Holocaust

According to official Nazi figures, 91 Jews were killed on Kristallnacht, historic research has shown that the figure was approximately 400.

The Holocaust was genocide. It an attempt to kill all Jews. It was not some dispute that could have been 'resolved'.

he a persecuted every one that didn't have blond hair and blue eyes

The first answer is a lie; because Hitler himself didn't have blonde hair, but he did have blue eyes. Hitler persecuted the followind during the Holocaust:

The Jews

Homosexuals

Jehovah Witnesses

The Disabled/handicapped

Gypsies

Catholics

Blacks

People that the Nazi Army captured like the English, French, Poles (Polish people).

Hitler did not persecute the Aryans (people who were 100% white). Hitler favored Aryans who were German or had German as their mother tongue or who had blue eyes or blonde hair. Also, the whiter the skin you had the more powerful you were. A very white person who had brown hair and brown eyes would be treated the same as a tan person with blue eyes and blonde hair.

Wear a yellow star, , don't own your own buisness, go work for germany. hand in bikes, no trams or driving, get indoors by eight, do not visit places of entertainment or Chistians...............

Each country had to look to its own before worrying about others, this was a time of greater financial strife than the world had ever known.

If any country were to have accepted unlimited Jews from Germany, they would have to answer why they did not accept Jews from Poland, of which there were two million more and up until 1938 were suffering as bad persecution as in Germany.

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The main reason given was unemployment. There was also some prejudice and it is possible that the British and French governments did not grasp just how desperate the situation was - until too late.

The majority of German Jews had lived in Germany (the German states) for a very long time, were highly assimilated into German society and most of them loved the country deeply ... It turned into a truly tragic love affair for some. For some of the most highly integrated German Jews, especially in places like Berlin (where Jews were quite popular) it was very hard to understand what was really happening. Moreover, one had to have somewhere and something (if possible a job) to go to, and at that time - the Great Depression - most countries were very reluctant to admit many foreigners.

'Cause he wanted to takeover whole Europe.

Jews could not own property, go to schools, write books and Jewish businesses were boycotted. Also, listening to the BBC because it was considered a source of the enemy and could cost you your life

An estimated 25% were under the age of 15.

There is no account of simply beaten to death. There are records of some 6 million being exterminated by many methods, which included euthanasia via Zyklon B gas. Some were beaten, some shot, some died as a result of human medical experiments, and some were starved to death. The National Socialists hated the Jews and were out to exterminate them completely from the face of the earth.... sound familiar?

He certainly did, since he personally approved their construction, and received regular reports on the operations there. At least 4 of the individuals in charge of the genocidal operations were personally awarded medals by Hitler during the war.

The Nazis did their utmost to hush up the Holocaust, so they did not try to explain or justify it. They simply said that the Jews were being 'resettled'. The whole thing was a topic that they did not like talking about publicly.

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To some extent they used their race theories, but for the most part they just got on and did it.

Eva galler was 17 when world war ll started she was in her last year of highschool

The Nuremburg Laws defined who was considered a Jew - to simplify it, if 3 or more of your grandparents were pure blooded Jews, you were considered a Jew. The laws also covered all the possiblities, like if 3 of your grandparents were half-blooded Jews and the 4th was unknown or the 4th was christian.

They prohibited marriage between a Jew and a non-Jew.

They prohibited sexual intercourse between a Jew and a non-Jew

Jews were not considered to be German citizens (they were called "German nationals" as opposed to being "German citizens".

Jews were not permitted to employ female non-Jews younger than 45 years old as domestic employees (maids, cooks, etc)

Jews were prohibited from displaying the Nazi flag and the German flag.

Jewish women were required to adopt "Sara" as their middle name and Jewish men were required to adopt "Israel" as their middle name.

Passports issued to Jews were valid for travel away from Germany but were not valid to return to Germany (which was a blessing in disquise) - "passport" during the Deutschereich weren't just for international travel the way that modern passports are - everyone within Germany was required to have his/her passport with them at all times and needed to show their passports to ride trains.

The holocaust was an atrocity that consisted of the murder of innocent citizens of many countries for various reasons. These reasons consisted of religious, moral and other beliefs. Failing to support and being considered as an enemy of the ruling party of Germany, the Nazi party, during the years 1939-1945. It is claimed that millions of people where killed during this period, exact actual figures are not known.

The SS found that this was the quickest and most efficient way of killing vast numbers of people; it also caused less 'distress' to the SS than a bloodbath. Before it would take 12 SS soldiers to kill one victim of the Holocaust. 6 would aim at the heart, 6 would aim at the brain. This wouldn't even have a 100% success rate. Sometimes they would be left on the ground screaming and writhing in pain but the SS weren't allowed to finish them off. Gas van's were then used. They would drive around and pick up Jews e.t.c. and then release the fumes (CO?) into the back. This failed as it was very slow and painful. People would crowed in the corners furthest away from the fumes resulting in people being crushed to death. The final plan was gas chambers. These were far more efficient as they would kill very quickly and in 100s. They were told to take their clothes off and have a shower - gas came out instead of water. The clothes were then burnt or used. Various SS officers describes gas as "humane" and said they "Could now sleep at night" which seems a bit casual but if you imagine the relief of not having to directly shoot them...

Various sources say 50 people per car. Just for a fiy fact though an actual Holocaust survivor once told me it felt like 100.

Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler ( head of the Waffen-SS ) and sadly, most of the German people. Anti-semitism was pushed in the ugly form of what was called denunciation ( tear-"em down knocking of people) in court cases and so on even in the daily newspapers. The papers would emphasize when Jews ( in full caps) were accused of crimes, suspected of war sabotage etc. the articles did not mince words and were grossly impolite ( the JEW so and so defaulted on the auto maintenance loan) for example- what of the American Idea of Innocent until proven guilty- not so in Nazi Germany. Anti-Semitism had ( admittly forced draft) support from the media.

200 per 10m2

The food provided to the inmates by the Nazis was meager at best. They weren't fed everyday, and when they were, it was usually table scraps from a meal the Nazis had previously enjoyed. Other times, they got stale/molded bread.

If they were really lucky, the inmates would get a thin, watery soup with cabbage, maybe even potatoes.

Most of the time, though, the inmates went hungry, and thousands died of starvation.

Actually, after c. 1700 (or even earlier) the lot of the Jews improved in many European countries, for example, the Netherlands, England and Prussia. this is the question straight from the textbook..haha. well the Netherlands were always Jew friendly at the time, it is not like they improved....just think about it. witch hunting occurred mainly in areas of great religious conflict. so when that died, there was no reason for witch hunting to go down since people were less martyred and paranoid

Well Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, killed themselves but the other relatives of Hitler changed their names and still live in Germany.

Yes, Hitler killed himself and his wife at the same time!

The Final Solution (of the Jewish question).