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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 Nazi Concentration Camp had the fewest deaths?
If one takes the term concentration camp in a general sense (and includes extermination camps) these had only two known survivors each:
- Belzec (total killed 434,508)
- Chelmno (total killed at least 152,000)
Maly Trostinets (near Minsk) had no known survivors at all, not even one.
Did Hitler mean to kill the Jews?
Yes. Six million people don't get moved around Europe and gassed or shot by accident or in some 'excess' by Himmler and the SS. Moreover, Hitler had ranted and raved like crazy against the Jews ever since he started speaking in the seedy beer halls of Bavaria.
When was Heydrich's final solution revealed?
You seem to be conflating two separate incidents.
The plan for the "Final Solution" was proposed by Reinhard Heydrich, who was the head of the "Reich Main Security Office", which controlled most of Germany's police agencies. Heinrich Himmler was the head of the Schutzstaffel ("Protection Staff") or SS, which controlled all of Germany's security agencies, making him Heydrich's superior. They're two totally separate people.
Heydrich proposed the Final Solution at a conference on January 20, 1942 at a hotel in Wannsee, which is a suburb of Berlin, Germany. In his speech, Heydrich laid out his plans for wiping out the Jews while claiming they were being resettled elsewhere. The conference was a gathering of high ranking security and police officials, and was an attempt to get them all to work together to carry out the Holocaust.
Early in October 1943, Himmler gave two speeches to German officials while in the city of Poznan, Poland. In these "Posen speeches" (Posen is the German name for Poznan), he made it clear that the Nazi government was definitely trying to exterminate Jews. It was unusual because Nazi leaders didn't usually talk openly about the Holocaust- they would use vague terms like "final solution". The Posen speeches were the first time a very high-ranking Nazi stated with total certainty that the Nazis were killing Jews.
By that point, Germany had suffered some major defeats at places like Stalingrad and Kursk, Italy had been invaded and switched sides, and it seemed that Germany was losing the war. Allied leaders had started to find out about the Holocaust, and President Roosevelt had announced that Nazi leaders would be put on trial for their crimes. Himmler's speech made all Nazi officials fully aware of the Holocaust, so after the war, they couldn't claim they were innocent because they didn't know about it. This way, Himmler was trying to cause Germans to fight harder to win the war, because they'd be (presumably) executed if they lost or surrendered.
What are the different ways people died during the holocaust?
People died of starvation. They could of been shot or hanged. They were taken to the gas chambers. They would become sick and die. Also the SS would go into where they kept the sick prisoners and inject them with something that made them die. They did not have medicine or very good hygene. Since there was no heat sickness spread. That killed people. Some were trampled over in death marches. I am sure there are other ways too.
Round Rupert
What was the treatment of Jews like in France World War 2?
Jews were forced out of France, as well as much of Europe. Nobody wanted them during that time. Did you know that refugee Jews were even denied sanctuary by The United States? --- Someofficials in France did their utmost to avoid handing over Jews who had been born French citizens. The survival rate for French Jews was significantly higher than for some other countries, such as the Netherlands.
When world war ii began the polish Jews were forced to move into?
At that time they were encouraged to move into the cities, but in particular they had to move to a region called 'General Government'.
Why were many Jews afraid to go home after surviving a concentration camp?
Many victims of the Holocaust thought they were going to be deported to work camps to be used as slave labour. Some guessed what was really going to happen, but there was little they could do to resist the Nazis.
Why did Josef Mengele torture so many people?
Josef Mengele did experiments on how to best kill people and he used the Jews and other prisoners at Auschwitz. He also did things like measure skulls of the Jews, timed how long it took to freeze to death. For gruesome details read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
Did Albert Einstein move to America because of the Holocaust?
Albert Einstein left Germany for Belgium in 1933. While out of the country, he heard about the upcoming Jewish boycott, and so decided not to return. Naturally, there was no way to predict the upcoming holocaust, but he did see that Germany was going into a dangerous direction. The Associated Press reported on April 1st, 1933 that his home was raided and his daughter, still in Germany at the time, had been mistreated.
Old answers:
No, Einstein left Germany before the holocaust.
He went back to Germany, during the holocaust and helped 200 Jews escape to America. So no, he was not forced to leave because of the holocaust. He left before any of that was happening.
He went to visit America when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, and decided not to go back for a while.
When and why were people forced on death marches at Auschwitz?
