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Demographic Comparisons

Use of prewar and postwar demographic comparisons in estimating Holocaust death counts

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Jan 12, 2026
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How were Holocaust death counts for Jewish communities in Eastern Europe (Poland, Ukraine, Belarus) determined?

Holocaust death counts for Jewish communities in Eastern Europe were established through a synthesis of surviving Nazi documentation, prewar and postwar demographic comparisons, surviving camp and Ein...

Jan 22, 2026

How do historians estimate the six million figure and what sources underpin that estimate?

Historians arrive at the commonly cited figure of about Jewish victims by triangulating multiple independent data streams— documents and camp records, prewar and population censuses and demographic re...