0
Holocaust
The genocide of approximately 6 million European Jews during World War II planned by Adolf Hitler.
11,094 Questions
How did the Jews feel about the Germans at the beginning of the war?
if one were to generalise, one would say that they feared them.
How long did death camps operate?
Just before the Allies arrived to liberate the camps, the Nazis would force prisoners on a so-called "Death March". During these marches, prisoners would be forced to walk until they succumbed to the elements, starved to death, or were randomly shot by a guard.
Some of the camps ran right up until the day they were liberated by the Allies.
What did Hitler claim would be the final solution to the Jewish problem?
The Final solution was to send all the Jews to concentration camps to be forced to do hard labor. Then they where gased, shoot, and they where even burned in a huge oven like thing. They chose this as the Final solution because Hitler blamed the Jews for all the economic, evil, war and worldly problems. (His scape goat). He also wanted to create a superior race of blonde hair, blue eyes, and white. If they did not meet his requirments they were lowly scum and he would remove them. Around 6 million Jews were killed.
What were concentration camps and what happend ther?
There were Klooga,Vaivara,Treblinka,Sobibor,Chelmno,Belzec,Majdanek,Auschwitz,Plaszow,Neuengamme,Stutthof,Bergen-Belsen,Ravensbruck,Gross Rosen, Sachsenhausen,Mittelbau Dora,Flossenberg,Dachau,Buchenwald,Natzweiler,Mauthausen,Gospic,Jasenovac,and Sajmiste. I'm sure there are probably more but these were the known camps and were the worst there probably could be.
Hitler did not hate them when he was young ,many great Historians assumed its all happened when he was in 1st war,He was among the Heroes for Germany in WW1,after being awarded medal by medal he was very furious when Germany surrender to France late 1915 not to mentioned he was on the winning side,Germany has no relevant reason for surrender unless there are somebody's inside works.
So,Hitler claimed the Jews has stabbed Germany form behind,their great agenda and willing to do anything for their profit,that's why Hitler hate Jews damn much and put no trust on them anymore and that was also explained why he chased all the Jews out from Germany.Besides,he believes Jews is the caused of The Great War.
*You might heard a lot of people said Hitler is hating Jews because the doctor who treated his mom and rejecting his fine artworks ,this is totally trash and no facts at all.Just side-stories.
Did the Russian revolution lead to the Holocaust?
No, nobody 'took over' or invaded Germany to 'end the holocaust'. (I wonder if you are confusing the Holocaust with World War 2). In June 1941, the Soviet Union was attacked by Germany - and ultimately lost. The Soviet forces took Berlin in April-May 1945 and advanced even further west.
What is a unique project you can do about the holocaust?
The question is meaningless until one knows at what level and which subject are you doing. Do read German, Polish, Hebrew or any other relevant language, there are not many sources in English and if you are relying on someone's translation then it is going to be harder to be unique. Are you able to visit the archives in Germany or Poland or Israel, if you are using other people's texts, then again it will be harder to come up with a unique project.
Why did Denmark protect its Jews?
because they were one of the only two countries where their Gentile neighbours stood up for them against the Nazis
How were the franks discovered during the Holocaust?
No one really knows for sure, someone told the Nazis about their hiding place.
I think :)
Where did the Armenian genocide take place?
That took place in Turkey.
The Armenian Genocide took place in Armenia and around Southeastern Europe killing over 60% of the Armenian population.
What did Anne Frank eat during the Holocaust?
She have regular meals with her family. Food was sneak into their place by their Dutch sponsor. After being arrested, Anne Frank died from the disease called Typhus Epidemic .In fact 17,000 prisoners including Margot , Annes sister died from this disease . A few days later sadly Anne died also from the disease .
What happened on kristallbacht or the night of the broken glass?
Kristallnacht (German for: "Night of the Broken Glass"), was when the Shutzstaffel (SS) and the Sturmabteilung (SA) went to Jewish shops and businesses in Germany and vandalized them. They murdered Jews and took many of them away. Even the Polizei (German Police) approved of these actions. Some civilians even took part.
How did concentration camps affect society?
The Holocaust is still going on so the people of today didn't change much about the Holocaust it is still happening all around us, but it still changed some things. The fact that it mostly have stopped it still is going on in Iraq.
How many Jews were killed in Romania?
Wikipedia gives an estimate of 280,000-380,000. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Romania#The_Holocaust Note that during World War 2 Romania's border were different from those before and after the war. It did not include much of Transylvania, which had been transferred to Hungary, but did include modern Moldova and a small part of the Ukraine. Romania had a reputation for vicious antisemitism and the country carried out its own national Holocaust.
What were the Jewish peoples feelings during world war 2?
Jews were not happy to be classified as vermin and hunted like rats, degraded and tortured and murdered for the crime of being Jewish. This was deeply resented, and is still resented to this day. (Resented is the nicest word used to describe this feeling.)
What were the concentration camp guards called?
Nazi
__________________
Most of them were members of the SS, either from the 'Death's Head' Battalion or from one of the foreign battalions.
There was no special name, they would be called by 'rank, surname'.
From about 1880-1914 (and slightly earlier) often in order to get away from persecution in Tsarist Russia.
From 1933-1939 in order to flee persecution in Germany and later also Austria by the Nazis.
How many people were killed by Hirohito?
Estimates range from 20 million to 30 million for the number of deaths attributed to Hirohito. Many believe he killed 20 million people in China alone. Hirohito was the Emperor of Japan from December 1926 to January 1989.
Where did the Jewish people try to hide in the holocaust?
Cellars, attics, barns, cornfields, anywhere that they thought that they wouldn't be caught by the Nazis.
Answerchildren were usually hid in orphanage and passed as non Jewish children because they were not required to carry any forms of identification with them AnswerSome Jewish people hid in other people's houses even when they were German as some German people wanted to help the Jews.How often were people in concentration camps fed?
Basically three times a day, but what they were fed depended on what type of prisoner they were. For example Jews would only get anything close to food once a day and flavoured water on the other occasions.
What did the Jews lose when taken to concentration camps?
Everything. They were stripped naked and then given clothes to wear. The Nazis even shaved their heads and pulled the gold from their teeth to save the hair and gold for sale. When the concentration camps were liberated, whole box cars were found filled with eyeglasses, boxes full of dentures and dental gold, suitcases, purses, and clothing. Everything that came to the camp with the prisoners was confiscated by the Nazi's.
NO!! The Germans actually were killing Jews in concentration camps. The Germans looked below the Jews and thought of them as peasents. They were basically enemies.
___
Some Germans did help (or try to help) the Jews and in some cases suffered terribly for doing so, for example, Armin T. Wegner and Heinrich Grueber. Both were sent to concentration camps for doing so.
