Nazi Germany and its collaborators murder some six million Jews, a third of the Jewish people, in ghettos, mass shootings, and extermination camps; the Shoah destroys the civilization of European Jewry and stands behind every Jewish decision since.
Tagged: Persecution Conservative Judaism Jewish Orthodox Judaism Reconstructionist Judaism Reform Judaism Secular Judaism
The Event
- Date
- 1933–1945 (exact)
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Jewish history
- Location
- Europe
- Traditions
- Judaism
- Streams
- Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism, Reform Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism, Secular Judaism
Primary Sources
- Survivor testimony
- Nuremberg trial records
Secondary Sources
- Johnson, A History of the Jews (Harper, 1987)
- Goodman, A History of Judaism (Princeton, 2018)
Provenance: HIST-0129; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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