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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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How were nazi leaders brought to justice after the Holocaust?
Nazi leaders were not brought to justice during the Holocaust. That is why there was able to be a Holocaust.
The Nazi leaders who survived were brought to trial after the war and the holocaust was ended. This was done by trying them in an international court of law before a panel of judges from the major allied countries.
How did invasions affect the Jewish?
The question is pretty simple. Jews were the ones targeted specifically throughout the Holocaust. When invasions arrived, they were to be rounded up first and sent to ghettos and then transferred to concentration/extermination camps. Life was really hard for them in Europe while Hitler was in control, but they were persecuted and hated centuries ago.
What was the worst thing the Nazi party did to the Jews?
It's hard to pick a particular action, I would normally just go with the massive amount of death, but there are worse things than killing a person.
If we move to things that are arguably worse than death, the worst thing that Nazis did to the Jews was the inhumane "experiments" of Doctor Mengele. A close second and third, in my book, were the Sonderkommando and the Judenraten. The Sonderkommando were Jews who worked in the Nazi Death Camps and were tasked with running the crematoria that burned up the Jews that had just been gassed. Every day, they would see and be forced to support the annihilation of their brethren. The Judenraten were Nazi-Appointed groups of Jews who were to oversee the internal workings of the ghettos and were required to provide the Nazis with lists of Jews to deport from the ghettos to the concentration camps. The type of moral quandaries that creates for a person and the erosion of justice and fairness makes the creation of the Judenrat and its members a unique and sadistic form of torture.
I would also second the atrocities listed by Expert Cassandra Lifesnadir as horrible things done by the Nazis, though I would still argue that Mengele, Sonderkommando, and Judenrat are the three worst things.
What was the name of the group who persecuted jews?
there have been many and varied down through history. Some are:
- Egyptians
- Canaanites
- Assyrians
- Persians - Haman the Agagite the 5th Century BCE vizier of King Ahasuerus
- Babylonians
- The Seleucid Empire
- The Roman Empire
- The people of Granada, 30 December 1066, Granada Massacre.
- Germany, 1096, Count Emicho of Flonheim, First Crusade
- Hungary and France, 1251, The Master of Hungary in the Shepherd's Crusade.
- King Edward I of England, 1290 Edict of Expulsion
- The Shepherd's Crusade of 1320 (more a mob than a led movement)
- Seljuq Turks
- Spain, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, Spanish Inquisition, 1478.
- Portugal, King João III. Manuel I, 1536, with permission of Pope Paul III, The Portuguese Inquisition.
- Portugual, The Goa Inquisition 16th-17th Century Kerala, India.
- Mob violence.
- Ottoman Damascus, Syria, 1840, The Damascus Affair.
- Turkish Aleppo, Syria (1850, 1875)
- Ottoman Damascus, Syria (1840, 1848, 1890)
- Ottoman Beirut, Lebanon (1862, 1874)
- Ottoman Dayr al-Qamar, Lebanon (1847)
- Ottoman Jerusalem, Palestine (1847)
- Cairo, Egypt (1844, 1890, 1901-02)
- Mansura, Egypt (1877)
- Alexandria, Egypt (1870, 1882, 1901-07)
- Port Said (1903, 1908)
- Damanhur (1871, 1873, 1877, 1891)
- Istanbul (1870, 1874)
- Buyukdere (1864)
- Kuzguncuk (1866)
- Eyub (1868)
- Edirne (1872)
- Izmir (1872, 1874)
- Baghdad (1828)
- Barfurush (1867)
- Meshed, Persia (1839), The Allahdad Incident.
- Baghdad (1941), The Farhud
- Nazi Germans
- Hamas
There are many more.
What experiments did Hitler perform on Jews?
In Auschwitz, Mengele did insane tests on twins, and others. He would aimlessly try to change their eye color, take blood daily, order large amounts of blood transfusions from one twin to another.
Why did it take so long to liberate the Nazi camps?
Several hundred thousand German soldiers didn't want them to.
How did the danish resistance fighters work help?
The Danish Resistance helped the Jews when the Germans forced them to move out of their home. i think. by: M.I.A.
Why did Jews come to the United States during World War 2?
Jews didn't all come here; they stayed in Europe but in places that stayed free. The answer to your question is the Nazis wanted to kill them. Hitler hated the Jewish people and put them in concentration camps where they were ultimately tortured to death. Lack of food and all kinds of awful things killed millions of Jewish men, women, and children.
