Holocaust and Book Thief. By: Zoe Brinton(:

Here are the three main things I learned while I was exploring things about the Holocaust.

1.The largest ghetto in Poland was the Warsaw ghetto, where over 400,000 Jews were crowded into an area of 1.3 square miles.

2. The Nazis established killing centers for efficient mass murder. Unlike concentration camps, which served primarily as detention and labor centers, killing centers (also referred to as "extermination camps" or "death camps") were almost exclusively "death factories." German SS and police murdered nearly 2,700,000 Jews in the killing centers.

3. Germans were expected to greet each other saying "Heil Hitler!" during this horrible time period.


I think that The Book Thief and the Holocaust expierence connects in many ways. Hitler and concentration camps are starting to soon appear in the book. The information I found on the internet will help me understand and get more into the book. Hitler is effecting the Jews so much in their everyday lives and it is showing in the Book Thief. I am excited to find out if the characters in the book are sent to concentrated camps or even death camps.