The two camps where the highest numbers were killed were: * Auschwitz - At least 1.1 million victims were murdered there. * Treblinka II - About 870,000 murdered. Note that Treblinka II was an Operation Reinhard camp, and designed only for the purpose of killing victims. (Treblinka I was a hard labour camp).
They were cattle trucks.
what did people think of the holocaust that was reported during world war two?
About 11-17 million people died in the Holocaust (depending on the definition of Holocaust used). Unfortunately, there are competing definitions.It was actually the mass murder of six million Jews.There is no agreed definition of Holocaust survivor.Please see the related questions below.
There is some confusion here. There is no war that historians call 'The Holocaust War'. The Holocaust (Nazi genocide of the Jews) took place during World War 2, but World War 2 was not about the Holocaust. The two are distinct, though related. Please see the related questions.
The word is hardly used. It means 'killing Jews' (on a large scale) and is occasionally used instead of Holocaust. The term judeocide is associated in particular with the work of Arno Mayer, a well known historian, who is keen to demystify the Holocaust and who has misgivings about Holocaust remembrance, which he regards as a cult.
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there was only one Holocaust, there were two World Wars.
There was only one Holocaust, there were a few attempted genocides, but the Holocaust is a specific term and cannot be used to describe other similar events.
Genocide was the word used to describe what happened in the Holocaust.
Many groups fought, but if the Holocaust were to be split into two groups, they would be the victims and the perpetrators.
The term holocaust was first used in biblical writings. Holocaust means a sacrifice. OLD testament
It looks as if you are equating the Holocaust with World War 2. The two were distinct.
I'm also wondering difference of those two cuz I met one holocaust survivor today and she said holocaust and the shoah is kinda different-------------------------------------Shoah is the word that the Jews use for the attempted extermination of the Jews by the Nazis. This word is used in preference to the word Holocaust for three main reasons:The Holocaust is used by many to describe all of the victims of Nazi extermination policies.The definition of Holocaust implies sacrifice and many Jews consider this inappropriate as there was no sacrifice involved.The word (or term) Holocaust is currently being hijacked by many other people resulting in it's meaning being eliminated, for example 'Animal Holocaust or African Holocaust or 'Today's Holocaust'. Or 'motorway Holocaust' just to describe a car crash, which obviously is almost the same as the Holocaust.
Trains were mostly used for transporting troops and slaves to deportation camps. Jeeps were used to get Generals and Commanders around.
There is no link between the two, unless you are confusing the Holocaust with World War 2.
The Holocaust was not 'staged', but there are many falsehoods spread about the Holocaust. For example; you might read that people were used to make soap, this was not true.
The ovens in the holocaust were used to burn the corpses of those who were killed in concentration camps.