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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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Nuremberg is the biggest city in Franconia (Northern Bavaria). It is on the River Pegnitz and was a prosperous city in the late Middle Ages. It was situated at the point where two major trade routes crossed - one from Frankfurt and the Rhineland to Prague and the other from Lübeck, Hamburg and other ports to southern Germany and the Alps. It includes a splendid castle.
The city was well known for the Guild of Meistersingers. Hans Sachs and Albrecht Dürer are particularly known citizens of the Renaissance period.
In the 20th century the city became notorious for the Nazi party rallies, for the Nuremberg race laws, and it was of course the seat of the International Military Tribunal.
What were the names of children in the Holocaust?
There were many children involved in the Holocaust. For some good, clean books about it, see:
- Survivors: Children of the Holocaust by Allan Zullo
- Hiding to Survive by Maxine B. Rosenberg
For some single stories, a few good ones are:
- Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev
- Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren
How was the buchenwald concentration camp different from Treblinka and Auschwitz?
1. Auschwitz was a combined extermination camp (part of Auschwitz II) and a vast complex of concentration camps with 45 sub-camps. The only other dual purpose camp of this kind was Majdanek, which was much smaller.
2. The Auschwitz group of camps was the biggest and had the highest death toll of all (about 1.15 million dead).
3. Because of its dual role, Auschwitz had more survivors than many other camps. Nearly all the survivors were from Auschwitz I, III and the subcamps.
Some people of the Sonderkommando - that is the group of prisoners forced to cremate the corpses after they had been gassed - also survived. (Belzec and Chelmno, for example, which were 'extermination-only' camps and served noother purpose at all, had only two known survivors each at the end of World War 2).
4. Auschwitz has acquired an iconic status - if that is the right term - over and above that of any other Nazi camp. Before the term the Holocaust came into widespread use in the late 1970s people sometimes referred simply to Auschwitz. It was a kind of short term for the Holocaust.
Now, how far (and in what sense) these things make Auschwitz unique is something you will have to decide.
What was discovered when the concentration camps were liberated?
The Allies found scenes of almost indescribable horror. The ground was covered with corpses and dying prisoners. Other inmates looked like skeletons covered with skin ... An immediate appeal was issued for Allied soldiers and doctors with first hand experience of famine relief.
Were Jews gassed at concentration camps?
At some specific camps, commonly called death camps, or extermination camps, yes. There were two sets of camps, one used carbon monoxide in gas vans, and the other used hydrogen cyanide (Zyclon-B) in gas chambers.
How were black people discriminated against in the US in the 1940's?
They were all put in segregated units and as they went to the Tuskegee institute the people in charge were strict on the trainees and then even after that they were not sent into combat till a lot later in the war.
Did the Final Solution result in the Holocaust?
The final soloution was the term to kill the Jews systematically.
Before that the Nazis were considering deportation to get rid of them, but the war situation made it less efficient to just keep lots of people in concentration camps.
Therefore Heydrich suggested the "final solution" 1942 to "the Jewish problem", which implied construction of death camps for industrial scale murdering.
Holocaust was a kind of burnt offering in the Jewish temple, with total burning.
The word holocaust was in sporadic use in English already at WWII, e.g. in Israel's independence declaration, but became known in the 1970s through a TV-series. The word describes the whole of the genocide of Jews, which also includes mass killings and violent persecution before 1942. The Jews normally use the term sho'ah (catastrophe).
What were the mobile killing units Einsatzgruppen?
They were the Einsatzgruppen (literally 'Action Units') of the SD (Sicherheitsdienst - Security Service) and carried out massacres on a vast scale. mainly in the Soviet Union (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia). They were responsible to Heydrich. In addition, they recruited local volunteers to help them slaughter the Jews. For example, there was a force of over 32,000 Lithuanians, many of whom worked with the Einsatzgruppen far beyond the borders of Lithuania.
There were four Einsatazgruppen (A, B, C and D), each of about 750 men, plus the local volunteers. Incredible as it sounds, three of these four units were commanded by men with doctorates. Otto Rasch, the commander of unit C, even had two doctorates and is sometimes referred to as Dr. Dr. Rasch.
In the early stages of the Holocaust the 'big idea' was to take the killers to the victims. Later (1941-42 on), with the invention and construction of extermination of camps, that was to a large extent reversed and the victims were transported to the killers.
What was the name of the first Nazi Concentration Camp in Germany?
Natzweiler in Alsace, France. It is in a remote, densely forested area. Most concentration camps were in the middle of nowhere, to prevent other countries finding out what was going on.
How many concentration camps did Adolf Hitler have?
what was Hitler's purpose for sending Jews to concentration camps and what is a concentration camp.
Why did roosevelt not help in the holocaust?
Roosevelt did not believe that the United States should intervene in the internal affairs of another country
What was the relationship between the frank family and the van daans family?
