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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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What is people's opinions about Holocaust?
Terrible
There were those who thought that this was a black period in history and there were those that to this day think it was a good thing. and there are those that deny it ever happened. they have to be careful that they do not say this in public as they don't have the same political clout as the Jewish lobby who seem to think they deserve some sort of special treatment. My own opinion is that this period was just another terrible example of what happens when we let our politicians and our prejudices get out of control. Granted the Jews put them selves apart as the special chosen ones and see everyone else in a lower light. but then does that not happen with every religion and cult. the Jews were not the only people that were brutally murdered during these few years of human history. they were but a small part of the whole.
Why did the Nazis believe that Jews were bad?
Because Hitler (leader of the Nazis) needed someone to blame for the loss of World War 1 and the Great Depression, and the Jews, Gypsies, and gays just happened to be chosen to carry the blame.
How did Hitler segregate the Jews?
Hitler had placed Jews in a bordered-off corner of a city called a "ghetto" in which they had curfews of when to be home, and eventually not allowed to leave at all.
Why did the Nazis take all hjewish possessions?
Hitler's mom was very sick when he was a little boy, and she was treated by a jewish doctor. When his mom died, he blamed it on the Jews. When he took control of Germany, he made it so that all of the Jews suffered because he knew that it was a jewish person that killed his mom.
Answer:
A Jewish doctor did not kill Hitler's mother. Breast cancer killed her. There is speculation that Hitler blamed the doctor for his mother's death. But nothing has ever been proven, one way or the other.
Anti-Semitism was rampant in Germany (and Europe). It was easy to pick the Jews as a scapegoat for Germans to blame their problems on.
How did Jews keep their faith in concentration camps?
The Jewish people did their best to practice their religion in the concentration camps. Since they no longer knew what day of the week it was they would observe Sabbath one day a week and would recite the Torah from memory.
Why America got involved in the Holocaust?
During the Holocaust, Americans had a role in liberating concentration camps and fighting with the Allies.
Which direction was the safest place to hide during the holocaust?
some were in Germany, some were in Holland.
What did Hitler think the Jews were trying to do?
Hitler saw the Jews as subhuman and wanted the Jews out of Germany and out of the "living space" he was going to create for the expaded German nation. One of the first solutions proposed was the use of the very large island of Madagascar (then a French colony) as a self-contained homeland for the Jews. When German fortunes turned in the war in 1944, desperation set in and the "final solution" was proposed in an attempt to wipe the Jews out of Europe before the Allies arrived. His death camps were designed to exterminate as many Jews as he could.
What happened to the Jews during the Nazi regime?
Jews were at sent to labor work at places called ghettos, they built tanks and weapons for support of the German War Machine. Getting more towards the end the Nazis began to systematically kill all of the in-slaved Jews through gun shot, of which showed to be much to expensive at which point the gas chambers were developed. The Nazis would place vast amounts Jewish prisoners in these to kill all of them in a relatively cheap way. Going back in the ghettos the Nazis would starve the Jews for days, they would get very small portions and it would have to feed their whole family since only laborers were given food and children were not accepted as actual workers, women would make clothing for soldiers and men would support the war machine for weapons and vehicle. Families would be split apart, most of the families never reunited. So basically Jews were starved, worked to the bone, killed systematical, and finally freed by the U.S.A military.
Hitler was important because he killed over 11 million people both people who opposed his government regulations and Jewish. Hitler was in fact Jewish himself, so no one would find his fathers records he turned the town he lived in to a training camp for soldiers. he also very much enjoyed many Jewish comedians singers and actors. He kept what he was doing to people from everyone. HITLER IS A HORRIBLE MAN WHO KILLED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOR NO REASON WHICH ONLY BROUGHT HIS AND HIS WIFE'S DEATH AKA SUICIDE
Is Zyklon B gas used to euthanize animals?
No, shelters don't use toxic gases to euthanize any animals. They usually give them a large dose of potassium, which stops the heart.
How did the SS maintain Order within the Nazi Concentration Camps during the Holocaust?
The SS Maintained order over people in the Concentration Camps in Many ways. They did this by:
CAMP RULES
The SS had all of the advantages - they were fit. well fed and had guard dogs and weapons. Yet they still worried about revolts in the camps. The first thing they did that by making it hard for the prisoners to socialize with each other. The Camp rules gave Death Penalties to anyone who discussed politics, had meetings, formed groups, loitered with others, persuading others to commit crimes, encouraged mutiny or insurrection. So prisons had to make meetings with each other accidental and keep conversations as short as possible. However, The SS knew it would still be possible, If difficult and dangerous, for prisoners to meet and make secrete plans.
Prisoner against prisoner
The SS then made it difficult for prisoners to trust each other. They put prisoners in charge of other prisoners and encouraged different kinds of prisoners to hate each other. The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolph Hoess said "We encouraged various groups to see each other as enemies, We did everything we could to encourage not only political differences but also other antagonisms between various groups of prisoners. This made it much less likely that they would all join together against us".
Eyes Everywhere
Prisoners were encouraged to tell the SS guards of any plots they overheard. In the same way as people outside the camps were encourage to inform on Jews or any undesirables among their neighbors. In the camps, being an informer brought real benefits. Camps informers were given more food or easier jobs, just for watching and Listening. They got even better rewards if they uncover a plot. So this made it hard prisoners to trust each other. Of course, it was also dangerous to be an informer because it was a lot easier for prisoners to kill an informer in their barracks or on their work gang than it was for them to kill a Kapo or an SS guard. So informers must rely on the SS for protection. However, the SS could easily place an Informer for an new one.
Shifting people
Other things stopped people from forming settled groups such as, the SS deliberately changed working groups around and there was less need to move people around the barracks. There were so many people crammed into each barrack that there was no privacy to plot against the SS. The camp population changed from other factors, too people died in the camps all the time, either killed by the SS or from diseases, starvation or exhaustion.
Punishment System
The concentration camp rules set out a clear system of punishment. They were first used at Dachau, then applied in all camps. Here are some of them;
Punishments allowed at anytime are: beatings, drilling, no mail, food, tying to stakes, reprimands and warnings.
3 Days solitary confinement for anyone who;
-Does not get up at once, or doesn't keep his bed or room in proper order
-Takes a second helping of food without permission, or allows the cook to give him an second helping.
5 Days solitary confinement for anyone who;
-Sit or Lies on his bed during the day without permissions
8 Days solitary confinement (and a whipping of 25 strokes before and after) for anyone who;
-Makes ironic remarks about a SS Officer
-Disrespects or Disobey the SS Guard
-Giving authority by the SS, abuses this by favoring, making false reports on or tyrannizing other prisoners.
The following will be hanged:
Anyone, who at any point:
-Discusses Politics, Forming a political group
-loiters with others
-Collect true and false information about the concentration camp or takes information and buries it or passing it along or discusses it after it is released or it gets out to others.
-Attempting to escape or anyone who gets caught.
-Commits crimes or persuade others to
-Attacks an SS Guard
-Refuses to Obey SS Officers
-Encourages mutiny
-Leaves a marching column or place of Work
-Shouts
-Agitate others
-Making speeches on march or at work
Bending the rules
The examples of the system of Punishment of the camps were made fully clear, but in reality anything could become an punishment including breathing whiles being spoken to. Punishments could be handled out any time especially including the Teenager SS Officers. These rules varied from SS Guard to SS Guard. So, prisoners were supposed to be reported for "ROLL CALL" and properly dressed. Some SS might punish those appearing without a cap with a beating. Others would shoot the improperly dressed prisoners. An standard punishment was 25 lashes with an whip, belt or stick. Also many SS men made the count the 25 lashes in German and If they lost count, they would have to redo the count. Many of the Prisoners didn't speak German before they were sent to the camps.
Punished for the "crimes" of others
When an prisoner escaped, the SS punished the remaining prisoners. In Auschwitz I in 1940, a prison was missing at the Afternoon roll call. A punishment roll call was ordered. The prisoners stood at attention from Noon in till 9PM without any worth clothing including shoes. The prisoner was found dead trying to hide from the SS in an shelter of sleet. After the roll call, 120 prisoners dropped dead, caught sickness and fallen unconscious.
Once it was confirmed that an prisoner had escaped, the SS often executed some of the remaining prisoners. They did this on significant days. For example, Polish Catholics were executed on important christian festivals EG. Christmas and Easter or on Polish national holidays
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How many deaths happened in concentration camps?
