German Nazi Concentration Camp Majdanek

German Nazi Concentration Camp Majdanek

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The video provides a harrowing account of Majdanek, a Nazi concentration camp in Lublin, Poland. It describes the camp's location, the gas chambers, and the living conditions of prisoners. The narrator reflects on the scale of the camp, the crematorium, and the mass executions. The video concludes with thoughts on the death toll and the lack of dignity in the deaths of camp victims.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where is the Majdanek concentration camp located?

On the outskirts of Berlin, Germany

In the middle of Lublin, Poland

Near the city of Warsaw, Poland

In the countryside of Austria

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the building marked 'Disinfection'?

To provide medical treatment

To house prisoners

To serve as a gas chamber

To store food supplies

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were prisoners forced to sleep on during winter?

Metal cots with sheets

Concrete floors with rugs

Wet hay without blankets

Wooden beds with blankets

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What dual purpose did the furnaces in the crematorium serve?

Burning bodies and heating water for baths

Heating the camp and cooking food

Generating electricity and heating water

Disposing of waste and heating the camp

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does the narrator not provide an exact death toll for the camp?

The camp was never fully operational

Only estimations and speculations exist

The records were destroyed

The numbers were too small to count