6,000,000
The effect was that about 6 million Jews lost their lives in the Holocaust and millions more suffered.
The best answer is a quote from one who survived: 'There is no why'.
In most cases they lost everything - their property (including personal possessions), their liberty and their lives.
I think the number is 6 million. 6 million lives lost.
6 million Jews were lost to the Holocaust.
About 6 Million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.
Jews
Poland had the highest population of Jews in the whole of Europe at that time, and consequently lost the most.
(The word holocaust means destruction, especially from a great fire. The metaphor was applied to the capitalized Holocaust, referring to the Nazi extermination of Jews during World War II.)"The family was fortunate that the firemen saved them from the holocaust.""The Holocaust was a an evil and tragic event that took place in the second World War.""His mother lost both of her uncles in the Holocaust."
The only justice for the Jews after World War 2 is that they received part of Palestine as their homeland. For the number of lives lost, there will never be justice.
Around 9 million, counting the Holocaust and many as 3 million casualties.
Poland