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Holocaust
The genocide of approximately 6 million European Jews during World War II planned by Adolf Hitler.
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Why did Hitler and the Nazis hate the Jews?
Roots of Hitler's and the Nazis' Hatred of Jews Those who want a short answer should go straight to the Related Questions...
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Why did the Holocaust happen?
Background to the Holocaust The Nazis' first target were the Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists and liberals. The...
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When and where was the Holocaust?
Basic when and where of the Holocaust Mass open air shootings of Jews began in June and July 1941 behind German lines in...
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How many people died in the Holocaust?
Holocaust death statistics Holocaust is a word meaning "great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially...
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How many americans died in the holocaust?
During WWII a small number of US servicemen had "Dog Tags" marked with "H" for Hebrew were and some of these were executed on the...
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Why did Hitler want a 'pure' Aryan race?
Hitler wanted a pure Aryan race, people with blue eyes, blonde hair, muscular (in the case of men) and beautiful (the case of...
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What caused the Holocaust?
Causes of the Holocaust The most simple answer: Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Hitler was the driving force behind the obsessive...
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What does SS stand for?
SS in the context of the Holocaust and World War 2 stands for Schutzstaffel which, translated literally, means Protective Squad....
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What torture devices were used in Nazi concentration camps?
They used whips and they also skinned people alive. Sometimes the guards pushed prisoners to the ground and kicked them black and...
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What was the ratio of the people that survived a concentration camp during the Holocaust to those who died?
As many as two-thirds of Europe's Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Other groups, such as gypsies, the mentally disabled,...
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Who was convicted in the Nuremberg trials?
To read about the full trial and who was convicted go to the website listed to the right.
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Why does the term Holocaust only refer to Jews and not other people in concentration camps?
In Europe, anyway, the term 'the Holocaust' is used in two (overlapping) senses: 1. It refers to the Nazi genocide of the...
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During the Holocaust were the Jews and Gypsies treated humanely?
The Holocaust was 'Humane'?! Here is assorted input and various opinions from FAQ Farmers on this sensitive issue: They...
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How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?
Since 1945-46, the most commonly cited figure for the total number of Jews killed has been approximately six million. This...
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How many people were killed in Nazi concentration camps?
According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: In 1933, there were approximately 9 million Jews in Europe. By 1945,...
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What were the names and locations of Nazi concentration camps and extermination or death camps?
Concentration Camps - Names and Locations Sometimes the terms concentration camp and extermination (or death camps) are -...
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How many people did Hitler have killed in World War II?
It is reported that Hitler killed 11 Million people. About 6 million Jews and 5 million others were killed in extermination and...
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Could the Allies have prevented or lessened the toll of the Holocaust?
The Allies could have taken actions to lessen the toll of the Holocaust. The US and the UK could have bombed more rail lines...
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What ended the Holocaust?
The Allied defeat of Germany. The camps were discovered, and the surviving inmates were liberated. Most of them were too sick to...
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What experiments went on at Auschwitz during the Holocaust?
Although this is an excellent question and I know the answer (I know you are inquisitive and mean no harm), I would prefer you...
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How did the Nazis persecute the Jews?
They encouraged the boycotting and destruction of Jewish-owned businesses. They passed laws prohibiting Jews from engaging in...
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What was the impact on the Jewish people and others having a number tattooed on their arms?
Considering that it violates the Hebrew faith to have a tattoo, along with the whole idea of reducing a human being to a number,...
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Why did Nazi Germany have concentration camps?
The Nazi concentration camps were originally established to terrorize opponents of the Nazi regime, especially Communists,...
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What was the Nazi 'Final Solution'?
The 'Final Solution' The 'Final Solution' is a shortened translation of the Nazis' term for what is now generally called the...
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How many Nazi concentration camps were there in all?
About 1,500. This staggering figure includes all satellite camps, including temporary camps. There were about 20 main camps...
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How did the Holocaust fit in with World War 2?
When Hitler invaded Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and Russia it was for land. Another aim was to set up a Germanic...
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Other than Jews and Gypsies what groups were persecuted in World War 2?
Assuming you mean "by the Nazis", Catholics (at the individual level- priests, and lay Catholics who sheltered Jews), Jehovah's...
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Who were the victims of the holocaust?
Jews Roma/Sinti (Gypsies) Soviet political advisers ('Politruks') Other Soviet prisoners of war Resistance fighters Uncoopertiave...
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What did Hitler and the Nazis do to the Jews?
Nazi persecution of the Jews a. In Germany Jews were persecuted with growing intensity from April 1933 onwards. b. 1933: Most...
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How did Hitler get so many people to follow him?
Hitler made massive promises that if the elected him they would get change. During the election campaign of February-March 1933...
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What was the SS?
The SS SS stands for Schutzstaffel (which literally means 'protective squadron'). It was first formed in 1923 as a unit of the...
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How many people died in the concentration camps?
We know most of those that died were Jews, but we don't know EXACTLY how many people died. The bodies were buried in unmarked...
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How were Jews treated during World War 2?
Germany attempted to exterminate them, killing over six million European Jews, leaving fewer than one million alive. Michael...
