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The Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. It ended in 1945 when Allied powers defeated the Nazis
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The Nazis instigated their first action against German Jews by announcing a boycott of all Jewish-run business
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After the begginning of World War II, Nazis began ordering all Jews to live within certain, very specific, areas of big citires, called ghettos
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Jews were forced out of theiir homes and moved into smaller apartments, often with other families.
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When the Nazis decided to kill the remaining Jews in a ghetto, they would “liquidate” a ghetto by boarding the last Jews in the ghetto on trains
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3 or 4 ground men were wounded for each killed
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Over 100,000 Allied bomber crewmen were killed over Europe
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When the Nazis decided to kill the remaining Jews in ghetto, they would liquidate them by boarding the last Jews in the ghetto on trains
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6 bomber crewmen were killed for each on wounded
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In prison camps, prisoners were forced to do hard physical labor. Torture and death within concentration camps were common and frequent
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Between 1939 and 1945 the Allies dropped 3.4 million ton of bombs, an average of about 27.700 tons of bombs each month
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The first american serviceman killed was killed by the Russians
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A few of the major ghettos was in Warsaw, with its highest population reaching 445,000
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In Israel, the Knesset made Holocaust Remembrance day a national Holiday