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The Holocaust The Holocaust (with a capital H) refers to thegenocide (mass murder) of about six million Jews by the Nazis in1941-1945 (during World War 2). It was the so-calle…d Final Solution[of the Jewish Question]. The term is often used in a broader sense to include millions ofothers also killed by the Nazis on the basis of group identity. Seethe related question on target and victims for details of othergroups. The Holocaust Encyclopedia, published by the United StatesHolocaust Memorial Museum states: 'The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsoredpersecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by theNazi regime and its collaborators'. It goes on to say that at the same time: German authorities alsotargeted other groups because of their perceived "racialinferiority": Roma (Gypsies), the disabled, and some of the Slavicpeoples (Poles, Russians, and others). Other groups were persecutedon political, ideological, and behavioral grounds, among themCommunists, Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals. In the Holocaust (1941-1945) the aim was the total genocide(murder, destruction) of the Jews. The Jews in Germany were subject to growing persecution by theNazis since the latter came to power in 1933. From 1938 onwardsHitler extended German control over a large part of Europe,especially after the invasion of Poland in 1939. In the process,the number of Jews under Nazi rule grew rapidly. When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, specialdeath squads (the SD-Einsatzgruppen - mobile killing units)moved in and carried out mass open air killings of Jews, one of themost notorious being at Babi Yar where about 33,500 Jews wereslaughtered. In 1941-42 extermination camps were established by the Nazis inPoland. The following camps existed solely for the purpose ofexterminating (usually by gassing): . Auschwitz (part of the Birkenau section) . Chelmno (Kulmhof) . Belzec . Sobibor . Treblinka . Majdanek (part only; the rest was a very harsh concentrationcamp) * Maly Trostinets (in Belarus) * Bronnaya Gora (in Belarus) Auschwitz became the most notorious camp of all. Part of it existedpurely for the purpose of gassing victims. Others were worked todeath on grossly inadequate food. There were frequent outbreaks oftyphus in the labor camps. Some died from quack medical'experiments'. Two of Germany's Axis allies, Romania and the puppet state ofCroatia, conducted their own Holocausts - often using heavy, bluntinstruments instead of gas. The Allies, though fighting against Germany, did not undertake anyaction designed specifically to stop the genocide. And More About the Holocaust The Holocaust was the period ofoppression, incarceration, exploitation and annihilation that wasinitiated and executed by Nazi Germany and some other Axiscountries against people of the Jewish race between 1939 and 1945. The Holocaust was the attempt to exterminate all the Jews inEurope. This attempt at genocide killed more than 6 million Jewsand 5 million others, mainly in death camps, such as Auschwitz andTreblinka and mass open air shootings. The perpetrators of the horrors that took place during theHolocaust were the Nazis and their allies. Actually, to be able tofully understand what the Holocaust was, I suggest you check outsome of the related links listed below. The holocaust was the inhuman, mass murder of the Jewish race inGerman-occupied Europe. This is just a short explanation of the Holocaust. I have not evenbegun to explain the horrors. I would encourage you to learn moreabout it by reading two of my favorite books: Alicia MyStory by Alicia Appleman Jurman, or All But My Life byGerda Weissman Klein. It was when Hitler went made with power it stared with speech endedin killing Jews The Holocaust is also known as The Shoah and was the genocide ormass murder of approx. 6million Jews during World War 2. It was aprogramme of systematic state sponsored murder of Jews by AdolphHitlers Nazi Party. Over 9 million Jews were sent to Concentration Camps where theywere subjected to slave labour (many died from exhaustion ordisease) or sent to gas chambers at extermination camps. Of these nine million approx. two thirds were killed. (MORE)

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The Holocaust refers specifically to the Nazi genocide of the Jews. This is generally dated as 1941 to 1945 and took place in World War 2. Of course, before the start of the …Holocaust, the Jews in Nazi Germany and later also in other areas under German control were persecuted and killed, but is not the same thing as routine killings, which are the hallmark of genocide. Routine mass gassings began at Chelmno on December 8, 1941, but the mobile killing units (SD-Einsatzgruppen) went on their first routine killing spree in Kaunas, Lithuania on June 25,1941. Further administrative details of Holocaust were worked out at the Wannsee Conference on 20 January 1942. (The actual 'conference' lasted only 90 minutes and was mainly concerned with co-ordinating the activities of the various agencies involved. Apart from a brief discussion of what to do about half-Jews and quarter-Jews, the meeting was not concerned with matters of policy). The Holocaust was over by May 9, 1945, when Stutthof was liberated. Most camps were liberated somewhat earlier. ____ The Holocaust can be said to have begun at many different points, as it refers to a chain of events involving persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany, and culminating in their systematic extermination in Europe. ____ There's timeline at this link: ushmm.org The Holocaust began with repressive measures to strip the wealth from and restrict the liberties of Jews in Germany immediately after the Nazis came to power in 1933. Systematic murder of Jews began in September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. However, the mechanical murder of Jews only truly began with the invasion of Russia in 1941. Some modification of the murder policy was implemented in 1943 when the tide of war went against Germany and more emphasis was placed on working Jews to death rather than by gassing and mass shooting. Tragically, the murder continued right up to the final days of war in 1945 when Jews were forced onto death marches from the camps back into Germany. ____ If you are going to take the start of the Holocaust back to 1933, the term is redundant and you might as well just talk about persecution. What made Nazi persecution of the Jews and 'gypsies' different from most persecutions was genocide. That began in 1941, not 1933. (MORE)

