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Holocaust
The genocide of approximately 6 million European Jews during World War II planned by Adolf Hitler.
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During World War 2 how did the Nazis kill the Jews?
The Nazis had several methods of slaughtering the Jews that were in concentration camps. Their main goal for this was to kill the inferior race as they called them. Little do they know that in God's eyes they are far superior than any other nation and any nation that goes against them no matter what way, will suffer the wrath of God before he's done with them.
In any case, they were killed any number of ways. If starvation or overwork didn't kill them, then they burned them or gassed or tortured them in various ways and the torture was so horrible that most of them died from it.
Watch the Holocaust or The Hiding Place or The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. They are all movies that show some of what happened to God's chosen people.
How did the Holocaust go unnoticed?
Because the world is ignorant and blind to the horrors of human nature. It is a mistake which will undoubtedly happen again, because, we NEVER learn from mistakes.
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Reports reached London late in 1941, but the British Foreign Office and the US State Department just didn't want to know about it. After all, it would have put them under a moral obligation to try to do something about it.
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The Holocaust was reported in the media in Britain and the US, especially from about November 1942 till mid 1943; and on 17 December 1942 the British government issued a public condemnation on behalf of 13 Allied governments, so it is inaccurate to say that it 'went unnoticed'. Various groups were set up to try to do something about the Holocaust ... Whether and how far this 'registered' with the general public, is another matter.
Britain, france and the other Allies did know the holocaust was going on, But all they did was sent out a poster telling Hitler to stop signed by all the allied leaders. Hitler totaly ingnored it
Why did Hitler locate the death camps outside of Germany?
The death camps were kept outside of Germany because even if the people held there managed to escape somehow, they would have so far to go if they wanted to get back to Germany. As well, the supplies locally outside of Germany were cheaper to help build the camps.
How many Catholics were killed in the Holocaust?
The notion that Catholics were killed systematically in the Holocaust simply for being Catholics is a one of those strange myths. Certainly, a large number of Poles were killed and many of them were Catholics, but there were killed as Poles, not as Catholics. Obviously, some Christians felt bound on religious grounds to oppose the Nazi regime or some of its policies and some of these were killed. However, this position of conscience was not a specifically Catholic peculiarity. There were also Lutheran and Eastern Orthodox martyrs, for example.
Although the Catholic Church was persecuted in the Third Reich, Catholics as a group were not officially targeted by the Nazis merely for practicing the Catholic faith. In fact, a substantial minority of the population of the Third Reich was baptized Catholic, including some members of the Nazi elite. The Nazis did try to systematically undermine the Church's influence and teachings through propaganda and cracked down hard on individual clergymen who dared to criticize the policies of the regime. Members of the clergy who were unwilling to embrace the Nazi state risked arrest for a myriad of violations: refusal to remove religious artifacts from schools; participation in religious processions; political criticism from the pulpit; assistance to public enemies such as Jews; pacifism, etc. Punishment ranged from a few days in jail to internment in a concentration camp to execution. Often, members of the clergy died under ambiguous circumstances while serving a sentence or awaiting trial, with their deaths officially attributed to accident or illness. Catholic laity who were unwilling to submit to Nazi rule faced similar persecution. In the eastern European regions, millions of Poles -- Jews and Catholics alike -- were murdered by the SS and police personnel in the field or in killing centers such as Auschwitz-Birkenau and Treblinka. In the ideology of the Nazis, the Poles were considered an inferior "race." The Germans intended to murder members of the political, cultural and military elite and reduce the remainder of the Polish population to the status of a vast pool of labor for the so-called German master race. It is estimated that between 5 and 5.5 million Polish civilians, including 3 million Polish Jews, died or were killed under Nazi occupation. This figure excludes Polish civilians and military personnel who were killed in military or partisan operations. They number approximately 664,000. SS authorities in the concentration camps did not generally record the religious affiliation of a prisoner, with the exception of the Jehovah's Witnesses. As a result it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to reliably estimate the total number of Catholic victims who were persecuted or killed because of some action or position connected to their Catholic faith. Some data exists regarding the number of Catholic prisoners (especially members of the clergy) in individual camps.
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
It's hard to ascertain exactly, but of the six million Polish people that died in the Holocaust, 3 million were Jews and 3 million were Catholics. 50 000 Catholic priests and religious also. See Related Links below this answer.
