1. When speaking about the "Holocaust," what time period are we referring to?

Answer: The "Holocaust" refers to the period from January 30, 1933, when Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, to May 8, 1945 (V-E Day), the end of the war in Europe.

2. How many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust?

Answer: While it is impossible to ascertain the exact number of Jewish victims, statistics indicate that the total was over 5,860,000. Six million is the round figure accepted by most authorities.

3. How many non-Jewish civilians were murdered during World War II?

Answer: While it is impossible to ascertain the exact number, the recognized figure is approximately 5,000,000. Among the groups which the Nazis and their collaborators murdered and persecuted were: Gypsies, Serbs, Polish intelligentsia, resistance fighters from all the nations, German opponents of Nazism, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, habitual criminals, and the "antisocial," e.g. beggars, vagrants, and hawkers.

4. Which Jewish communities suffered losses during the Holocaust?

Answer: Every Jewish community in occupied Europe suffered losses during the Holocaust. The Jewish communities in North Africa were persecuted, but were not subjected to the same large-scale deportations or mass murder. Some individuals, however, were deported to German death camps, where they perished.

5. How many Jews were murdered in each country and what percentage of the prewar Jewish population did they constitute?

Answer: (Source: Encyclopedia of the Holocaust) Austria 50,000 -- 27.0% Italy 7,680 -- 17.3% Belgium 28,900 -- 44.0% Latvia 71,500 -- 78.1% Bohemia/Moravia 78,150 -- 66.1% Lithuania 143,000 -- 85.1% Bulgaria 0 -- 0.0% Luxembourg 1,950 -- 55.7% Denmark 60 -- 0.7% Netherlands 100,000 -- 71.4% Estonia 2,000 -- 44.4% Norway 762 -- 44.8% Finland 7 -- 0.3% Poland 3,000,000 -- 90.9% France 77,320 -- 22.1% Romania 287,000 -- 47.1% Germany 141,500 -- 25.0% Slovakia 71,000 -- 79.8% Greece 67,000 --... [continues]

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