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  2. Timeline of the Holocaust - Wikipedia

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    A timeline of the Holocaust is detailed in the events which are listed below. Also referred to as the Shoah (in Hebrew), the Holocaust was a genocide in which some six million European Jews were killed by Nazi Germany and its World War II collaborators. About 1.5 million of the victims were children.

  3. The Holocaust - Wikipedia

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    The Holocaust (/ ˈ h ɒ l ə k ɔː s t / ⓘ), [1] known in Hebrew as the Shoah (שואה), was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.

  4. Auschwitz concentration camp - Wikipedia

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    The last mass transports to arrive in Auschwitz were 60,000–70,000 Jews from the Łódź Ghetto, some 2,000 from Theresienstadt, and 8,000 from Slovakia. [281] The last selection took place on 30 October 1944. [202] On 1 or 2 November 1944, Heinrich Himmler ordered the SS to halt the mass murder by gas. [282]

  5. Auschwitz survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since ...

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    The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, a nonprofit organization that helps Holocaust victims seek compensation, released an eight-country survey last week showing that 46% of ...

  6. Nazi concentration camps - Wikipedia

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    Although the word "concentration camp" has acquired the connotation of murder because of the Nazi concentration camps, the British camps in South Africa did not involve systematic murder. The German Empire also established concentration camps during the Herero and Namaqua genocide (1904–1907); the death rate of these camps was 45 per cent ...

  7. Majority of US States Don't Require Holocaust Education

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    In a 2020 study, only 44% said they could identify Auschwitz; 63% didn't know 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust; and nearly a quarter said either the Holocaust was a myth and did not ...

  8. Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp - Wikipedia

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    On January 27, 2020, over 200 Auschwitz and Holocaust survivors met in front of the Death Gate at the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation. The anniversary of the date of the liberation is recognized by the United Nations and the European Union as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

  9. Do 1 in 5 adults under 30 really believe the Holocaust didn't ...

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    Reportedly 20% of adult survey takers who identified as being under 30 had agreed with the statement, “The Holocaust is a myth.” The Economist did not respond to Yahoo News’s request for ...