Roman Catholics in Greater Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary and most other countries had absolutely nothing to fear provided they did not offend or resist the Nazis. The notion that Roman Catholics were targeted for their religion in the Holocaust is simply untrue. It is largely a myth based almost entirely on non-Jewish Polish victims of the Nazis. The vast majority of these were targeted for being Polish, not on account of their religion. Obviously, some Christians of practically denominations resisted the Nazis on religious grounds, but that is a very different matter.
I provided a link to a page which explains that most of them were targeted because they were Polish.
What was Jewish resistance to the Nuremberg laws?
It was lots of Jews who chose to fight there Nazi oppresors. They did this by fighting with smuggled weapons, spiritual resistance, sabotaging Nazi operations and many other things. They also helped in actual fights between the Allies and Axis in battles. There was the Jewish Brigade in the British Army. There were Jewish Partisans that hid in forests and tried to rescue Jews from the camps like Aushwitz and other camps.
How did families reunite after the Holocaust?
The same way any person deals with the loss of a loved one. They grieved, they remembered, they avenged (in some cases), and they learned. What a horrible event it was! There were a lot of tears.
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No. If he had been Jewish, he would have been sent to the death camps, he would not have risen very high in nazi party ranks of leadership.
What conditions existed that allowed people to inflict such cruelty?
he was a phycotic genious. he was so focused on power that it took over his head. He was a crazy man and sick. He killed 6,000,000 Jews while he was in charge. A mass murderer that's all he was.
What other groups of people were targeted by the nazis and why?
There were many groups targeted by the Nazis, each for their own reason, but fundamentally because the Nazis did not see a place for them in German society.
Different groups were targeted for different levels of persecution at different times.
For example Gypsies were rounded up and experimented on and it was only late into the war that they were targeted for execution. In addition to this different tribes were treated differently and the same tribes were treated differently dependent on which country they were from.
The disabled, especially the mentally disabled were the first to be targeted for execution, this was before the Holocaust. The reason for this was that they were seen as not contributing to society and being a drain on resources.
Jews were the only other group targeted for execution, at first, in 1939 they were segregated and their numbers were so great in small spaces (ghettos) that in 1941 the decision to liquidate the ghettos was taken, in 1942 about three million Jews would be murdered, the decision was then made to unilaterally murder all Jews in occupied Europe.
After Jews the next largest group was Soviet POWs, many of these were Jews themselves and they suffered near similar conditions, but instead of being gassed to death, they were worked to death.
There were also millions of Slav civilians who were worked to death in near slave conditions.
There were also many minor groups who were persecuted for political, social or moral reasons, but none would see persecution on the same scale as those mentioned, these include: trades unionists, communists, homosexuals, Jehovahs Witnesses, 'Swing Kids', habitual criminals and violent criminals.
Are there still concentartion camps?
Though the camps do not serve the same purpose that they did in the war (thank God!), there are many camps that are still standing as memorials to those who lost their lives there and as reminders of the atrocities that took place there so that they may never happen again.
Some of these are:
Auschwitz (Poland)
Mauthausen (Austria)
Treblinka (Poland)
Theresienstadt (Terezin) (Czech Republic)
Buchenwald (Germany)
Dachau (Germany)
Flossenburg (Germany)
Sachsenhausen (Germany)
Stutthof (Poland)
Majdanek (Poland)
Bergen-Belsen (Germany)
Ravensbruck (Germany)
Chelmno (Poland)
These camps existed for various reasons (they were not all extermination camps) and exist currently in various states: some maintain parts of the original camps, some have models, and some are simply memorials at camp sites.
Parts of Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Dachau have been preserved as major museums.
Note. If you are planning to visit any of the former camps listed above it is best to check out beforehand what is actually there. In many cases there is little more than a memorial, while some are large museums.
What were the two ways that victims of the Holocaust were kept prisoner?
Two ways victims of the holocaust preisoners were kept were in the cells where they had to work in order to survive and 2nd they had to sleep with 20 to 30 other people. When the workers were too week or werent able to work were showerd by the gas.
How were the Jewish people stripped of their possessions during the Holocaust?
Valuables were seized by the German government. They were stolen by the Nazi's. Some organizations today are still trying to recover the valuables. After the war some were found and can be seen in museums with Holocaust Exhibits.
How old do you have to be to work at a sleepaway camp?
