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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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What does 'never in a month of Sundays' mean?

It is just a phrase to say that something is unlikely to happen or not happen for a very long time.

A month of Sundays is a long time. A month is, for basic purposes, 30 days. To come up with 30 sundays, would take 30 weeks, or roughly 7 and 1/2 months.

What is ghetto state of mind?

It means a narrow view, bounded by one's own culture and direct experience of life.

Or inconsiderate and brainless.

How many people died dering the holicast?

the holicast was a time when the stuipid Germans captured the Jews. The Germans served Hitler the leader of the German soldiers. Over 10,000 Jews died during this time.

How many victims does the creature claim with his own hands?

Three: William Frankenstein, Henry Clerval, and Elizabeth Lavenza

Did the Germans invent the ghetto?

No, they didn't invent the ghetto, but they did force the Jews in all occupied territories into ghettos. The origin of the word goes back to Italy in the 1600s. It referred until recently to areas where Jews were forced to live in some European cities until about 1830. More recently the term has been extended to refer to any district where a minority population is concentrated, particularly if they are there due to social, economic or political pressures.

Why was there little resistance to the creation and use of death camps?

If anyone resisted they would have been shot! If anyone resisted they would have been shot!

What is a direct victim?

A direct victim is the actual victim of a situation. If a man is beating his wife, she is the direct victim.

Which countries dislike Canadians?

Probably the country that hates Canadians the most is America. It's this brotherhood rivalry going on, although if you went to both countries without knowing which one you were going to, I doubt you'd see a difference. It's the same. The one difference between the two is a border. Hope I helped!

How old was miep when she got married?

She married Jan Gies, on July 28, 1941, so she was about 32.

Where were they and what was their purpose of the ghetto?

1.The purpose for the ghettos were so that jews. would be kept away from the the other religions

2.So that when the nazis needed to find or search for them they would always be there even for roll call and when they werent there they would search until they found them and they did get caught they would torchure and kill them

What was the Day of Infamy December 7 1941?

Sunday December 7, 1941; the day the Japanese attacked the USA at Pearl Harbor Hawaii.

What is the name of the former central administrative department of the Soviet security service which maintained prisons and labor camps?

Главное Управление Исправительно-Трудовых Лагерей и колоний, or the Glavnoye Upravlyeniye Ispravityel'no-Trudovih Lagyeryey i koloniy. Both are shortened to GULAG (or Gulag). The full title means "Chief Administration of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies".

What color were the Nazi uniforms in the Holocaust?

In both World Wars the German army wore gray, called field gray, "feldgrau". It was a good color for the foggy dark woods of Europe.

green-gray

Did christian houses get searched during the holacost?

christians help people,so they might of hiding jews from the nazis

Christian houses did get searched if someone had informed on the owners, that they might have been hiding Jews.

How did Warsaw ghetto get its name?

The first attempt to set up a ghetto had been made by the SS in November 1939. In mid-November 1940 the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw was sealed off by a high wall. The Nazis did not use the term ghetto, but referred to the area as Jüdischer Wohnbezirk meaning Jewish Quarter.

Why did they put the words work will make you free on the entrance to Auschwitz death camp?

The phrase was taken from Dachau, where it was on the gates. The first kommandant of Auschwitz had served in Dachau previously and thought that it was an appropriate motto.

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The motto was used at all major Nazi concentration camps except Buchenwald. Before the Nazis came to power 'Arbeit macht frei' had been the slogan of the public works programme in the Weimar Republic but it is older than that, going back at least to the 1870s. Previously it had meant something like 'Work [employment] is the key to freedom [emancipation]' but obviously the SS used it as a sick joke.