What was the holocaust affect on society during the time it took place?
The Holocaust changed the world because it taught the world that discriminating is wrong.
See related link: This is a haunting reflection, expressed through art, of a family's loss in the Holocaust. It's a quilt.
What were the top 5 concentration camps during Nazi Germany?
Auschwitz.Belzec,Bergin,chelmeno,and mauthausen
What actions did Hitler take of exterminating Jews?
isolation, segregation, stripping of human rights, making them live in ghettos, death camps, concentration camps
Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962) was responsible for the persecution and murder of millions of Jews in the death camps in Europe during World War II.
He joined the Nazi party at the age of 26, doing so on the suggestion of a life-long family friend. Soon after joining the party, he became head of Gestapo Section IV. He was put in charge of implementing the Nazi policies on the Jews currently living in Germany. Later on, he was put in charge of the deportation of the Jews into the ghettos and concentration camps.
Eichmann also played a key roll in the implementation of gas chambers. Before the gas chambers and furnaces where used to "solve the Jewish question", the Jews were killed by means of firing squads. After witnessing one of these exterminations he stated "The execution ditch had been covered over with dirt, but blood was gushing out of the ground "like a geyser" due to pressure from the bodily gasses of the deceased". He decided to look for more "humane" methods of killing off the Jews. He soon took a great interest in Aushwitz, and even helped plan out the design, location, and construction of the gas chambers and furnaces. The chambers were used in killing up to 12,000 people a day.
Eichmann escaped the Nuremburg trials and lived under an alias for 20 years. He was found and imprissoned by Jewish officials. In 1960, Eichmann was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. On May 31, 1962, he was hanged.
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Eichmann was the man who was primarily responsible for day-to-day organizing of the "Final Solution" to what Hitler called "The Jewish problem". He has often been referred to as the "architect of the holocaust". His rank was the equivalent of lieutenant-colonel. He organized the exportation of Jews to ghettos and death camps. His subordinates included the infamous Rudolf Hoess.
After World War 2, he fled to Argentina, where he changed his name and kept his real identity secret. However, he was captured by Israeli Mossad agents in 1960 and was smuggled to Israel, where he was tried on fifteen criminal charges, including crimes against humanity and war crimes. He was convicted and hanged in 1962.
What to do when you feel hated by everyone?
- I'm living through it too but like theres like 3 but like another girl who is nice to me was being mean just now. and im not a dork or anything but like the truth is who cares? don't listen to them don't change who you are. i tried to impress them but they don't stop. they shouldn't judge you if ur not them. and if they talk about you, then just ingore it. it might hurt but you gotta ingore them. its not like they are gonna be in your life forever. and if its everyone then.. well change schools or ingore them if its a job. and if u cant.. then tell try to change the nice peoples mind..
i find myself constantley getting into drama. i had a hard childhood my mother mentally and physically abused me. over the years the anger had built up. now whenever something comes up it feels like I'm drawn to it; which in the long run just makes my life a lot harder. sometimes i feel like everyone hates me even when that's not true. i feel like i just want to switch school so i never have to see them again or deal with it. but my dad says running away from your problems isn't going to fix them or make you any better of a person. i have a lot of good friends but in the same token I've lost friends to drama too. and i know people say that they obviously weren't that good of friends if they didn't get over it and forgive but friendships mean a lot and losing one feels just as bad as losing a family member. i feel like crap and i don't know what to do.
When Nazis first deported Jews about how did they move the people?
If you mean the people being sent to concentration camps then they were moved by train in cattle carts.
Why did Germans allow for the holocaust to continue?
The Germans were upset with the Treaty of Versailles from the first World War, because most of the blame was put onto them. The Germans were angry, so they decided to put the blame onto the Jewish community because they felt like they needed someone to blame. They boycotted Jewish stores and started to destroy them. Hitler had schools for the "superior Aryans" which taught the kids how to be "good German citizens" and part of that was hating the Jews. Things just got worse and worse for the Jews. Some Germans did realize that it wasn't the Jewish people's fault for their hard times, and tried to help and hide them, but if they were caught hiding the Jews, they were sent to concentration camps or killed.
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- The German population was never asked to allow its government to commit genocide. (There seem to be some misunderstandings about this).
- The Germans were not even informed about the Holocaust, but they did know that the German Jews were being 'resettled' in 'Eastern Europe'.
