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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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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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Why did the Nazis carry out the the Holocaust in camps?

The Nazis didn't want to carry out the Holocaust publicly, for example in the street.

What role did the ss officers in the book night?

S.S. stands for Schutzstaffel which in english is protective squad. In the Book Night the S.S. are concentration and deathcamp guards. Not all S.S. soldiers were in concentration/death camps another division the Waffen S.S. was a tactical special forces unit who fought to the death. The Waffen S.S. had their names slandered by the rutheless and vicious S.S. guards. The S.S. are Hitlers protective unit and were very advanced in millitary combat, they were the equivilent to todays Navyseals in world war two except the S.S. was more of a division of the Army and like a special forces of the primary military.

Who used the term holocaust first before using it for killing of Jews?

As far as can be established, the word 'Holocaust' (actually 'a holocaust', not 'the Holocaust') was first used in the (London) News Chronicle in November 1942 to describe the extermination of the Jews.

The word 'genocide' was first used in print in 1944. However, the term Holocaust was not widely used for the Nazi genocide of the Jews till the late 1970s following the broadcast of the TV miniseries with that title. (It is sometimes said the use of the term for the Nazi genocide of the Jews was popularized by Elie Wiesel from the late 1950s on).

Note the term Holocaust does not refer only to murder in death camps, but also to mass open-air shootings (of which there were many in Eastern Europe) and to deliberate starvation in ghettos.

Who were some of people who helped hide Jews from nazi troops?

Many people who helped save Jews from persecution by the Nazis are recognised as "Righteous Among The Nations" by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem. (If you run a wikipedia search on 'righteous among the nations' you will find links to brief biographies).

Some of the best known of these are:

Corrie ten Boom (Netherlands)

Pere Marie-Benoit (France)

Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians

Oskar Schindler (Germany)

Giorgio Perlasca (Italy)

Archbishop Damaskinos (Greece)

Julius Madritsch (Austria)

Prince Konstantin Karadja (Romania)

Per Faye-Hansen (Norway)

Frank Foley (England)

What experiments were done to westerbork prisoners?

Changing eye color resisted hypothermia and injecting animal sperm into women or cutting of male genetalia and lots of sexual related and cruel experiments on Jews especially in the nazi camp Auschwitz

Why did Nazis cremate the bodies of the Jewish victims?

The Nazis found that it was the easiest way of disposing of the corpses of their victims.

What was adolf Hitler's plan called to kill all Jews?

It is generally called the Holocaust (with a capital H). Sometimes it is called by the Hebrew word Shoah. The Nazis themselves referred to it as the Final Solution [of the Jewish Question].

Who were some survivors people during the Holocaust?

About 200,000 Jews survived the Holocaust.

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There's a problem: there is no agreed definition of Holocaust survivor. I believe that the question should be broken down and restated as: How many Jewish Holocaust Concentration Camp Survivors were there in 1945?

How many Jews survived the Holocaust Years, living in European Countries under direct Nazi German control as of 1945?
There isn't an official number for the survivors from the Holocaust, however, we know that its not as many as we would like.
The Holocaust ended in 1945.It is now 2012, so any Holocaust Survivor must be 67+ years old. Normally, young children did not survive in the Concentration camps, and even if they were lucky enough to do so, few would be able to testify to their memories, if they were younger than eight. So any survivors with clear memories of their experience in the concentration camps, should be 75 or older.

The Majority of Holocaust Survivors now live in Israel according to a news story by Associated Press written in January, 2010. The story also said that the majority of Israel's Holocaust survivors suffer from depression. According to a study reported in the article,two thirds of Israel's 220,000 survivors experience some form of distress.There are maybe at most another 40,000 Holocaust survivors in the rest of the world.Now 2 years later, it would probably be less than a quarter of a million due to attrition.

Read more: Discuss:How_many_Jewish_Holocaust_survivors_are_still_alive

Who else was persecuted by the Nazis and why?