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What ethnicities and minority groups were targeted in the Holocaust?
Groups Targeted by the Nazis Jews Gypsies Jehovah's Witnesses Incurables, the handicapped and mentally ill Homosexuals ...
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Are there records from displaced person camps in Germany after World War 2?
The United States Holocaust Museum has a listing of all the displaced persons camps, with a map. I have not seen anything...
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When did the Star of David have to be worn?
At all times in public-- the Star of David was a means of identification, to allow the Nazis, citizens etc. to know who was...
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How were people killed in the Auschwitz death camp?
Some were starved or worked to death, but the vast majority were locked into chambers and exposed to the poison gas zyklon-B....
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Did American troops rescue any remaining Jewish people during the Holocaust?
American troops liberated several of the Nazi death camps, including Dachau, but did not fight any direct battles to save...
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Do you think it is important to teach the remembrance history and lessons of the holocaust to the next generation?
Yes, so nothing like this will happen ever again. Answer Of course it is important to teach remembrance of the holocaust. As...
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What was the significance of the Holocaust?
To prove to the world what human beings are capable of. The mass murder of a people in unacceptable. Hitler was a nutcase.
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Could the US have done more to prevent the Holocaust from happening?
The US were Isolationists so they put their needs before other countries. Not many Americans were aware, and didn't step in...
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Where can you find information on Malka Mai?
I'm not sure whether the book has been translated into English yet (September 2006). The book was published in English under...
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What was the Kristallnacht?
Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) was a pogrom (9-10 November 1938 and following days) Short answer: During this...
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Why do the Christians think that it was wrong to kill the Jews if the Jews killed Jesus?
This is a really strange question with several answers. First of all, to clarify: the Jews did not kill Jesus. The Catholic...
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What happened to the women during the holocaust?
They were put in concentration camps. Answer Younger women that could work in work camps were often selected for work. Very...
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How did the Holocaust happen?
Hitler was the driving force behind the obsessive and fanatical Nazi persecution and ultimately also the mass slaughter of the...
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Could the Holocaust have been prevented?
If the Germans weren't sheep and realized they were being fooled it wouldn't have happened. Answer The Holocaust took place...
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How many mentally disabled people were killed in concentration camps?
The vast majority of "incurables" were killed in hospitals (!) in Germany and weren't sent to camps. After all, the SS didn't...
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What was a day like in a death camp?
Many new arrivals were sent straight to the gas chambers and never experienced 'life in a death camp'. Others had to work for the...
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What happened during the Holocaust?
The Nazis established camps in Germany, Poland and other occupied territories. They took Jews, Slavs and other "Sub-Humans" and...
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How many people were involved in the Holocaust - not just people who were killed?
How many people were involved in the holocaust? Where does personal responsibility for your actions begin? Does operating a...
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When and where was the term 'Holocaust' first used to describe what occurred in the death camps?
The term 'Holocaust' The term itself means, among other things, a 'burnt sacrifice'. It was first used in 1942 to describe the...
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Why were Jews blamed for Germany's problems?
Anti-Jewish or anti-semitic activities had been rampant in Europe for centuries before WWII. Germany was no exception to this...
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Did children in the death camps know what was going on?
To answer your question it is important to understand that there were only 4 'Death' camps. The rest were concentration camps...
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How many Catholics were killed in the Holocaust?
Although the Catholic Church was persecuted in the Third Reich, Catholics as a group were not officially targeted by the Nazis...
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What are some good websites for information on concentration death and labor camps?
http://home8.inet.tele.dk/aaaa/Holocaust.htm Go to this link and it should help good luck!
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What did the Germans use to kill the Jews during the Holocaust?
The Nazis relied mainly on: Poison gas. Mass open air shootings. Working prisoners to death in slave labor camps. Giving the...
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Who was involved in the holocaust?
Involved in the Holocaust The perpetrators were: Nazis. Most were German SS men, but there were also collaborators from many...
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Where were most of the Jews killed in the Holocaust?
The number of people killed at the major extermination camps is estimated as follows: Auschwitz-Birkenau: 1.4 million; Belzec:...
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What was the Holocaust?
In the Holocaust (1941-1945) the Nazis killed about six million Jews. The aim was the total genocide (murder, destruction) of the...
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Who was affected by the holocaust?
Jews, gays, and pretty much anyone who wasn't perfect. Answer Specifically rounded up and sent to concentration and death...
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How did they kill people in concentration camps?
At concentration camps some inmates were: Worked to death on grossly inadequate food. Used for medical experiments, which were...
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Why did Hitler target the Jews during the Holocaust?
The Jews weren't Hitler's only victims. He also killed real and imaginary communists and other political opponents, members of...
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Why do you hear so much about Jews killed by Germans in the Holocaust and not much about Chinese killed by Japanese?
The Jews were the most sought after group. Many others were also persecuted. There were homosexuals, gypsies, communists,...
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What was the ratio of Jews to Nazis in pre-war Germany?
When the Nazis came to power Germany had a population of about 62 million. It's not known how many of these people were Nazis or...
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What did Nazis do to Jewish people?
They murdered about six million of them and would have killed every single Jew in Europe if they had had the time. Michael...
