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.
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...
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 …
Holocaust | Definition, Concentration Camps, History, & Facts
WEBMay 7, 2024 · Date: 1933 - 1945. Location: Austria. Germany. Hungary. Poland. Context: Nazism. resistance. Third Reich. World War II. Holocaust remembrance days. Major Events: Kristallnacht. Key People: Anne Frank. Hermann Göring. Adolf Hitler. Edith Stein. Elie Wiesel. Recent News.
The Holocaust: Facts and Figures | Nazi Germany & World War II
WEBOne 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).
Learn about the Holocaust - United States Holocaust Memorial ...
WEBThe Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. Learn more in the Museum’s Holocaust Encyclopedia.
World War II and the Holocaust, 1939–1945 - United States ...
WEBThe German Army, military, SS, and German police units took an active part in authorized mass murders of Jews in the Soviet Union. The Germans and their collaborators deported roughly 2.7 million Jews and others from occupied Europe to killing centers in German-occupied Poland.
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