The Holocaust

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The Holocaust, sometimes called The Shoah (Hebrew השואה), refers to the planned deportation and killing of people by Nazi Germany. Six million Jews were killed, and many other millions that the Nazis said were undesirable (eg, Gypsies, Homosexuals). ^[1] Many were rounded up, put in ghettos, forced to work in concentration camps and then killed in massive gas chambers.

Contents 1 Deaths 2 See also 3 References 4 Other websites

[change] Deaths

The numbers below are not exact, since many of those killed were never registered. The numbers given below are those most scholars agree on.

• Jews (5.1–6 million killed), including:
  • Polish Jews (3-3.5 million)
• Other Poles (1.8–1.9 million killed)
• Political enemies (1-1.5 million killed)
• Gypsies (200,000–800,000 killed),
• Disabled people (200,000–250,000 killed),
• Homosexuals (2200–25,000 killed),
• Jehovah's Witnesses (950-2500 killed)

Two million other civilians were killed with machine guns, torture, or were beaten until they died. Many Soviet prisoners of war and civilians were killed.

[change] See also

• Holocaust

[change] References

[change] Other websites

• The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Jewish Virtual Library