In order to be responsible for children, in most US states, you must be 18 years or older. There are camp jobs, such as counselor in training or assistant cook, that may be available to younger people. Whether or not these jobs are available depends on the legal requirements and the camp itself.
What are questions to ask students about the Holocaust?
What events happened during the holocaust? Do you think it was right? explain.orWhat does the word 'holocaust' mean? is this a good name for it?orShould places such as Auchvitz still be kept alive or should tey be removed? Explain.
Who were some of the bystanders of the Holocaust?
It's tough to characterize any group in particular as bystanders when so much of the world was involved in the conflict.
It cannot be denied that 'ordinary' people in Germany were powerless to oppose the Nazis treatment of their opponents. That was because the Nazis made it that way: Political Opposition wasn't an option. Indeed Political Opposition simply made you into a victim. Therefore to be a bystander was a means of survival, doing & saying nothing kept you alive. By the same token joining with the Nazis was seen as the only way to prosper.
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Nevertheless, some ordinary Germans did in fact help victims and people in danger, but it took a lot of courage and they had to set about it very cleverly. One can argue that in some Nazi-occupied countries the position was somewhat different, especially where there was a broadly based, popular resistance movement.
What was Dr Mengele's part in the Holocausts?
Some assign him a higher role then he deserves. While his work at Auschwitz-Birkenau earned him the title of Angel of Deathand his violation of the Hippocratic Oath as a Physician can't be condoned, he can be considered a self serving functionary and a Nazi bureaucrat. He managed to convince high placed individuals that his medical experiments were important to the Reich, had a historical value and could only be carried out by him in this environment. It spared him from duty on the Russian front, service that equated to a death sentence. He did make selections on who should live and who should die. Like Eichman, he should have been brought to justice, and by escaping with help from family, church and financial connections, a stain was placed on every post WWII investigative body. Little or no effort was given to his apprehension.
It's worth noting that Ellie Wiesel writes about his fear of Mengele NOT in terms of his famous experiments. Wiesel was more concerned about Mengele's role in selections (based on physical fitness), a job that could be filled by any SS physician.
What type of government was Germany under Adolf Hitler?
Hitler's party was originally called the Nationalist Socialist Party but was nicknamed the Nazis soon after Hitler became the leading figure in the party. Hitler's actual government was a fascist totalitarian dictatorship.
How did Hitler control his nation?
The people liked him because he made them feel proud of their country again (nationalism). He brain washed his people to think that the Jews were the reason they lost World War I. The people believed that he would restore Germany and create jobs (there was very high unemployment at the time, and people just wanted a leader to lead them out of the crisis). If you lived there at the time, you probably would have liked him too, as he was an excellent orator, and promised to restore Germany and dispel the confusion.
How many Jewish people would there be in the world today if it wasn't for Hitler?
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Today it is estimated that there would be approximately 22-24 Million Jews if the Holocaust never happened. Instead there are about 14 million today.
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I don't think it's possible to answer this question, as one would need to make lots of assumptions about birth-rates.
A tune written by Fredrick Chopin. It also refers to the forced march of prisoners of war in Batan, Phillippines and in Germany during WW2. Many prisoners were sick and died or were executed during the prolonged march.
Why did Adolf Hitler invent the Holocaust?
He Took power at a weak time in German history after WW1 and blamed the bad times on Jews and Gays and made the people think that they were better and that the Jews were "imperfections"
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The key point is that Hitler did not "make the Holocaust happen by himself": he had lots of helpers.
How many people did not survived the Holocaust?
Over 1.5 million children were killed during the holocaust, and many more were experimented on. They were put in high and low pressure chambers to test the effects this had on their bodies, they had chemicals injected into their eyes to change their eye colour, they were put in freezing cold water to find a cure for hypothermia, and perhaps worst of all, some twins were sewn together like Siamese twins. Vera Alexander, a Jewish inmate at Auschwitz, looked after 50 sets of Romain twins. He said: "I remember one set of twins in particular: Guido and Ina, aged about four. one day, Mengele took them away. when they returned, they were in a terrible state: they had been sewn together, back to back, like Siamese twins. Their wounds were infected and oozing pus. They screamed day and night. Then their parents - I remember the mother's name was Stella - managed to get some morphine and they killed the children in order to end their suffering."
I cried the first 5 times I read that. How could anyone do that?
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