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Bookmark or Share- Auschwitz | Holocaust EncyclopediaBlechhammer was a subcamp of Auschwitz-Monowitz. The SS murdered about 800 prisoners during the march to the Gross-Rosen concentration camp. SS officials also killed as many as 200 prisoners left behind in Blechhammer as a result of illness or unsuccessful attempts to hide.
- Death Marches | Holocaust EncyclopediaIt referred to forced marches of concentration camp prisoners over long distances under heavy guard and extremely harsh conditions. During death marches, SS guards brutally mistreated the prisoners and killed many. The largest death marches were launched from Auschwitz and Stutthof.
- Introduction to the Holocaust - United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumDuring World War II, Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators killed nearly two out of every three European Jews using deadly living conditions, brutal mistreatment, mass shootings and gassings, and specially designed killing centers.
- What Groups of People did the Nazis Target? | Holocaust EncyclopediaIn total, the Nazis and their allies and collaborators murdered six million Jews in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. In addition to the genocide of Europe’s Jews, the Nazis also persecuted, brutalized, or murdered additional groups of people.
- Timeline of Events | Holocaust EncyclopediaBy 1945, the Germans and their allies and collaborators had killed nearly two out of every three European Jews. Nazi policies also led to the discrimination, persecution, and murder of millions of others. Explore a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Holocaust.
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