Holocaust
The genocide of approximately 6 million European Jews during World War II planned by Adolf Hitler.
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Although no one knows for sure why Hitler did these things to the Jews, there are several suggestions and theories. Some of which...
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The purpose of Hitler's hidden Holocaust was to make a "perfect Aryan (German) race". He told the Nazis such things as "Jews made...
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The gas chambers were mostly large rooms, holding numerous people at once...The victims were forced to undress, men, women and...
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Yes
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Which do you mean? Public or private? Publically, Hitler claimed to be purifying the human race by removing Jews, Gypsies,...
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Please see the related question below.
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there is a genocide going on in Darfur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict theres some info but you might of hurd...
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Quaver- TO shake or be afraid
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In Hungary in March 1944, Maria Olt saved Miriam Nevo's family. The story began when Maria went to the infirmary of the hospital...
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No! It doesn't trains that took children to concentration camps were not fun at all and most likely not that good of entiorer if...
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It changed the jews social live by making each other enimies and give away jews becaus ethey wouldnt want to be captured because...
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The Star of David was used in the concentration camps during the holocaust which identify the prisoners in the camps to their...
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The Holocaust victims were lined up naked in front of a large hole. They were then shot and fell into their grave. Also, much...
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Hitler and the Nazi Party treated Jews as second-class citizens, rounded them up into concentration camps, and eventually, began...
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The term Nazi is derived from the first two syllables, as pronounced in German, of the official name of the German Nazi Party,...
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Answeryes and no. they went to Germany and came across concentration camps on luck. the holocaust was an event not a thing you...
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The Holocaust is not regarded as a conlict because there was no fighting apart from in a few cases. It was murder, not warfare. ...
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No, but they were ordered to draw up lists of Jews for deportation to extermination camps ...
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most police forces in occupied Europe helped round up the Jews and hand them over to the Nazis, it took the help of many groups...
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because he believed in the superiority of the Arian race.besides,the teacher who failed him at his exam for entering an academy...
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The African Slave Trade of the 14th to 19th century has been compared to the Holocaust in the similarity of destructiveness on...
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To forbid the Jews from joining the army - Nazi Propaganda. It was part of the gradual elimination of the Jews.
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he didn't. those were the people that he wanted to keep around(he called them aryans). He killed jews, gypsies and people with...
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The benefits of studying this terrible topic is so this will never happen again. I know it's strange to be listening to Holocaust...
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well over all, millions and millions of people were killed over the years of the war. If you were to cut that down, between 1...
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They probably didn't. Most families were wiped out and killed. ___ The Red Cross helped people to find out what had happened to...
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It was about a popular belief of the early 1900's. Many "progressive" political and religious leaders of the time believed in a...
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Adolf Hitler and bigotry. ________ The invasion of the Soviet Union.
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It is a misconception that Jews were the only ones in the camps. They did make up a large percentage of the population, but...
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Some returned to their homes, other immigrated to America but I thyink the largest number immigrated to Palestine where they...
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AnswerThe people kept at Hitler's concentration camps were treated like animals, not human beings. When the prisoners got to old...
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Social Scientists, the victims of it and those who practice it.
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The question assumes an initial 'big bang', which some historians, such as Christopher Browning, do not accept.There is no exact...
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Many Germans blamed the Jews for Germany's defeat in World War I, some even claiming that German Jews had betrayed the nation...
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The figure of six million includes all Jews murdered by the Nazis and their allies Croatia and Romania. It includes Jews murdered...
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Adolf Hitler did not personally kill many, but by authorizing the mass extermination of Jews and other minorities, he caused an...
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Many children are very much traumatized about the whole situation. Even if they were born after the war, the talk would be bound...
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Initially, the main source of information was the Polish resistance, which was composed of different groups. They provided a...
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No, he was mainly know for leading the Great Waffen SS. Heinrich Himmler personally did not command the Auschwitz Death Camp. A...
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Ann Landers was actually a pseudonym that Ruth Crowley used until her death in 1955 at age 48. Eppie Lederer took over the column...
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The food provided to the inmates by the Nazis was meager at best. They weren't fed everyday, and when they were, it was usually...
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Go to Google and type in Holocaust, or go to the library and get a book on the subject. There's a very interesting book about a...
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Yes, his orders on the matter were verbal. Michael Montagne
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They used there freshly squeezed urine. Then let it dry. Then held it over a candle to see it.
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AnswerPerhaps not prevented, but certainly many lives could have been saved. Hitler was using that which he stole from the Jews...
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The main result of the Holocaust was about six million Jews dead in Europe and many major centres of Jewish life and culture...
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The word "survived" needs defining carefully, otherwise one ends up talking about quite different groups of people. The usual...
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The usual estimate of the number of Austrian Jews killed in the Holocaust is about 65,000. (Obviously, most of them were murdered...
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The Yellow Star of David From 1941 onwards, Jews in Germany and German-occupied countries, had to wear a yellow star of David on...