As you no doubt know, Hitler persecuted many groups. Hitler was trying to make a "master race," and to do so, he felt that he needed to eradicate any who were deemed by him to be unfit. Jews, Blacks, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, Polish, homosexuals, and any who differed in political ideals than he did were persecuted. There is much information about the Holocaust at the U.S. Holocaust Museum's website at www.ushmm.org Being one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I have studied about Hitler's tirade against the Witnesses. Hitler attempted to stamp out the existence of my fellow Witnesses in Germany. The reason was that JW's all over the world had spoken out against Hitler. In fact, the organization's leaders had publically spoken out against Hitler even at the very beginning of his rise to power in the early 1930's, before the world at large had become aware of his schemes. In Nazi Germany Witnesses refused to perform the "Heil Hitler" salute. The reason, is because the phrase means, "salvation comes from Hitler." Jehovah's Witnesses believe that salvation comes from Jesus Christ. So therefore, they could not salute a man(Hitler) in this way. In the concentration camps, all a Witness had to do to be released, was to say "heil Hitler," and sign a document renouncing their faith. If they did that, they would be released, and would not face possible death in the camp. Only a handful of Witnesses succumbed to this temptation. The overwhelming vast majority refused, and many died for this. There is much more information, as well as personal testimony from survivors at the website I mentioned.

jewish people

What was the wall called in the Holocaust?

there were many walls in the Holocaust, most ghettos had walls around the. But probably the most famous wall was the 'wall of death' situated between block 10 and block 11 in Auschwitz.

What contributions did Anne Frank make to society?

She became an icon of perseverance, bravery, optimism and steadfastness in the face of evil persecution and extreme danger.

Why were they thrown in the concentration camps?

Most of the people sent to the concentration camps and death camps during the Holocaust were Jews. But other groups of individuals sent to the camps included homosexuals, gypsies, political opponents, those who hid and helped Jews, blacks, and resistance workers.

What did the Holocaust do to the Jews?

During the Holocaust,

Jews were captured and sent to death and concentration camps.

At the death camps, Jews were killed.

By shooting, Strangling, Poisen gas(Gas Chamber), and Burning alive.

The Holocaust Killed MILLIONS of Jews.

and only 100 or so Jews survived.

All Jews caught were Starved,beaten ect

What was the event called when Nazi soldiers broke the windows of shops and synagogues in Jewish towns?

There weren't any Jewish towns and it was stormtroopers not soldiers who did it.

It was called Kristallnacht which literally means "Crystal Night" or "Glass Night."

Read more at the link below.

What happened to the Nazis in World War 2 who didn't obey?

Well, one of two things would happen. Either they would be put into a Concentration Camp or they be shot on the shot. Either way you were screwed if you wanted to disobey them. Obviously you can tell they didn't care about anyone.

Why did Mr Frank invite the Van Daans to share the hiding place with them?

Mr. Frank did not decide himself, it was a group vote. Miep Gies approached Mr. Frank about the possibility, and since the Franks and van Pels were already acquainted with Pfeffer, they all agreed.

What were the torture devices during the holocaust?

Mainly existing devices were pressed into service- or stretched out on a rack! As France already had capital punishment by this means- Guillotines were used in Vichy France- in one case an abortionist was executed by this means. There were various forms of inhuman (tests) of gas, chemical warfare equipment, survival gear- by dunking POWs in cold water without survival gear for ( control) or test purposes- unlike Army and Navy Volunteers who would have- say heat- packls in their life vests when ( Dunked) Altitude and decompression chambers were tragically misused by different branches of the services.

How did Eisenhower react when he found the Concentration Camps?

General Eisenhower understood that many people would be unable to comprehend the full scope of this horror. He also understood that any human deeds that were so utterly evil might eventually be challenged or even denied as being literally unbelievable. For these reasons he ordered that all the civilian news media and military combat camera units be required to visit the camps and record their observations in print, pictures and film. As he explained to General Marshall, "I made the visit deliberately, in order to be in a position to give first-hand evidence of these things if ever, in the future, there develops a tendency to charge these allegations merely to 'propaganda.'"

What countries were involved in WWI?

the allies and the central powers were the two 'teams'allies consisted of: great Britain, France, Italy Australia, russia, usa, nz, south Africa, rhodesia, Canada, India, Serbia, belgium, Portugal, china, japan, Romania, montenegro,Greece and Poland however, not all these were there in the beginning. the beginning consisted basically of the first 3 countries listed and Australia came into play to help the mother country great Britain. the central powers were: the German empire, the Austrian/Hungarian empire (hapsberg), turkey (ottoman empire) and Bulgaria.