The Holocaust: Facts and Figures
One of history’s darkest chapters, the Holocaust was the systematic killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II (1939–45). Slavs, Roma, gay people, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and others also were singled out for obliteration, but the Nazis’ various policies for exterminating the Jews were the most deliberate and calculated.
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Article Title:
The Holocaust: Facts and Figures
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
25 January 2024
Access Date:
February 25, 2025