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Return to “The Final Solution” | Facts Numbers of Gassed Victims Conclusions of the Anglo-American committee for studying the Nazi genocide inflicted on the Jews of Europe, with exact breakdown, country by country: Numbers of missing Jews (post-war minus pre-war): Germany 195,000 Austria 53,000 Czechoslovakia 255,000 Denmark 1,500 France 140,000 Belgium 57,000 Luxemburg 3,000 Norway…
Return to “The Final Solution” | Facts AD AKTION (Ausserordentliche Befriedungsaktion; Extraordinary Pacification Action) Code name for the liquidation of Polish intellectuals and leaders after the German invasion of Poland in 1939. The task was entrusted to Hans Frank as Governor-General and to his deputy, Artur Seyss-Inquart (qq.v). More than 2,000 Polish men and women…
Return to “The Final Solution” | Facts The Extermination Factory – Auschwitz The extermination plant with the most advanced design anywhere in the world consisted of two large crematoria/gas chambers and two smaller ones. Crematoria Four and Five were built on the surface of the ground. Crematoria Two and Three had subterranean gas chambers and…
|| Return to Cybrary || Dachau Liberation by Chuck Ferree Pronounce it as though you were clearing something nasty from yourthroat…DACHAU. My first inkling that this pleasant Bavarian villagewould become a word to chill the blood, came from the terrible odor asmy passenger and I disembarked from our little two-seater StinsonL-5. We were at least…
NOTE: This request is no longer active. Dear Holocaust Survivors and family members, CNN is currently researching a segment for a show called CNN Presents. The segment will take a close look at the issues involved in a parent/childrelationship where the parent is a survivor of the Holocaust. As part of the research, we are…