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Early reports reached the British and US governments from Polish resistance groups late in 1941 but were viewed with skeptism. Further information reached Britain and America in the course of 1942, and in November/December 1942 there was discussion in the press about what might be done.
In 1944 Vrba and Wetzler escaped from Auschwitz largely in order to inform the world. Their report to a leading Slovak Jewish group was sent to the Allies, who received it around mid 1944. This report was more detailed than previous reports. It was taken seriously and thunderous denunciations followed. It reached Britain and the US in June 1944, at the time when these countries were preoccupied with the Normandy landings ... Nevertheless, extracts were broadcast by the BBC on 15 and 20 June.
On 23 July 1944 Soviet forces liberated Majdanek, the first large camp to be freed and invited the Western media to visit it, which they did. On 28 August 1944 a full page article appeared in Life Magazine.
However, it is often said that it was the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau and Mauthausen that really brought the Horror home to the British and American public.
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When was the extermination of Jews discovered by US forces in ww II?
The US government had known since late 1941/early 1942.
What group did the Nazis single out for extermination?
The only groups singled out for extermination rather than enslavement were the Jews and the Romanies ('gypsies'). Please see related question.
What was the goal of the Nazi Holocaust of the Jews?
Extermination!
What was the hollercourse?
Holocaust-extermination of Jews WW2
Where did the Nazis take the Jews for extermination?
They were taken to extermination camps. Please see related question.
The extermination of 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews?
Holocaust.
How many Jews were killed in Malytrostenets extermination camp?
65,000 Jews were killed.
How many Jews were killed at the extermination camps?
Presumably this means the extermination camp at Birkenau - just under a million. (this was an answer when the question read "How many Jews were killed at the extermination camp") To answer the current question: about three and a half million.
How does the final solution compare to the Holocaust?
the final solution is the extermination of jews and the holocaust was the extermination of jews. they were the same thing. the final solution was just a way of saying to killing of jews without really saying.
Why is Hitler bad?
He was the leader of the mass extermination of Jews
What is the word for the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis?
The term is the Holocaust.
Did Judenrat kill Jews?
No, but they were ordered to draw up lists of Jews for deportation to extermination camps ...