- The actual Holocaust took place during World War 2. Most Germans had other preoccupations by then and many just did not care.
- The Jews had been demonized by Nazi propaganda as Communists and 'enemies of Germany'.
- Effective resistance to a dictatorship, especially in time of war, requires a whole resistance movement, and that was lacking in Germany - and would probably have been impossible to organize.
Where were Jews put before concentration camps?
These are the major concentration camps. There were hundreds but these were the largest and some were extermination camps. See attached links below too.Arbeitsdorf, Germany
Auschwitz/Birkenau, Poland
Belzec, Poland
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Buchenwald, German
Chelmno, Poland
Dachau, Germany
Dora-Mittelbau, Germany
Flossenbürg, Germany
Gross-Rosen, Poland
Kaiserwald (Riga), Latvia
Klooga, Estonia
Majdanek, Poland
Mauthausen, Austria
Natzweiler-Struthof, France
Neuengamme, Germany
Plaszow, Poland
Ravensbrück, Germany
Sachsenhausen, Germany
Sobibor, Poland
Stutthof, Poland
Theresienstadt, Czech Republic
Treblinka, Poland
Vaivara, Latvia
Vught, The Netherlands
Westerbork, The Netherlands
Why were the Jews killed in The Holocaust in Germany?
Well, it wasn't really the Germans. It was the Nazis themselves who were in charge of killing the Jewish people. It was the German army that was in charge of the fighting in the war (well, primarily. The Nazis did some fighting too, but not as much as the German army). The Jews were killed because Hitler blamed them for EVERYTHING that went wrong with Germany, despite the fact that this wasn't true. Really, all Hitler wanted was a world that was his and free of those he didn't like or agree with. Jews being top on his list.
How did the Nazis find out if the people were Jews?
Someone found out about their hiding place and betrayed them to the Nazis. The Nazis removed the bookcase and at first just saw Edith Frank, then they went to the next room and discovered everybody. They were all sent to Auschwitz.
Why did pre war Poland have such a large Jewish population?
In the Middle Ages, when the Jews were persecuted in Western Europe, Poland was tolerant and welcoming. In parts of Europe the Jews were slaughtered at the time of the First Crusade and later they were accused of causing the bubonic plague. From the late 1640s onwards Russia pushed its large Jewish population westwards into Poland and Lithuania.
Why were the jews stamped with a number on their arms in the concentration camps?
Jews, and many non-Jews were tattooed during the Holocaust in order to identify each individual. It was Hitler's way of keeping tabs on it's population through the selection process, (ridding Germany of undesirables like Jews, Gays, etc.). Each number had it's significant meaning, for example: 01234567. The "0" was possibly the persons RACE. Number "1" meant the person was good for LABOR. Number 2 meant the person's religion, and 3 possibly meant the person is headed for the GAS chambers. It was a simple system but needed a state-of-the-art managing mechanism. That mechanism was developed by IBM, (Industrial Business Machines). The only way to identify an individual was to check the Tattoo, on the persons arm, and compare it to the "Punch Cards", developed by the Nazis and with help from the U.S. Today, our Government is using more advanced identification for it's population. You can learn more by researching the following sites. ChoicePoint.com and RFID.com.yorgie
Why should we remember the Holocaust?
Who should be commemorated on the holocaust memorial day?
I think that Jews who died should be commemorated including the Germans who helped them because it shows an important part in the holocaust memorial situation. The should be commemorated at a church with a nice funeral with can remind the future what it would have been like to have lost your live especially in concentration camps, labour camps or death camps. Furthermore I also believe that all Jewish people should be commemorated due to the way they had been treated and the way they had suffered. The date for the holocaust Memorial Day was chosen due to the anniversary and the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet Union in 1945.
What is Holocaust Memorial Day?
The holocaust Memorial Day is the remembrance of millions of victims who had died and suffered due to of Nazi Germany's policies.
In addition who also does the holocaust remember?
The holocaust memorial day also remembers and commemorates the tragic loss of lives in the genocides of the World War II, in Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda.
Why was the Holocaust important to World War 2?
Jews were very important in ww2. when Germany lost ww1 they had no one to blame so they acused the Jews. of course the Jews were not responsiblefor the los but no one new what to do. they started to secretly kill Jews in death camps. Jews were to my opinoin one of the mane reasons ww2 starded not becuz they made Germany lose ww1 but becuz Hitler was murdering them by the miilions!!!
