Why did thee Nazis want to kill large numbers of innocent Jews?
The Nazis took commands from Hitler who wanted Jews all gone. He believed that Jews were "taking over" Germany and gaining too much power. He mostly blamed the Jews for Germany's financial problems after World War I. The Germans believed him because they were desperate for money and needed someone to blame.
What did the German people know about what was happening in the camps?
Many Germans regret the holocaust. But there is still a group of people that believe Hitler was a rightful ruler and the Jews deserved to die. Some even believe it never happened because a) they regret it so much they want to pretend it never happened.
What was the underground during the Holocaust?
it operates by Jews sending codes to other Jews to tell them to come to the underground.(this would happen everyday)
Who owned the building that Ann frank hid in?
the bluiding was the buiness where ann Frank's dad work in
What was the physical size of the Lodz ghetto?
Before they were invaded by the Germans, Krakow was home to 60,000 to 80,000 Jews and served as an influential cultural center. Soon after the invasion, Jews were required to take part in forced labor. By May of 1940, massive deportation of Jews began and only 15,000 workers and their families were left in Krakow.
Nazi tools for identifying Jews?
Jewish people were required to wear a big, bright yellow star of David on the shoulder of their coats. This allowed the Nazis to identify them as Jews.
Did Denmark help Jews get to safety?
Initially Denmark signed a neutrality and nonaggression type of pact. Denmark sincerely believed Germany would leave them alone. The Nazis did invade their country but let the Danes carry on with their own government and lifestyle. Eventually the Nazis showed their true colors. The Danes created and Underground Resistance Network. They smuggled Jews out of the country and fought the Nazis overtly and covertly. They received help from England in their underground efforts.
What is the second largest concentration camp?
Auschwitz-Birkenau is the general term for the network of Nazi concentration and labor camps, established near the Polish city of Oswiecim. Together this complex was the largest of all the Nazi death camps across Europe and could hold upwards of 150,000 inmates at any given time. It was Established in May 1940.
Did the Jews change their religion when Hitler attacked?
There are two major reasons:
1) Irrelevance: Hitler's hatred of Jews was racial, not religious. He classified a person as a Jew if at least one grandparent was a Jew at some point in time. As a result, it would not matter if a Jew left Judaism as concerns Hitler and the Nazis.
2) Personal Integrity: Jews, like people of any other religion, have pride in their origins, religion, and customs. Jews do not just leave Judaism because violence comes their way; they stand their ground as martyrs in defense of the faith in their God.
What rights did the Jews lose in the Holocaust?
they lost the right to own businesses,
the right to stay out late
the right to their own homes
the right to eat any animal products
Nazi Germany was a form of Fascism......
Fascism is a Political theory advocating (In favor of) and Authoritarian (characteristic of absolute leader)Hierarchical government opposed to democracy
Nazism is a Totalitarianism/Fascism type of government featuring racism and expansionism and and obedience to a strong leader in this case Hitler
Why did Hitler lead the Holocaust?
== == By the end of the war, Hitler's policies of territorial conquest and racial subjugation and genocide had brought death and destruction to tens of millions of people, including the genocide of some six million Jews in what is now known as the Holocaust.
What does arithmetic mean in the devil's arithmetic?
The phrase "the devil's arithmetic" comes from a book of the same name by Jane Yolen. The book describes life inside of a death camp during World War II, and the phrase refers to the little things the main character does to avoid being chosen for the gas chamber.
What excuse did the US use to not stopping the holocaust immediately?
Due to the isolated locations of most of the camps, military forces could not reach the death camps immediately.
Did Hitler order the Holocaust?
The Holocaust may not have been officially suggested by Hitler but in the book he wrote while in prison, Mein Kampf, he wrote about the "Jewish peril" - that is, a (supposed) conspiracy of the Jews to gain world leadership to corrupt the world with their ideas. He saw the Jews and other non-Aryan groups as what was bringing down Germany from prosperity and success, so it can be seen that indeed the Holocaust was Hitler's idea.
What were the conditions in the cattle car?
In the cattle cars of the holocaust there were a lot of bad living conditions especially if you Lived far from the camp sometime like for example they would starve to death because if the prisoner had been deported from an area which had been far away from the camp they would starve to death due to how much time it would take to deport to the camp.Also the trains were unsanitary no one could wash hands,get food they had nothing but their clothes and jewlery .
What religions were affected by the Holocaust?
The greatest number (six million) of victims of the Holocaust were the Jews of Europe, but there were also Gypsies, communists, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, the mentally ill, and anyone else whom the Nazis didn't like.
Your grammar is awful. Anyway, I think you meant to ask, "What type of people were victims in the Holocaust?"
Jewish people were the main target of Hitler's extermination, or "genocide."
Gypsies were also targeted.
What does SA mean in Nazi Germany?
== == Historically, SA stood for "Sturmabteilung" which referred to the stormtroopers or brownshirts, the Nazi Party's paramilitary wing, which in 1931-1933 (and again later) beat up opponents of the Nazis in the streets. Originally, the SS was a section of the SA but became fully autonomous in 1934. Since 1945 the abbreviation has been avoided in Germany in non-historical contexts.
How did some europeans show their resistence to nazi persucation of the Jews?
Why did the Nazis decide to separate the men and the women at the concentration camps?
Concentration camps were used to record data about the human body, to eradicate the Jews and other minorities.. They were probably for finding out information about the female body and its differences to the male body.
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Most prison and internment systems separate men and women.
Who guarded the Warsaw ghetto?
They were responsible for shooting anyone who tried to escape. Beyond that, just about any atrocity you can imagine was allowed. German concentration camp guards and other Nazi's were guilty of torture, vivisection, human experimentation, rape, murder and starving their prisoners. Some of their experiments were performed by what is still a well known aspirin manufacturer as they attempted to discover the effects of other drugs. Personally, I do not allow any products from that company in my home.
Why were Jews treated differently to everyone else?
They had to wear the star of David on there clothing.
Where did the Jews sleep at death camps?
most were layed 2-3 people a bunk no matress hay if they where lucky in the "barrack" witch was a horse sable that was going to be or was being used in the war for the soldiers to sleep in it was supposed to hold 250 people but there were as much as 1000 Jews in them. The other people in block 11 after they worked where kicked into "bed" wich was just a floor. That is if they are lucky to live a day if not they would be burned, buried or gased.
Who were some famous Jews who escaped the Nazis?
Once war had broken out, leaving Germany became more difficult. However, Ernst Graefenberg, the gynaecologist later associated with the G-spot, managed to get to the U.S. in 1940. If you really mean the whole period 1933-45, them by far the most famous refugee was Albert Einstein.