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Demographic Comparisons

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

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Jan 29, 2026
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How many Jewish people actually died during the holocaust

Scholarly and memorial institutions place Jewish deaths in the Holocaust at roughly five to people, with major authorities commonly citing six million as the working figure . More detailed demographic...

Jan 22, 2026
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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...

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...

Feb 6, 2026

How do historians calculate the six million figure for Jewish victims of the Holocaust?

Historians arrive at the widely cited figure of about Jewish victims by triangulating several independent lines of evidence—, records and camp transport/gassing data, and the postwar compilation of na...

Jan 29, 2026

How did postwar demographic methods produce the six‑million estimate of Jewish victims?

Postwar estimates that roughly Jewish people were murdered in the Holocaust rest on a convergence of methods: comparisons of prewar and postwar population counts, surviving of deportations and killing...