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Hitler believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community.
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Nazi officials opted to employ an additional method to kill Jews, one originally developed for the “Euthanasia” Program: stationary gas chambers
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The Nazi's planned to kill the Jews
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The Jews were no longer being deported to the camps
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The marches continued until May 7, 1945, the day the German armed forces surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.
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"For the Western Allies, World War II officially ended in Europe on the next day, May 8 (V-E Day), while Soviet forces announced their “Victory Day” on May 9, 1945."
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136,000 Jewish displaced persons immigrated to Israel, while others resettled in the United States and other nations outside Europe.
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The last camp for Jewish displaced persons closed in 1957.
