The Holocaust

The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Part of World War II
	Hungarian Jews arriving at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Poland in May 1944.
Description	Genocide of the European Jews
Location	Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe
Date	June 1941 – May 1945
Attack type	Genocide, ethnic cleansing
Deaths	Around 6 million Jews
Perpetrators	Nazi Germany and its collaborators
Motive	Antisemitism
Trials	Nuremberg trials, Subsequent Nuremberg trials, Trial of Adolf Eichmann, and others

The Holocaust, sometimes called The Shoah (Hebrew: השואה), was a genocide in which Nazi Germany systematically killed mainly Jews during World War II. Around six million Jews were killed,^[a]^[13]^[14] as well as five million others that the Nazis claimed were inferior (mainly Slavs, communists, Roma people, disabled people, homosexuals, and Jehovah's Witnesses). These people were rounded up, put in ghettos, forced to work in extermination camps, and then killed in gas chambers.^[15]

↑ "Deportation of Hungarian Jews". Timeline of Events. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Landau 2016, p. 3.
↑ Brosnan, Matt (12 June 2018). "What Was The Holocaust?". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
↑ Fischel 2010, p. 115.
↑ Hayes 2015, pp. xiii–xiv.
↑ Hilberg 2003, p. 1133.
↑ "The Holocaust". Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019.
↑ Marrus 2015, p. vii.
↑ Snyder 2010, p. 412.
↑ Stone 2010, pp. 1–3.
↑ "Introduction to the Holocaust". Holocaust Encyclopedia. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
↑ "What was the Holocaust?". Yad Vashem. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
↑ Rubenstein, Richard L.; Roth, John K. (2003). Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-664-22353-3.
↑ Willoughby, Susan (2002). The Holocaust (20th Century Perspectives). Heinemann. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-431-11990-8.
↑ The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking March 1, 2013 The New York Times

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[1] "Deportation of Hungarian Jews". Timeline of Events. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

[FOOTNOTELandau20163-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Landau 2016, p. 3.

[4] Brosnan, Matt (12 June 2018). "What Was The Holocaust?". Imperial War Museum. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

[FOOTNOTEFischel2010115-5] Fischel 2010, p. 115.

[FOOTNOTEHayes2015xiii–xiv-6] Hayes 2015, pp. xiii–xiv.

[FOOTNOTEHilberg20031133-7] Hilberg 2003, p. 1133.

[8] "The Holocaust". Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019.

[FOOTNOTEMarrus2015vii-9] Marrus 2015, p. vii.

[FOOTNOTESnyder2010412-10] Snyder 2010, p. 412.

[FOOTNOTEStone20101–3-11] Stone 2010, pp. 1–3.

[12] "Introduction to the Holocaust". Holocaust Encyclopedia. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[13] "What was the Holocaust?". Yad Vashem. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[approaches-14] Rubenstein, Richard L.; Roth, John K. (2003). Approaches to Auschwitz: The Holocaust and Its Legacy. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-664-22353-3.

[willoughby-15] Willoughby, Susan (2002). The Holocaust (20th Century Perspectives). Heinemann. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-431-11990-8.

[16] The Holocaust Just Got More Shocking March 1, 2013 The New York Times

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