Living together in cramped quarters was not easy for the two families, and was even more stressful because they were in fear for their lives. Mrs. van Pels disliked sharing her sheets and dishes, especially after Anne broke one of her plates. Anne wrote in her diary that Mrs. van Pels was a lax housekeeper, leaving leftover food to spoil instead of storing it properly. Mr. van Pels was a chain smoker, and suffered nicotine withdrawal when no cigarettes could be found. This made him edgy and jittery. Mrs. van Pels' flirtatious manner with Mr. Frank upset Mrs. Frank. The van Pels' quarreled frequently and loudly with each other, sometimes turning on Peter. Eventually, the van Pels' were forced to sell some of their possessions, such as Mrs. van Pels' prized fur coat, on the black market. Anne detailed all this in her diary.
What were the particular characteristics of Nazi racial policy?
Well let's see, the Nazis took away all their rights and treated them worse than animals. Then they all got rounded up and shipped off to camps where those that were deemed fit to work in a slave labor force were momentarily spared. Those that weren't fit were murdered. Throughout all this, the killing of a Jew was a perfectly acceptable practice for any reason a German wanted to think of. Pretty much they raped and pillaged any Jewish community they came across. And when they were done with that, they killed scores of them in some of the most efficient means ever created. AND THEN, when it became evident to the most hardened Third Reich leaders that they were going to lose the war, the order came down to kill anyone left in the camps. They referred to it as a "liquidation." And as if it couldn't get worse, they kept detailed records of every single aspect of who they sent where, how they were murdered, who ordered the execution, and whoever peformed it. Conclusion, the Nazis wanted to kill all the Jews.
He was most likely a social or psychopath.
Actually, he was both. He was also an all out fanatic. A powerhungry and mad freak who wanted nothing but total and absolute power.
What impacts did the Nazis' anti-semitic laws had on the Jewish children?
segregation from their friends was the largest. the parents would do their best to shield the children as much as they could, but that was one issue that they could not effect
Where in Europe did the German occupied?
Poland
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
Luxemborg
The Netherlands
France
Why didn't German people stop the holocaust?
The German people were in the dark, so-to-speak, concerning the happenings going on in their country. Once the truth about the death camps got out, 1.) It was very difficult to believe. 2.) People were afraid. 3.) Prejudice fueled the slow pace in which people acted. There were Germans that spoke up, but one must remember the Nazi party took control, and worked in secret. The civilians without the speed at which technology moves today, relied on word of mouth and very badly connected telephones.
The people as a whole did not understand the degree of hatred that human beings are capable of, until it was too late. A hard lesson learned from the chapters of history, let's hope, not to be repeated anytime soon. Educate your children.
Why did Hitler want the Jews to die?
there was little value in only killing some.Hitler killed the Jews for more than one reason. The political reason given was that the Jews were aligned with the Bolshevik revolution in Russia, and were hence Communists. Communists were feared in Germany for not only their brutality but for what, they feared, was a totalitarian state in which there would be little freedom and the German culture and society would be radically changed, and everyone would suffer a lower standard of living. Great exhibitions were given to get that point across.
What happened to Auschwitz after the Soviets liberated it?
Auschwitz I, II and III were liberated by the Soviet Army on 27 January 1945. The remaining prisoners (about 7,500) were nursed back to health, but some were extremely ill and died after being liberated. (The survivors included a baby girl who had been born about 36 hours before the Soviet Army arrived: mother and daughter both lived).
In 1947 the Polish government decided to turn parts of Auschwitz into a museum. The museum is standing and is open to the public.
What group or people helped the Jews escaped the holocaust?
what? People that helped others escape from concentration camps would most likely try to escape themselves with them, but if they didn't go with them nothing would happen......................................if they didn't get caught. If they got caught they's be shot, hung that sort of thing.
What did adolf hitler do when he was a young man?
Hitler lived in Vienna at age 19, trying to get accepted into The Academy of Fine Arts there. He was pretty poor at this time - sometimes going days without food and sleeping on stoops, according to Mein Kampf.
What was Jewish hair used for during the Holocaust?
They lined up in a line and the SS Officers shaved off their hair and threw it in a pile to later be used as some sort of product. (coats, mattresses, pillows, etc.)
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Who ordered the Nazis to kill Jews?
Adolf Hitler did. And he did so very intelligently. When he wanted something done he would say "hmm, wouldn't the world be better if the Jews were all killed" and the upper ranked Nazi's would know that is what he wanted them to do. and why was that smart? because he didnt leave a signed order stating that he was ordering the kills that way he could claim he wasn't ordering them to do the killings. if there is one compliment to give the German's were very proficient.
Hope i helped i am taking a holocaust class in high school Mr.Welker is my teacher and he is a great one.
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