Jewish Ghetto interesting facts
- About 100,000 people died in the Warsaw Ghetto.
- All Jews were forced to live close together in small apartments.
- Many ghettos started as open ghettos, which means Jews could leave during the day and come back at their curfew, but then they changed to closed ghettos.
- All Jews were forced to live close together in small apartments.
- Many ghettos started as open ghettos, which means Jews could leave during the day and come back at their curfew, but then they changed to closed ghettos.
Nuremburg Trials Interesting Facts
Only 12 of the German defendants were sentenced to death, even though there were many more people involved in the Holocaust.
Only 22 of the top German leaders were tried, even though there were tens of thousands of Nazi war criminals.
Other German leaders escaped to South America and other countries
Only 22 of the top German leaders were tried, even though there were tens of thousands of Nazi war criminals.
Other German leaders escaped to South America and other countries
Concentration Camp Interesting facts
An estimated 1/3 of all Jewish people alive at that time were murdered in concentration camps
2/3 of all Jews in Europe were killed in the concentration camps. Millions of others, including those who were disabled, political and religious opponents to Hitler, Poles, Romanies (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, and homosexuals, were also murdered.
Many Jews were tricked into entering gas chambers. They were told that they were going to get disinfected and cleaned and ended up getting killed.
2/3 of all Jews in Europe were killed in the concentration camps. Millions of others, including those who were disabled, political and religious opponents to Hitler, Poles, Romanies (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, and homosexuals, were also murdered.
Many Jews were tricked into entering gas chambers. They were told that they were going to get disinfected and cleaned and ended up getting killed.
Nazi anti-semitism interesting facts
The word “Holocaust” is derived from the Greek words holo, meaning “whole” and kaustos, meaning “burnt.”
Young children were targeted because if they weren't killed, they would become a new generation of Jews.
The Holocaust includes Jews, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Poles (Polish people), Roma and Sinti (“Gypsies”), people with disabilities, blacks, and Soviet prisoners of war.
Young children were targeted because if they weren't killed, they would become a new generation of Jews.
The Holocaust includes Jews, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Poles (Polish people), Roma and Sinti (“Gypsies”), people with disabilities, blacks, and Soviet prisoners of war.
Kristallnacht Interesting Facts
Kristallnacht literally translates to night of the crystal, but most people call it night of the broken glass.
The rioters, encouraged by the Nazi regime, burned or destroyed 267 synagogues, vandalized or looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, and killed at least 91 Jewish people.
The cause for all of this violence was the November 7 assassination of a German diplomat in Paris, Ernst vom Rath, by Herschel Grynszpan, a Jewish teenager whose parents, had been recently expelled from the Reich.
This was the first time Jews were arrested on a massive scale.
The rioters, encouraged by the Nazi regime, burned or destroyed 267 synagogues, vandalized or looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, and killed at least 91 Jewish people.
The cause for all of this violence was the November 7 assassination of a German diplomat in Paris, Ernst vom Rath, by Herschel Grynszpan, a Jewish teenager whose parents, had been recently expelled from the Reich.
This was the first time Jews were arrested on a massive scale.
final solution interesting facts
The Nazis frequently used euphemistic language to disguise the true nature of the terrible crimes they were committing.
The final solution was the killing of all the Jews.
The police acted as a mobile killing force.
The final solution was the killing of all the Jews.
The police acted as a mobile killing force.