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Basic when and where of the Holocaust Timespan of genocide (mass murder): 1941-1945. Locations: in Nazi occupied Europe. The extermination camps were nearly all in… Nazi occupied Poland. Mass open air shootings of Jews began in June and July 1941 behind German lines in Lithuania, eastern Poland, Belarus, Latvia and the Ukraine (in the then Soviet Union). Obviously, persecution, oppression and enforced ghettoization had started earlier and had already taken their toll.Routine (as opposed to experimental) gassings of Jews began on 8 December 1941 at Chelmno.The extermination camps - Auschwitz II (Birkenau), Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor and Treblinka - were all situated in Nazi-occupied Poland.The Holocaust affected Jews throughout Nazi controlled territory between 1941 and 1945.The Holocaust took place in Germany and German-occupied Europe. It was not confined to any particular town or city.Two of Germany's allies - Romania and Croatia - carried out their own holocausts.The Holocaust ended in May 1945, but some camps and some areas were liberated earlier. Start of the Holocaust The Holocaust refers to genocide. Persecution and pogroms by the Nazis prior to the mass killings that started in 1941 do not have the obvious uniqueness of the Holocaust in the more precise sense. Even the events of the Night of the Broken Glass (Kristallnacht) - a massive pogrom - seem to have been designed to bully Jews in Germany into leaving the country. (One might regard the events of 1938-41 as a 'prelude' to the Holocaust). Mass killings of Jews began in June 1941 as the death squads (SD-Einsatzgruppen) that followed the German armies into the Soviet Union began to operate behind the German lines. The deportation of Jews from Berlin to Theresienstadt, to Riga (Latvia) and Maly Trostenets (Minsk, Belarus) started on 15 October 1941. Riga in Latvia and Maly Trostenets soon became a vast killing field for deported Berlin Jews. The first large scale gassings took place at Chelmno on 8 December 1941. Further administrative details of Holocaust were worked out at the Wannsee Conference on 20 January 1942. (The actual 'conference' lasted only 90 minutes and was mainly concerned with co-ordinating the activities of the various agencies involved. Apart from a brief discussion of what to do about half-Jews and quarter-Jews, the meeting was not concerned with matters of policy). There's timeline at this link: ushmm.org Location of the Holocaust The Holocaust did not happen in any one place. Everywhere the Germans conquered they exterminated the Jewish population and any other 'undersireables'. In the Soviet Union and parts of eastern Poland there were large scale mass executions throughout Nazi held territory. The extermination camps were nearly all in Poland. The killings took place in: 1. Mass open air shootings (especially in the Soviet Union) 2. Exceptionally harsh concentration camps, where the prisoners were literally worked to death: they had to do heavy manual labour (such as quarrying and mining) on insufficient food. 3. Extermination camps, mainly located in Poland: Auschwitz-BirkenauBelzecChelmnoMajdanek (used mainly as a back-up)SobiborTreblinka The above camps were all in Poland. In addition, Maly Trostenets in Belarus is generally regarded as an extermination camp. In Poland, Jews were herded into ghettos (such as the Warsaw Ghetto and the Lodz Ghetto) and given grossly insufficient food and not allowed medication. Many died of stavation and disease. Two of Germany's allies, Romania and Croatia, carried out their own national holocausts. Here is more input: In my opinion, the Holocaust happened in every town, every house, every heart that knew what was happening and did nothing. Most of the killing was done in Eastern Europe, as the previous post mentioned, especially Poland and Russia. But other countries all over Europe participated, shipping out their Jewish populations, out of fear or to get rid of undesirable peoples. Some of Germany's allies, such as Croatia and Romania conducted their own holocausts. As countries began closing their borders to Jewish refugees, including the US, they contributed indirectly to the death toll in the camps. End of the Holocaust The short answer: the Holocaust ended in 1945. Here are some longer answers: The holocaust ended in 1945 when World War 2 was about to end.The holocaust ended in specific places when the Allies liberated the camps in 1944-1945. The holocaust did not end completely till the end of WWII in Europe and the surrender of all German troops.The Holocaust ended a few days after Hitler committed suicide in 1945. However, even when camps were liberated the death rate from disease remained high for several weeks. (MORE)

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Who was at the Holocaust?

1. Let's rephrase the Question. The Holocaust was an event, not a place. 2. Behind the whole scheme was the Nazi's, or sometimes refered to as the German Workers' P… (MORE)

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When and what was the Holocaust?

The holocaust official began on the night called Kristallnacht. There were also rules that lead up to this day forbidding Jews or some certain rights. In the end the holocuast… (MORE)

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What did they have to do with the Holocaust?

everything, it could not have happened without them. ____ I wonder who the 'they' in the question refers to ... As it stands the question is meaningless.

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What was and when was the Holocaust?

The Holocaust was the murder of 6 million European Jews, and 5 million Gentiles during World War 2. It started in 1941 and ended when world war 2 ended. The start date and e… (MORE)

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What can you do about the Holocaust?

absolutely nothing. the holocaust is done and over with, so we don't need to worry about it now

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Who was there in the Holocaust?

Any Jews and Non germany aryan people who was Born atleast 15-16 years before the holocaust.

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What was the Holocaust was?

The Holocaust was the systematic mass murder of Jews and other 'inferiors' during World War II. Jews were rounded up, transported to camps, and worked to death or killed.