Question

What does Rajzman's first response convey (tell us) about the Nazis' intent to murder Europe's Jews?

Answer 1

Answer:

Rajzman's first response shows that the Nazis' intention was to kill a large number of Jews as quickly as possible.

Explanation:

Samuel Reizman, also called Rajzman, was one of the survivors of the holocaust who testified about the life in the concentration camps and the violence and extermination that the Jews suffered. In his first response to the Nazi trials of war crimes, Samuel Reizman stated that Jews were killed in gas chambers as soon as they arrived in concentration camps. He claims that several cars arrived, containing about 8,000 or more Jews. As soon as the Jews got out of the cars they were divided into groups of men, women and children. After being separated into groups, everyone was forced to take off their clothes and enter the gas chambers. The whole process took 10 minutes for men and 15 minutes for women, because they had to shave their heads before they were killed.

With this account, we can see that the Nazis' intent was to kill a large number of Jews, as quickly as possible.