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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 were Bergen Belsen Auschwitz and Mauthausen?
The were concentration camps built by the Nazis in WW 2.
What event started the Rwandan Genocide?
the hutus wanted more political power and at the time the tutsi were president at the time and the hutus were resentful
What is the French town where all the inhabitants were murdered by the Nazis in a church?
The village is called Oradour sur Glane. The entire village is a monument to the massacre that took place there on June 10th 1944. 642 men, women and children died in the massacre.
Did Heinrich Himmler kill only Jews?
Victims of the holocaust were not only Jews; other persecuted groups were homosexuals, communists, Gypsies, and Jehovah's Witnesses.
Who was the Holocaust directed by?
Adolf Hitler directed the Holocaust. The concentration camps were directed by Heinrich Himmler.
Concentration camps first came into widespread use during the?
During the efforts of the Italians to put down Arab revolts in Lybia in 1922.
This military unit helped rescue Europe?
In WW2, the U.S. Army, US Army Air Corps, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Merchant Marine were all instrumental in defeating Nazi Germany, while the U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy were the leading forces in defeating Japan.
How many political prisoners died during the Holocaust?
Around 200,000 political prisoners were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.
What did the allies do when they entered concentration camps?
On entering camps the Allies had to: # Disarm any remaining guards and take them prisoner. # Take immediate steps to prevent the spread of any dangerous infectious diseases. # Give appropriate food and medical care to surviving inmates.
In the context of the Holocaust, fiery furnaces refers to the crematoria (used to burn the victims' corpses).
Josef Mengele was a Bavarian born Physician who committed atrocious, grotesque medical experiments on Jews in concentration camps, but he was not a Jew himself.
What are some difficulties of celebrating Holocaust?
Celebrating it would open a whole can of worms. Would anyone really think it in good taste to celebrate the systematic wiping out of over 6 million people? Well yes, they would, but those people are, thankfully, in a hateful minority.
Commemorating, however, is completely different, though it can be tricky to get the tone right.
What was the reaction of the U.S. State Department toward the Holocaust?
Until 1944 the US government didn't want to know about the Holocaust.
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There are a few books on this, including The Abandonment Of The Jews: America and the Holocaust, by David S. Wyman and
Saving the Jews: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Holocaust
by Robert N. Rosen
It was very complex issue and a lot of denial about whether the Jews were actually being exterminated.
Did the Holocaust ever travel to Darmstadt Germany?
The Holocaust affected Jews throughout Germany and German-occupied Europe. It didn't need to 'travel'. Instead the German Jews, including those living in Darmstadt, were transported to extermination camps and killing fields in Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe.
What effect did newspaper newsreels editorial cartoons and radio have during the holocaust?
they made people love hitler