In November of 1944, in the face of the approaching allied Red Army, Himmler ordered gassings to stop and for a "clean-up" operation to be put in place in order to conceal traces of the mass murder and other crimes that they had committed. The Nazi's destroyed documents and dismantled, burned down or blew up the vast majority of buildings.
The orders for the final evacuation and liquidation of the camp were issued in mid-January 1945. The Germans left behind in the main Auschwitz camp, Birkenau and in Monowitz about 7,000 sick or incapacitated who they did not expect would live for long; the rest, approximately 58,000 people, were evacuated by foot into the depths of the Third Reich.
Those prisoners capable, began forcibly marching at the moment when Soviet soldiers were liberating Cracow, some 60 kilometers from the camp. In marching columns escorted by heavily armed SS guards, these 58,000 men and women prisoners were led out of Auschwitz from January 17-21. Many prisoners lost their lives during this tragic evacuation, known as the "Death March."
Why did an event as horrifying as the holocaust able to occur?
The Holocaust event could occur because sadly there are evil people in our world,who gain their power simply and only by vote or election (such as Hitler) Unfortunately,too many governments are too weak to take action against such evil rulers. Many governments state these events are wrong and unjust, yet do little if not nothing to stop it.Also,back then technology was not a major role in the everyday lives of the people and also was not quite affordable. It was fairly difficult to send out and get across the message of the Holocaust and the killing of millions of innocent jews to other countries and the world. This event was an extremely important yet terrifying part in history, that should have been stopped.
What was Mr Frank's occupation in Anne Frank?
She was thirteen years old. She was a student and would have been starting the Dutch equivalent of the 7th Grade.Also she was a posthumously published writer if that helps you any.
What years did Heinrich Himmler serve in the SS?
heinrich himmler serve in his house with his family and...
How did the holocaust effect the human rights?
The Holocaust is an example of extreme violation of human rights. Human rights laws strive to ensure that such a situation will never occur again.
How many Americans died in training camps compared to those killed in battle in Cuba?
about 11,000 people
What articles of the universal declaration of human rights were violated during the holocaust?
Because 9 million innocent people were killed
Who is Josef Mengele - holocaust?
Doctor Josef Mengele was a notorious doctor at Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was so notorious for human medical experiments, that he earned the nickname, "Angel of Death," or "Beautiful Devil."
He earned his anthropological doctrate from the University of Munich, and his medicinal doctorate from Frankfurt University. He was wounded in battle in 1942, and was then declared medically unfit for battle. He managed to remain incognito after the war, and was one of the most hunted Nazi war criminals.
Josef Megele passed away on February 7, 1979. He accidentaly drowned after having a stroke while swimming in the sea off the coast of Buenos Aires.
Before his death, he managed to get in tight with other former-Nazis that had fled to Buenos Aires, such as Adolf Eichmann and Hans-Ulrich Rudel.
What is the theme of the novel Anne Frank and you?
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl the age of 13 when her family had to go into hiding after being given a notice to go to a work camp. The book is a true story that she wrote when in hiding.
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Her book is a diary and I don't think it has a 'concept'.
How were people beaten during the Holocaust?
Hitler, who ever he didnt like, was sent to reconsontration camps, usually they were sent to the "showers" or just shot. Well there were Jews, Gypies, and Communist Officals all in these camps because Hitler blamed all the ecomic troubles on them.
Why did the US keep the Japanese in concentration camps?
It was feared that Japanese Americans would be more loyal to Japan, which was at war with the US during WW II, than they were to the US in which they lived. This was very unfair to the Japanese who had done nothing to demonstrate disloyalty to America, and the wartime internment of the Japanese remains a shameful blot on American history.
Why did Over 6 million people lost their lives in the holocaust?
The best answer is a quote from one who survived:
'There is no why'.
Why the Romans did not persecute the Jews?
The Romans were tolerant of all religions as long as they did not pose a revolutionary threat. They recognised that the gods were the same, just with different names. When Pompey captured Jerusalem, he immediately went up to the temple and sacrificed to the god, recognising that Jupiter=Zeus=Jehovah. It was only when religions became a threat to stability that they intervened - savagely - to eliminate the threat. They did it with the Bacchanalians, they did it with Christianity with its private meetings with eating human flesh and drinking human blood, and Jews staging a series of serious revolts.
What happened during Kristallnacht on November 9th 1938?
The kristallnact aka Night of the Broken glass in 1938 was a pogrom series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on 9-10 November 1938, carried out by SA Stormtroopers and civilians. German authorities looked on without intervening.
The attacks left the streets covered with broken glass from the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues.
