In 1939 the second World War broke out.
Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, France, the Netherlands, Austria
and many more countries as shown below.
Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, France, the Netherlands, Austria
and many more countries as shown below.
10 facts about the Holocaust
- 1.5 million children were killed during the Holocaust;
- "The Final Solution" was set up
- Approximately 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust;
- The Holocaust started in 1939 and ended in 1945;
- When the Holocaust started, the Jewish people were forced to wear the yellow David Star with the word 'Jew' written on it, so the Nazi's could identify them;
- The first victims of the Holocaust were people with disabilities;
- Prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp were given tattoos with a number;
- Germans used Jewish people to perform medical experiments on during the Holocaust;
- The Danish ferried 7,800 Jews away from Sweden when the Germans invaded;
- In total, about 70 million people were killed during the Holocaust.
This diagram shows you the deaths of the Holocaust: