Holocaust: Definition, Remembrance & Meaning | HISTORY
WEBOct 14, 2009 · The Holocaust was the state-sponsored persecution and mass murder of millions of European Jews, Romani people, the intellectually disabled, political dissidents and homosexuals by the German Nazi...
Introduction to the Holocaust: What was the Holocaust?
WEBThe Holocaust (1933–1945) was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators. 1 In addition to perpetrating the Holocaust, Nazi Germany also persecuted and murdered millions of other victims.
The Holocaust: Facts and Figures | Nazi Germany & World War II
WEBLearn More. One of history’s darkest chapters, the Holocaust was the systematic killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II (1939–45).
The Holocaust - Wikipedia
WEBThe Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population. The murders were carried out primarily through mass shootings and poison gas in …
What is the holocaust? | Anne Frank House
WEBDuring the Second World War, the Nazis murdered nearly six million European Jews. This genocide is called the Holocaust. Here, you can read about its causes and backgrounds, the stages of the Holocaust, and the perpetrators.
Learn about the Holocaust - United States Holocaust Memorial …
WEBThis resource contains more than 850 articles about the Holocaust, antisemitism, and current-day mass atrocities in 19 languages, including: An Introduction to the Holocaust. Nazi Propaganda. Antisemitism. Documenting Numbers of Victims of the Holocaust and Nazi Persecution. Visit the Encyclopedia.
Holocaust Encyclopedia | United States Holocaust Memorial …
WEBNazi Germany committed mass murder on an unprecedented scale. The Nazis and their allies and collaborators killed six million Jewish people. This systematic, state-sponsored genocide is now known as the Holocaust. The Nazis and their allies and collaborators also committed other mass atrocities.
Holocaust: Definition and Facts | HISTORY
WEBThe Holocaust, during which some 6 million Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals and other people were systematically exterminated by Nazi Germany during World War II, was one of the most horrific war...
Holocaust - Nazi Persecution, Genocide, Concentration Camps
WEBLearn about Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), November 9–10, 1938. See all videos for this article. On the evening of November 9, 1938, carefully orchestrated anti-Jewish violence “erupted” throughout the Reich, which since March had included Austria.
How the Holocaust happened in plain sight - National Geographic
WEBBy Erin Blakemore. January 27, 2023. • 13 min read. Six million Jews murdered. Millions more stripped of their livelihoods, their communities, their families, even their names. The horrors of the...
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