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According to Ian Kershaw's biography the earliest hard evidence of Hitler's hatred of the Jews dates from 1916 in World War 1,...
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A brown, upside down triangle was used for gypsies. Please refer to this link, a nazi poster....
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The Gestapo was the Nazi secret police. It was formed in April 1933 and was a political police from the outset. Their initial...
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The first Nuremberg trial were only for the European war criminals (Class-A). Subsequent Nuremberg trials were held for lesser...
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Nothing could bring back the 'original' holocaust against the Jews. Israel, the nation of the Jews, was formed after WW2 and is...
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Why do tall people think tall is better? Why do brown eyed people think brown eyes are better? Hitler was attempting to appeal to...
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The German soldiers had guns, the Jews did not. The Collaborators In many countries occupied by the Nazis there were rabidly...
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AnswerI do believe all the books are available at amazon.com AnswerI have 3 books that would answer your qustions.First...
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Impossible. The psychological effects were HUGE. They have memories and flashbacks and sometimes wished they didn't survive. ...
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Some returned to their own countries, such as the Netherlands or France. Others left Europe, either for the U.S. or for Israel...
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These are only some that I have right now. September 1944 Camp Vught was liberated by the 4th Canadian Armored Division and the...
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There are many ways. I will list the ones I have read about. Some had their hands taped together in a fist and were left to let...
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One Holocaust survivor, David Faber, survived because he promised his mother (who was murdered) he would tell the world what...
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I suppose the short answer is "because he could." For 2000 years, sad to say, anti-Jewish attitudes had been a part of...
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First you have to understand the evolution of anti-Semitism in Europe. In a nutshell, it went from religious anti-Semitism (the...
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The exact number is unknown, and there are different definitions of Holocaust survivor. "When the war ended on 8th May 1945, it...
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The main methods of killing were #1 mass open air shootings and #2 gassing.Mass open air shooting on the outskirts of conquered...
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The defeat of the Nazi's, exposing the murder of the death camps and trial, conviction and execution of the murderers. The...
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Hitler used the Gestapo to scare people into doing what he wanted. people were terrified of their brutal "interrogation" methods...
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In Germany, everyone had to prove that they weren't Jewish. So Jews who didn't take their faith seriously couldn't simply lie....
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Any division of the past into stages is done after the events concerned and is arbitrary. Different historians divide the...
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Jews do not have yellow skin. That is just what the Nazis said to help their propaganda. They can only have yellow skin if they...
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The estimates for the number of people systematically killed by the Nazis during World War II vary from around 11 million to...
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It was a six-pointed Star of David, about the size of a human palm, and yellow in color. And it was not worn on the arm, it was...
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It was made by Degesch (= Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung mbH). About 42.5% of the company was owned by IG...
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The Jews kept at these camps had lice and the diseases that came with them. At the begining they had access to cold water showers...
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A precursor to the Holocaust was Kristallnacht, the "Night of broken Glass" on November 9, 1938. Hitler and the Nazis were rabid...
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the aryans considered themselves the epitome of men, anything not measuring up to the aryan standard was a sub-species and the...
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Jews were'nt "captured". They had no choice. The Nazi raided their homes and forced them to leave.
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The majority of Jews were very familiar with the scriptures and I assume that they kept faith in God that He would deliver them...
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The Holocaust refers to the murder and persecution of Jews by the Nazis under German leader, Adolf Hitler. The Holocaust is also...
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Probably very little. Anti-Jewish sentiment was common in Europe and America during Hitler's youth and had been so for...
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To get enough mondy to fund a war to take over Europe. Germany and Austria were full of a bunch of narcissistic Aryians who...
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To be on Oskar Schindler's list meant a lot of things. You would be cared for. You would survive. You would receive better...
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In fact, with the exception of the Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass) the Nazi regime generally discouraged pogroms in the...
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He was burned when he was a child.
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"Arbeit macht frei" is a German phrase meaning "work sets you free" or "work liberates." The slogan is known for having been...
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I was not a Jew in WWII, so I cannot give you an amazing answer. You would do well to read autobiographies of Jews who lived...
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In full in GermanNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP)
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The Germans were doing what they was told to do unless they would die they worked at train stations and saw the millions of...
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AnswerTo exterminate those people that were deemed imperfect. The Nazi view of perfection was blond, blue eyed muscular types and...
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The holocaust was the German operation for the extinction of the Jews and many other ethnic groups. I suggest you look at this:...
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Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany. Answer No one person was wholly responsible for the holocaust, but obviously it was...
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About 102,000 Jews from the Netherlands (out of a pre-war total of 140,000) were deported and killed.
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Jews and others were rounded up, many on Krystalnacht which was the beginning of the holocaust. They were put into cattle cars,...
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Because over 6,000,000 people were killed just because of their heritage. With the possible exception of the actions of Sadam in...
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The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 established the following categories: 'Full Jew': Three or more Jewish grandparents 'Mixed race 1st...
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