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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 did the Germans first call the concentration camps?
The term concentration camp (Konzentrationslager) was used already in March 1933.
What does the purple triangle patch stand for in the history of the Jehovah's Witnesses?
The purple triangle was the patch or emblem that Hitler required Jehovah's Witnesses to wear in the concentration camps. Hitler had different patches that he made the prisoners wear according to their identity, such as the star shaped patch that the Jews had to wear.
Why Hitler chose the purple upside-down triangle, I do not know, but he did have an especially strong hatred for Jehova's Witneses. He boldly anounced in a speech that he would completely wipe out the Witnesses in Germany. They refused to raise arms against their fellow man and Hitler could not break their integrity.
What does the rusty spoon symbolize in the book Night?
The rusty spoon didn't really symbolize anything, it was just the tool someone used to remove Elie's gold crown, if it had to symbolize something then it would symbolize the Germans taking away all of the Jew's valuables and possessions
What did the SS do at Auschwitz?
The ss tortured and starved The Jewish people to death. Hence death camps. It was Genecide is the most horrific sense. they did genetic testing on them. They separated family members to break them down. All the while the Jewish people kept their faith in G-D. So in a basic term they tested their faith and made me appreciated my elders that much more.
What were two concentration camps established by the gestapo?
If you mean Gestapo in the literal sense of the Nazi political police, they established only one camp, Columbia-Haus, Berlin. (It was tucked away near Tempelhof Airport). It was fire and foremost an intensive interrogation centre.
If you mean Gestapo in the broad sens of Nazi terror apparatus, then have a look at the list in the links.
Where were the camps in the holocoast?
There were many concentration camps all over Europe, but most were concentrated in Poland, Germany and around Yugoslavia. The six extermination camps were all located in Poland, those being Chelmno, Treblinka, Sobibor, Auschwitz, Maidanek and Belzec.
How did the Jews feel about the yellow star?
they really didnt like it and some didnt wear it on their arm
How many Jews were killed outside of the Nazi Concentration Camps during the Holocaust?
It's quite hard to tell because of many things, which are:
-Jews were killed sometimes at random by Nazis or SS Soldiers
- Some Jews avoided the Concentration Camps and haven't been noticed
- Jews could of been killed during battle.
Another words, Jews could have died either by the Allies, Axis or by a natural cause like death of old ages.
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The question is not about Jews who were killed as members of the armed forces. A commonly quoted figure for Jews slaughtered in mass open-air killings and who perished in ghettos is about 1.7 million.
What was the Nazi political strategy for the yellow star?
There was not much of a strategy, they made it mandatory to wear it by law.
How do Kristallnacht and the Holocaust relate?
Kristallnacht was a part of the Holocaust and was a part of the destruction of Jewish economy and society. The cost of the damage caused by the night of the broken glass was charged against the Jewish population.
AnswerThe Kristallnacht (9-10 November 1938) marked a very drastic intensification of the Nazis' campaign against the Jews in Germany (and Austria). The aim was to make life so difficult for Jews still in Germany that they would leave. At that stage, there was no genocide. That started in 1941.
It is called the scorched earth policy. It prevents an enemy from using resources for their own gain.
What is Hitler's reason for deporting Jews?
Because he needed someone to blame after Germany's economic downfall (see Related Link for more info), and the Jews fit the bill. The Germans as a whole had hated them for centuries.
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"The Germans as a whole had hated them for centuries." That is the Goldhagen line, that no Holocaust historian accepts. Internationally, Jewish organizations thought of Germany as a safe country until 1933, and were vastly more worried about the position of the Jews in Poland, Hungary and Romania. Most of the German Jews were caught completely unawares by the dramatic change in their position ... Almost none had made any practical arrangements to leave the country and many had immense difficulty understanding what was happening to them.
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Christians in 16th century Germany - under the 'guidance' of priest Martin Luther - persecuted the Jews, as they considered them the true killers of Jesus Christ. That proves to me that Germany in general was less than accepting of Jewish persons, even before der Fuhrer became Chancellor.
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But there is a jump of nearly 400 years! In the period c. 1850-1930 were German Jews groaning under oppression'? Don't think so ... On the whole, they were flourishing and they weren't leaving Germany in large numbers.
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It is a website which gives information, history and statistics of autos and vehicles. It also arranges clubs events mainly related to vehicles. One can also add their dealership to this website.
Where did the remains of the dead Jews go to from the Holocaust?
If you're asking about their remains then the bodies were dumped into mass graves and they ashes were simply disposed of anywhere they could put them.
Does somebody know anything about Jena Dora mittelbau concentration camp in germany?
Scheisshaus Luck by Pierre Berg is for sale on Amazon and will tell you a lot more about this particular camp (which was actually classed as a sub-camp of Dachau I believe). There is also another good book, called Dora, written shortly after the war by an English survivor, I think. I cannot recall the author's name and seems it may be out of print now. There are also numerous TV documentaries dealing with the subject of the US/Russian race to find Nazi nuclear scientists. The commander of Dora was one of these and lived the remainder of his life in the US, employed by the state. Many of the prisoners lived permanently in the huge underground tunnel at Dora which they were forced to dig and cement by hand. No running water or toilets were provided. The rest quarried rock outside. The death rate was higher than many other camps, due to the addition of cement-induced lung, eye and skin diseases as well as ill-treatment and malnutrition. I believe the tunnel ws built for the purpose of creating 'heavy water' and beating the US in the race to create the bomb to win the war. The inmates of the camp did not seem to have any knowledge of this at the time, although they were aware it was top secret. Geographically, the Dora site has no connection with the city of Jena as it is a good distance away.
Why did the inmates have to go on the death march?
1. To move them, if the camp they were in originally was near the advancing Americans or Soviets.
2. It would kill a lot of them, so there would be less survivors to tell the world about the atrocities performed to them.
How many non-jewish civilians were killed in the Holocaust?
Right now, it is a estimate of five-million non-Jewish civilians that were killed in the Holocaust. People are searching for further evidence to determine a better estimate of how many was really killed, but the real number will never be known.
What is the modern meaning for the word Holocaust?
Holocaust is an act of mass destruction of human life.
An example of a holocaust is the mass murder of Jews under Hitlers Nazi regime.
Did medieval towns exclude Jews?
Some did, others did not.
A pattern developed with Jews. Local leaders, and even kings, often invited Jews into their areas because they could see the benefits of having very educated people with mercantile skills, medical knowledge, and so on. The earliest ghettos were set up to give the Jewish populations places where they could be protected in case the local Christian populations became too hostile. After a while the wealthy and powerful people who controlled whatever political system was in place found they were in debt, and when that happened they blamed the Jews for something, confiscated their wealth with the help of local people who were also in debt, and kicked them out. (I write this as a Christian.)
But clearly there were places where Jews were welcome. They were invited into Russia, as long as they did not go too far into Russia, which is why there were so many in Poland, and as I recall they were always or nearly always welcome in Holland.
How did Anne's life represent the Jewish experience during the Holocaust?
Anne's life give a very, very limited representation of the Jewish experience during the Holocaust.
It is the viewpoint of a young girl - therefore a small section of ages and one sex. She never had the worries that parents did, she was shielded.
It is of someone in Holland - the situation in the east was far worse than in the west and there were far fewer Jews in Holland than in Poland.
We only have her account from her hiding, not from her other experiences.
