Starved prisoners in Mauthausen concentration camp, liberated 5 May 1945
Read the below articles, from the Holocaust Encyclopedia published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. As you do so, consider the following questions:
- How many people were killed in the Holocaust?
- What was the 'Final Solution'?
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 'Introduction to the Holocaust', Holocaust Encyclopedia, July 2016.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 'Final Solution: Overview', Holocaust Encyclopedia, July 2016.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 'Final Solutions: Murderous Racial Hygiene, 1939-1945', Holocaust Encyclopedia, July 2016.
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