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Thu Apr 16, 2015, 02:35 AM Apr 2015

Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day: 33 important Holocaust facts [View all]

There are certainly more than 33 things to know about the Holocaust, but some of these items may be less known, and by knowing them, we can cultivate a deeper understanding of the Nazi's "Final Solution."

•The Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany and ended in 1945 when the Nazis were defeated by the Allied powers.

•The term "Holocaust," originally from the Greek word "holokauston" which means "sacrifice by fire," refers to the Nazi's persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people. The Hebrew word "Shoah," which means "devastation, ruin, or waste," is also used for this genocide.

•It is estimated that 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. Six million of these were Jews.

•The Nazis killed approximately two-thirds of all Jews living in Europe.

•An estimated 1.1 million children were murdered in the Holocaust.

•On April 1, 1933, the Nazis instigated their first action against German Jews by announcing a boycott of all Jewish-run businesses.

•A few of the major ghettos were located in the cities of Bialystok, Kovno, Lodz, Minsk, Riga, Vilna, and Warsaw.

•Although many people refer to all Nazi camps as "concentration camps," there were actually a number of different kinds of camps, including concentration camps, extermination camps, labor camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and transit camps.



•The Nazis built six extermination camps: Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Auschwitz, and Majdanek. (Auschwitz and Majdanek were both concentration and extermination camps.)

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* Hekate Apr 2015 #1
... shenmue Apr 2015 #2
Thank you, BTA for all these wonderful Holocaust remembrance threads Cali_Democrat Apr 2015 #3
We must never forget it happened. n/t Little Tich Apr 2015 #4
... Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #5
... freshwest Apr 2015 #6
K & R Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #7
Good lord! Norway too? eridani Apr 2015 #8
eridani Diclotican Apr 2015 #10
Thanks for this inside information n/t eridani Apr 2015 #16
eridani Diclotican Apr 2015 #17
.... leftynyc Apr 2015 #9
... COLGATE4 Apr 2015 #11
That map is scary MrBig Apr 2015 #12
My grandfather was from Satu Mare, Romania krishnarama Apr 2015 #13
Thank you for taking the time... one_voice Apr 2015 #14
... leftynyc Apr 2015 #15
Thank you for ALL your participation, BtA... PCIntern Apr 2015 #18
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