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Bookmark or Share- Children during the Holocaust | Holocaust EncyclopediaThe Nazis advocated killing children of “unwanted” or “dangerous” groups either as part of the “racial struggle” or as a measure of preventative security. The Germans and their collaborators killed children for these ideological reasons and in retaliation for real or alleged partisan attacks.
- 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.
- 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.
- At the Killing Centers | Holocaust EncyclopediaThe Nazis established killing centers for efficient mass murder. Unlike concentration camps, which served primarily as detention and labor centers, killing centers (also referred to as "death camps") were almost exclusively "death factories."
- What Groups of People did the Nazis Target? | Holocaust EncyclopediaIn total, Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators murdered six million Jews. The systematic persecution and murder of Europe’s Jews is now known as the Holocaust. The Nazis’ unrelenting fixation on targeting and ultimately destroying the Jewish people made the Holocaust unique among Nazi German atrocities.
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