BEST REFLECT the historical time period in which your book takes place.

ORGANIZE the words in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!!

Word

Part of Speech (noun, verb, adj)

Definition (in context with the story)

Sentence from book & Page #

How is this word meaningful to the time period of your book?

Explain.

1. Allies

Noun

a state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose, typically by treaty.

The nations fighting Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during World War II, primarily Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States.

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Had to do with U.S. and Nazi Germany.

2.concentration camps

Noun

a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. The

“All jews still in concentration camps in Germany are to be transferred to (extermination camps) in Auschwitz. (Richter) 148

Part of Nazi Germany.`

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ORGANIZE the words in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!! term is most strongly associated with the several hundred camps established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe in 1933–45, among the most infamous being Dachau, Belsen, and Auschwitz.

3.extermination camp

Noun

a camp jews were sent to be slaughtered

“Jews found guilty of crimes are to be conveyed to extermination camps in Auschwitz or Lublin after serving their sentences.”

(Richter) 149

Part of Nazi Germany.

4.fähnleinführer

Noun

A patrol leader

“‘Sieg Heil, fähnleinführer,’ we replied.” (Richter) 35

A Nazi patrol leader is Nazi and Nazis played a huge role in this time period.

5.german

Adjective

Someone with ancestors from germany.

“Like all German children after their first day of school, Friedrich and I both received a large, cone­shaped paper bag from our parents.” (Richter) 20

Nazi organization started in germany and their leader was german

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6.hitler

Noun

The leader of Nazi Germany.

“‘Just you wait, Hitler will show you yet.’” (Richter) 51

7.Jewish

Adjective

relating to, associated with, or denoting Jews or Judaism.

“A Jewish family?” (Richter) 15 People of the Jewish religion were targeted in Nazi Germany at the time.

8.Jewish Identification Card

Noun

An identification card “...Friedrich only had a jewish carried by Jews Identification card.” (Richter) during WWII in 104 Germany to signify that they are Jewish.

This signified Judaism and if you were a jew you were killed.

9.jungvolk

Noun

The Deutsches “The Jungvolk” (Richter) 32 Jungvolk (German: "German Youth") was a youth organization in Nazi Germany for boys aged 10 to 14, and was a section of the Hitler Youth movement.

Nazis played a big role in WWII

10.mezuzah

Noun

a parchment inscribed with religious texts and

This shows that the people who own it are Jewish and they were hunted during this time

“‘Thats our mezuzah,’ She said…” (Richter) 16

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was the leader of nazi germany which was one of the axis powers in WWII

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ORGANIZE the words in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!! attached in a case to the doorpost of a Jewish house as a sign of faith.

period in Nazi Germany.

11.pfennigs

Noun

a monetary unit of Germany (until the introduction of the euro), equal to one hundredth of a mark.

“...chocolate bars at five pfennigs each or licorice at 2 pfennigs a stick.” (Richter) 29

This was money used in Germany at the Time.

12.pimpf

Adjective

Pimpf is a colloquial name for a boy before the voice change. In the German National Socialism The Pimpfe were the youngest subsection of the Hitler Youth, existing in Nazi Germany from 1933–1945.

“I am so glad I’ll be joining the Jungvolk and become a pimpf.” (Richter) 35

It happened in Nazi Germany

13.Pogrom

Noun

an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular

“The Pogrom” (Richter) 88

Nazis did this.

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ORGANIZE the words in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!! that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe.

14.Latke or potato pancakes

Noun

(in Jewish cooking) a “That way we all ate the potato During the Holocaust pancakes.” (Richter) 6 and WWII Jewish pancake, especially people played a huge one made with grated role and these potato. pancakes were eaten a lot.

15.Sabbat holder

Noun

heald Jewish sabbath “...Sabbat Holder…” (Richter) candles 139

16.sugar rusks

Noun

Sweetened biscuit or piece of bread or cake crisped in the oven, especially as food for young children when teething.

“It contained nothing but a bag Many people ate these of sugar rusks and lots and lots in Germany at the time. of crumpled paper.” (Richter) 25

17.swastika

Noun

an ancient symbol in the form of an equal­armed cross with each arm continued at a right angle, used (in clockwise form) as the emblem of the

“He wore an armband with a swastika on the left sleeve of his yellow shirt.” (Richter) 29

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Jews played a huge role in WWII/Holocaust.

Nazis used it as their flag symbol.

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18.trousers

Noun

an outer garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles, with a separate part for each leg.

“He wore green trousers, a red These were worn during waist coat, and a blue peaked the time period a lot. cap.” (Richter) 1

19.yarmulke

Noun

a skullcap worn in “A yarmulke was on his head.”

(Richter) 27­28 public by Orthodox Jewish men or during prayer by other Jewish men.

Jews wore these and Jews were hunted down in Nazi Germany

20.Yiddish

Noun

Language spoken by “Yiddish was a language many Jews in spoken by many Jews.”

Eastern Europe; a (Wikipedia) combination of German, Hebrew and dialects of the countries in which Jews were living.

Jews spoke it and Jews played a huge role in the holocaust.

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