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Holocaust
The genocide of approximately 6 million European Jews during World War II planned by Adolf Hitler.
11,094 Questions
What is a holocaust word that begins with E?
* Eichmann, SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolph - head of Gestapo
Einsatzgruppen
What happened to the unemployed Jews during the boycott of Jewish businesses?
The boycotts would not have affected them in any way.
How do you pronounce Theresienstadt?
Pronounce somewhat like terr-ay-zian-shtatt with the emphasis on the second syllable.
Did all Jews have to wear a green Star of David to distinguish themselves?
No. The Star of David was yellow, not green. Additionally, they were not used in all Nazi-Occupied Regions, just most of them. (For example, in Denmark, Jews were not forced to wear the Star of David.) However, in countries like Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland, the Yellow Star was mandatory and the Jews were forced to wear them whenever they went into public.
Was the Holocaust a positive or negative effect on the country as a whole?
Negative; millions of people were destroyed.
What was the Nazi land expansion?
It was when the Nazis started expanding outward from Germany and annexing lands such as poland, the lower countries, France, austria, and southeast europe.
An example of violence specifically against the Jews in Germany prior to World War 2?
You may be thinking of the Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) on 9-10 November 1938. Please see the related question.
Urban Dictionary has Ghetto Trash as an individual or group of individuals that dress like thugs & use slang nobody understands. Tries to pick up EVERY woman, especially women who are out of their league. Never succeeds. Gets mad and throws a hissy fit like a 2 year old when rejected. Complains about everything & is disrespectful. Acts like they have money & then never tips at restaurants. Offensive to all, gets offended at things not meant to be offensive (mostly because of a lack of understanding of English).
How long does it to kill Jews in the Holocaust gas chamber?
Usually it took a few minutes from the time the gas was released until the people in the chamber died. The smallest and weakest would die first, and the healthiest would die last; there were even very rare cases where someone might survive the gas chamber, these were either clubbed or shot when found.
Why didn't the Jewish have guns in the Holocaust?
1. Gun ownership was not widespread in Europe at the time.
2. In 1938 German Jews were forbidden to own firearms, but this is a red herring.
Who did the Nazis blame for starting the night of broken glass?
A Polish Jew named Herschel Grynszpan. He assassinated a Nazi politician, and the Nazis used it as reason to attack the Jews - Grynszpan made the Jews look dangerous.
The Nazis retaliated by initiating Kristallnacht - better known as The Night of Broken Glass, where they burned, looted, and destroyed Jewish homes, businesses, and places of worship (synagogues). Over 30,000 Jews were also arrested, and 91 were subsequently killed.
What was the Holocaust mainly directed at?
The holocaust was mainly directed at the annihilation of Jews.
Are there any similarities between the Holocaust and slavery?
A great deal, actually.. and some differences, of course. The practice of slavery, and the program against the Jews (and others) during WWII, are both predicated upon thinking that some races (or classes, or groups) of people are of lesser value than others. To put a low value on a group of people, either for the purpose of forced labor or extermination, is indeed a holocaust. History has provided strong lessons, many times over, that both slavery and genocide are not only evil, but doomed to fail, and to bring to pass the end of the persecutors.
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It has become fashionable to say that the two were similiar in some ways, but it is misleading to compare the two. The main purpose of the Holocaust was genocide, that is to try to kill a whole race. The key purpose of slavery was very cheap (and obedient) labour. During the Holocaust the Nazis used able-bodied adults as cheap labour that could be worked to death. A slave in the literal sense is an asset and no rational owner works a slave to death.
In what city was the Holocaust?
The Holocaust was not localized to one city or even one nation. The victims of the Nazi genocide of WW2 were exterminated in Holland, Poland, Germany, Austria, France, and the Ukraine, but may also not have been limited to these nations.
1932 Germany invaded what country?
In 1932 Germany did not invade any country. In fact, throughout the period 1919-37 Germany did not use force against any foreign country.
In what ways did the squads kill the Jews in public?
The NAZI Death Squads; as they were called killed the Jews in public However they wanted, since they did not get in trouble for killing Jews they could have done whatever they wanted to do. Usually all they did was line them up and execute them by lining them up and shooting them with there rifles, or sometimes shot them on sight.
What impact did ancient and medieval anti-semitism have on the culture of nazi Germany?
an excellent question
firstly the ancient and medieval antisemitism was propelled by the New Testament and by Christian teaching, this was compounded by a superstitious society which was willing to blame the Jews for any hardship.
Nazi Germany tired to identify with the past of Germany, which included such thoughts.
