Facts about The Holocaust

True facts

Introductory facts about the Holocaust

• The Holocaust refers to the period from January 30, 1933, when Hitler became chancellor of Germany, to May 8, 1945 when the war in Europe ended.

• The Jews who died were not casualties of the War . They were the victims of Germany's genocide plan.

• This was a plan Hitler called “the Final Solution’’.

FACT: 6 million Jewish people died.3 million Russians died.2 million Polish Christians died.1.5 million Gypsies died.250,000 mentally/physically disabled people died.Plus thousands and thousands of Jehovah's Witness’, homosexuals and enemies of the Nazi party died.

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Throughout the Holocaust 1.1 million children were killed. That is the same as the number of people as there are living in Birmingham.

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90% of the Jewish population in Poland were killed in the holocaust.2/3 of all Jews in Europe were killed. Most were killed in concentration (death) camps.

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The slogan in Auschwitz was “Work will make you free”.Ironically between 1-2.5 million people were killed there.

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The average weight of a woman in Auschwitz was 22-29 kilograms. That is the equivalent of a medium sized dog.

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1 day in the Auschwitz camp they killed 24,000 people. That is the same number of people in a football stadium.

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People would sleep in bunk beds. Normally people would have to sleep 3 or more people to 1 bunk.

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The punishment room would hold three people for four days. The room was only 90cm x 90cm. That is the same size as a babies cot.