Operation Blog is ACTIVE

OK students...this is the platform upon which students will share their knowledge and understanding of the great marker event of 20th century world history: World War 2. The rules are simple:

1. All students must make at least one post to this blog. Posts are in the form of reflections, opinions, links to articles, video, music, images, etc. Students must relate the nature of their posts to a theme of the conflict and make commentary.

2. All students must make at least one comment on another students post. Comments must be thoughtful, argumentative if inclined, insightful, or you my pose some question leads to another post by you or another classmate.

3. You must tag your post with the applicable theme(s).

4. Grades will be based on an holistic scoring scale which heavily weights the frequency and substance of posts and comments. Minimum participation equates to minimum scores for this class exercise.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Deaths Caused by Holocaust

In the 1920s and 1930s, Anti-Semitism was common in Europe. Jews were not the only target for the Nazis. They targeted Polish intelligentsia, communists, and Roma groups as well. Nazis called them "undesirables." Concentration camps were spread throughout Europe. New camps being created near centers of crowded "undesirable" populations and most camps were located on the area of General Government.

The exact amount of people killed by the Nazis is still put through to additional investigation.The Soviet and British documents have pointed out the total may be higher than previously believed. However, the following approximations are considered to be highly reliable.
  • 5.6 - 6.1 million Jews
  • 3.5 - 6 million Slavic civilians
  • 2.5 - 4 million POWs
  • 1 - 1.5 million political dissidents
  • 200,000 - 800,000 Roma & Sinti
  • 200,000 - 300,000 handicapped
  • 10,000 - 250,000 homosexuals
  • 2,000 Jehovah's Witnesses
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