Total deaths in the Genocidal policies: 6,250,000 European Jews, 3,000,000 Soviet POW, 3,000,000 Polish Catholics, 700,000 Serbians, 250,000 Roma, etc.., 80,000 Germans, 70,000 German handicaps, 12,000 homosexuals, 2500 Jehovahs witnesses. death Camps in Poland Auschwitz 1.6 million Belec 601,500 Chelmno 225,000 Majdanek 360,000 Sobibor 250,000 Treblinka 870,000
Did The Holocaust Affect Jewish Children?
their parents suvived many traumatic experiences, look up PTSD. The parents would have delt with their trauma in different ways and of course there was a large range of experiences, so effect differed.
When were the Jew's saved from the Holocaust?
Generally they would have been saved during the Holocaust, assuming that you are asking when Holocaust victims were saved from the Holocaust.
What were the Ghettos and how were they used?
They are called 'Jewish ghettos', they were used to house Jews (and gypsies).
What words inscribed on the iron door at Auschwitz during the holocaust?
The inscription on the iron gate said Arbeit Macht Frel. Literally saying "Work makes you free."
Why were the Birkenau gas chambers destroyed and why won't they rebuild them?
The allies after the war didnt rebuild Birkenau gas chambers because they were responsible of killings of thousands of jews
Was the Holocaust before the Middle Ages?
Kept captive and forced to work.
Slavery was part of the Holocaust, but the Holocaust was not part of slavery.
Slavery has been around for thousands of years, it has been part of most cultures, and all of the larger ones. The Holocaust lasted only a few years and affected only Europe and only a few generations.
Why did people not do anything about the Jews being killed?
I believe that the people in Germany did not do anything about the Jews being killed because they were too scared and wanted to keep out of the whole thing. Some Germans may have even believed that the Jews were truly evil.
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Many native germans did not know of the extermination camps at all, as they were mostly located in the conquered east and there was no free media at all to report on such things and if anyone tried to leak it, it would be suppressed completley and the dissenters would lose home, family and possibly be sent to the camps themselves. And if you are refering to the guards, then they were desensitized and battered with propaganda for years and years, and truly thought of the Jews as lowly non-human creatures, equal not even to rats and insects.
I can add that the native poles near the areas was also rather indoctrinated by the catholic church to not help the jews, as they held them responsible for Jesus death.
Section 2: Added by Egon Ruuda
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One needs to say who is meant by 'people' and what they might have done in practical terms.
As for German civilians, many were aware that Jews and others were being massacred on a large scale in Eastern Europe. (There is a lot of debate about exactly what and how much they knew). After all, soldiers came home on leave and some talked about what they had seen and heard. The German historian, Helga Grebing, writing in the 1950s (and therefore quite close to the time) suggests that many people in Germany knew at least something of what was happening, but did not want to know more.
One also needs to say what ordinary Germans might have done, if they cared enough. Demonstrations and the like were not a practical proposition.
In English the word commandant is used to denote the officer in charge of:
- A prisoner of war camp.
- A concentration camp, death camp or extermination camp.
For some reason, the word commander has become established on most English language Holocaust websites and in Wikipedia. (Compare with barracks for huts).
What color did homosexuals have in the holocaust?
Homosexuals were made to wear pink triangles in concentration camps.
Which concentration camp was Margot Frank required to go to?
Anne Frank, Margot Frank and their mother were first sent (from Westerbork) to Auschwitz; then on 30 October 1944 Anne and Margot were moved to Bergen-Belsen, but their mother had to stay in Auschwitz.
What was the role the Gestapo during the holocaust?
The Waffen SS was formed by Hitler to be his personal bodyguards, but by 1942 the Waffen SS or SS for short was 500,000 strong.
The Gestapo were German Military Police they were a branch of the SS, many feared the gestapo (if you disobeyed them they would shoot you on site even for women and children)
Why did Hitler kill all those Jews?
Hitler was basically a psycho. He was probably in need for a serious mental checkup. Hitler regarded the Jews as the biological root of Bolshevism (Communism). In many of his speeches he used the words Communists and Jews interchangeably. Hitler saw it as his mission in life to eliminate Communism.
