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Monument to stillborn babies in Germany. In Germany, a stillbirth is defined as the birth of a child of at least 500g weight without blood circulation or breath. Details for burial vary amongst the federal states. [66]
On 4 September 2013, German president Joachim Gauck and French president François Hollande visited the ghost village of Oradour-sur-Glane. A joint news conference broadcast by the two leaders followed their tour of the site. [26] This was the first time a German president had come to the site of one of the biggest World War II massacres on ...
C. British Democide- 378,000 civilians killed in area bombing of Germany [85] D. United States Democide- 37,000 (32,000 civilians killed in area bombing of Germany and 5,000 German POW.) [86] E. French Democide-23,000 German POW. [87] F. Yugoslav Democide- 145,000 (75,000 ethnic Germans and 70,000 POW) [88] g. Hungarian Democide-12,000 ethnic ...
The Deputy Mayor of Leipzig and his wife and daughter, who committed suicide in the Neues Rathaus as U.S. troops were entering the city on 20 April 1945. During the final weeks of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe, many civilians, government officials, and military personnel throughout Germany and German-occupied Europe committed suicide.
Czesława Kwoka, 14-year-old Auschwitz concentration camp victim. Nazi Germany perpetrated various crimes against humanity and war crimes against children, including the killing of children of unwanted or "dangerous" people in accordance with Nazi ideological views, either as part of their idea of racial struggle or as a measure of preventive security.
Otherwise notable people killed serving with the German military during World War II.Note: This category is intended solely for those members of the German armed forces killed as a result of their military service and not those executed during internal purges, or those who died in Allied custody post-war.
Therefore, it was estimated that at least 100,000 people died in these camps and prisons. [81] Another 200,000 people died as a result of deportation to the USSR, based on German Red Cross estimates. [81] From addition of these values, the report found that east of the Oder and Neisse rivers, at least 400,000 people died during the expulsions. [81]
The Einsatzgruppen were formed under the direction of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich and operated by the Schutzstaffel (SS) before and during World War II. [4] The Einsatzgruppen had their origins in the ad hoc Einsatzkommando formed by Heydrich to secure government buildings and documents following the Anschluss in Austria in March 1938. [5]