I want to know more about a World War II topic. Where should I look?
Did the Holocaust really happen? Is there a list of victims?
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Many World War II topics are discussed in Gerhard Weinberg's A World At Arms. I recommend this widely available book as a starting point. Weinberg's detailed endnotes and bibliographic essay will point you to other works that discuss specific topics in greater detail.
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United States military personnel records may be requested by the veteran, the veteran's next of kin, or persons designated by the veteran. Detailed information is available from the Military Personnel Records website.
Yes. It happened. There will never be a complete list of the Jewish or non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The Nazis did not maintain
identity records for the hundreds of thousands shot by the Special Action Groups (Einsatzgruppen) on the Eastern Front.
Nor were identity records maintained for the millions gassed immediately upon arrival at an extermination center. However, a list of approximately three million Holocaust victims is being compiled and computerized from the Yad Vashem archives in Jerusalem.
In addition to approximately six million Jews, three million non-Jewish Poles were killed during the occupation. Over three
million Soviet prisoners of war were systematically brutalized and killed. Other victims of the Holocaust included the
disabled (Operation Euthanasia), Jehova's Witnesses, homosexuals, non-fascist political activists, outspoken members of the clergy, and members of the
pitifully small German resistance (for example the students of The White Rose). The Nazi program of genocide was also
applied to the Roma (Gypsies).
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