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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (NAID 118974673)

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Nov 19, 2025
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How many Jewish people were killed in the holocaust

The best-supported, widely accepted estimate is that about six million Jewish men, women and children were murdered in the Holocaust; major institutions such as the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and ...

Nov 18, 2025
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How many jews died in the holocaust

Historical estimates place the Jewish death toll in the Holocaust at about six million, a figure supported by major institutions such as the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Yad Vashem and reflected...

Dec 13, 2025
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Which Quranic verses are commonly cited regarding violence toward People of the Book and what do scholars say about their context?

Scholars and critics most commonly point to Quran 9:29 (jizya) and nearby verses in Sura 9 — plus the so-called “sword verse” 9:5 — when discussing prescriptions about fighting People of the Book; 9:2...

Dec 6, 2025

What historical events explain the figure of 6 million Jews in Holocaust discussions?

The figure “six million” for Jewish victims of the Holocaust is the scholarly and institutional shorthand for the estimated number of Jewish men, women and children murdered by Nazi Germany and its co...

Nov 29, 2025

how were the protocols of the elders of zion proven fradulent and a forgery and by who?

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion was proven a literary forgery largely through plagiarism analysis and courtroom testimony: The Times of London in 1921 showed large sections were copied from Mauric...

Jan 18, 2026

were there 6 million Jewish deaths in the Holocaust?

The weight of historical evidence and the consensus among scholars and major institutions support the widely stated figure that approximately six million Jewish people were murdered in the Holocaust, ...

Dec 10, 2025

does the holocaust that happen actually happe as its told or is it exagerated

The Holocaust was a systematic, state-sponsored genocide in which Nazi Germany and its collaborators murdered about six million Jews and millions of other people between 1933 and 1945; major instituti...

Jan 13, 2026

What primary sources document Nazi reprisal orders after the 1942 Heydrich assassination?

The immediate Nazi reprisals after the May–June 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich are widely reported as having been ordered at the highest levels of the Nazi regime—most sources say Adolf Hitle...

Nov 25, 2025

How many Nazis emigrated to South America in the 1940’s?

Estimates of how many Nazis fled to South America after World War II vary widely; several sources cite figures up to about 9,000 people spirited out of Europe, with specific allocations such as “as ma...

Dec 9, 2025

why did gas chambers kill jews

Nazi gas chambers were used as a methodical tool of mass murder in the Holocaust: between 2.3 and 3 million Jews were killed with poisonous gas and Zyklon B alone was used to murder roughly 1.1 millio...

Nov 15, 2025

What did the 1945 Nuremberg and subsequent trials present as physical evidence for gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau?

The postwar trials in 1945–46 relied on a combination of eyewitness testimony (survivors, perpetrators), documentary evidence, film and photographs, and physical site inspection reports to establish t...

Nov 25, 2025

Is there a genocide in Xinjiang?

Different bodies and governments disagree, but a substantial and growing body of reporting, NGO research, tribunal findings and some national determinations conclude that China’s policies in Xinjiang ...

Dec 6, 2025

Which countries lost the largest Jewish populations during the Holocaust and what were the regional death tolls?

Poland suffered the largest Jewish losses: roughly three million Jews were killed there during the Holocaust, making it the single biggest national death toll . Major national losses also occurred in ...

Nov 20, 2025

How did the Jewish population change in Europe between 1914 and 1939?

European Jewry grew from the late 19th century into the interwar period and by the late 1930s numbered roughly 9–9.5 million, making up a majority of the world’s Jews (about 57% in some estimates) . B...

Nov 19, 2025

What role did the 1933 boycott play in the escalation of Nazi anti-Semitic policies?

The April 1, 1933 Nazi-organized boycott of Jewish businesses was the first nationwide anti‑Jewish action after Hitler came to power and served as a public, state‑backed signal that economic and socia...

Nov 11, 2025

What charities did the Trump Foundation support before it was dissolved?

The Donald J. Trump Foundation gave money to a wide roster of charities before it was dissolved, with public records and reporting identifying hundreds of recipient organizations across health, educat...

Jan 19, 2026

What specific authors and titles are documented as burned during the May 1933 book burnings in Berlin and other German cities?

Contemporary reporting and major historical summaries of the May 1933 “Action against the Un‑German Spirit” identify thousands of volumes and name many affected authors, but they rarely publish compre...

Dec 6, 2025

Why do numbers for Holocaust victims vary between countries and historians?

Estimates of Holocaust victims vary because historians use different sources and methods — Nazi records, postwar demographic studies, survivor lists and forensic evidence — and because gaps and undocu...

Nov 15, 2025

what is fascism?

Fascism is a 20th‑century political ideology and mass movement defined by extreme militant nationalism, authoritarian rule, and the subordination of individual rights to the nation; classic examples i...

Jan 31, 2026

were the jews ruining the economy of germany hence why they were targeted because they were immigrants and overtaking germans place

The short answer is no: Jews were not “ruining” the German economy in any factual or systemic way that justified persecution; rather, Nazi leaders promoted economic antisemitic myths and enacted laws ...