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Why did people let Hitler kill Jews so long before doing anything about it?
People didn't want to realize that he was doing it. Some people still don't believe it today. Answer Hitler had a way of...
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Why did Hitler hate the Jews so much?
Please see the related questions below.
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What were the Nazi ghettos?
The ghettos were walled districts where Jews were forced to live under Nazi rule. The Jews in the ghettos were completely...
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What happened to the Nazis after World War 2?
There was nothing uniform about treatment of Nazis. The party was outlawed in Germany. Many lower and mid level former Nazis...
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What happened in the Nazi concentration camps?
Roughly six million people were murdered. Michael Montagne Answer Prisoners of many nations have been killed in the camps by...
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What were the largest concentration camps in the Holocaust?
I believe that would be Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Treblinka. Dachau was the oldest but never did the (excuse me for using this...
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When was the Holocaust?
Usually, the word Holocaust refers specifically to the Nazi genocide of the Jews. This is generally dated as 1941 to 1945. The...
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What were concentration camps?
I believe you are referring to the concentration camps in which the holocaust played a major role during, and before the second...
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What were the Nuremberg Laws?
The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 should not be confused with the postwar Nuremberg Tribunal The Nuremberg Laws (1935) were...
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Did the Holocaust really happen?
This is a question that the children of the future will be asking if we do nothing to change it. The people who participated in...
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What happened to children during the Holocaust?
They were murdered right along with their parents. Michael Montagne Answer They were treated like ther parents, they were...
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Why was the holocaust allowed to happen and would it be allowed to happen in modern day society?
Answering that would take a Master's thesis, but the short version: The world of 1939 was far more anti-Semitic and uncaring...
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How many Jews died in World War 2?
The figure for the number of Jews who were killed in the Holocaust (or perished from starvation and disease in ghettos and camps)...
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What were some of the techniques or methods used by people in the death camps to survive during the Holocaust?
I have just finished reading an incredible, short book on this subject. "" is written by Viktor Frankl. Dr. Frankl survived...
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Why were the Jews hated in 1930s Germany?
the jews were hated because hitler thought they were scum and that ????? ___ Most German Jews were well assimilated. (Germany...
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How did the Holocaust operate?
The Holocaust took place in stages, which varied from country to country. In general, the Jews were first isolated and weakened...
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What was Hitler's reason for hating the Jews?
There was no reason. That kind of virulent race hatred never has any rational basis to it. Antisemitism was very common in Europe...
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How many Jewish children died in World War 2?
Full statistics for the tragic fate of children who died during the Holocaust will never be known. Some estimates range as high...
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What happened to young Hitler when he was living in Vienna?
Most of the stories about young Hitler living in poverty and hardship in Vienna are ultimately based on what he wrote about his...
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How were the Jews treated in the Holocaust?
In the Holocaust the Nazis' aim was to kill all the Jews they could find. The main methods used were: 1. Mass open air shootings...
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Why did the Germans allow the holocaust to happen?
The Germans were upset with the Treaty of Versailles from the first World War, because most of the blame was put onto them. The...
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What was the reason behind the persecution of the Jews and how many were killed?
Hardline German nationalists refused to believe that Germany had been defeated on the battlefield. Instead, they blamed Jews and...
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How was German life during the Holocaust?
If you were a Jew life was terrible. You had to wear a yellow star to show this. You were sent to Concentration camps....
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What happened to Adolf Hitler after the Holocaust?
Hitler committed suicide in Berlin in April 1945. His body was burned under the supervision of Joseph Goebbels, and remnants...
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What kind of testing went on during the Holocaust?
Some people were put in extremely cold waters to see if they could live for a long time. That experiment found hipothermia.
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What positive contributions did German-occupied countries make during the Holocaust?
The Italians though not really occupied were productive in the escape of allied pows from Europe as were the French underground,...
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How did Hitler try to cover up mass death in the first year the camps opened?
Hitler tried to cover up the deaths by burying or burning thousands of bodies and then having his workers burn down or destroy...
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What does the term aryanization mean?
Aryanization refers to the forced transfer of Jewish-owned businesses to German "Aryan" ownership. The Aryanization process had...
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Why were Jews killed in concentration camps?
Hitler made the Jews the scapegoat for everything that was wrong in Germany and convinced enough people that they were taking up...
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What was the color coding system used in German concentration camps to designate a person's crime or ethnicity?
Here are the main colors (there might be a few more, such as "P" for Poles). Yellow - Jewish. Pink - Gay men convicted under...
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Why were the Nazis able to put the Jews in camps?
The Nazis stripped the Jews of their rights as citizens, they made them seem like they were not human using propaganda. Without...
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Are Jews persecuted because they killed Jesus?
Persecution of Jews No, alleged involvement in the Roman crucifixion of Jesus Christ cannot explain the historical persecution...
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Why did Hitler persecute gypsies?
I think he wanted to make Germany purified and under his circumstances they were not pure. Hitler did not like the Gypsies and...
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Where did they store the people they captured?
The people captured by the Nazi party were sent to concentration camps and treated exactly the way the Jews and non-jews were...
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