"Return to the Ghettos," "Mechanizing Death," and "Blueprint for the Final Solution"

The first reading was about how the Jews were persecuted in the ghettos. What was the significance did "changing the face of Warsaw" have? How did the Nazis separate Jews while still keeping a functional city? What atmosphere does it create for other citizens, when their city is changed to fit the needs of a group you are taught is bad? To me, the most interesting part of the reading was about how little power the Judenrat really had. How did the Nazis use the Judenrat to convince the Jews that they were safe and had some authority?

In "Mechanizing Death," how the killing of minorities became a mechanized system was explained. How did this further rationalize (in the head of an Nazi) the idea that it wasn't really his or her fault? How did the mechanized death chambers create further disparity between individual Jews? What did the Polish fear if Grojanowski was a Jew? How did the Nazis make allegations of death camps seem "mad"? Did it work?

The last reading, "Blueprint for the Final Solution," was about how the Final Solution began. What changed because the Nazis met in Wannsee, even though many Jews had died before? Why was the term "Jewish Question" used? What did that imply? The Nazis seem very keen on not mentioning killing explicitly, why do you think that is?

These are just guidelines, answer what you want, etc, etc.