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Holocaust Death Counts

Estimation of Jewish communities' death counts in Eastern Europe during the Holocaust

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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 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...