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  2. History of the Jews during World War II - Wikipedia

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    The following figures of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Germany) show the annihilation of the Jewish population of Europe by (pre-war) country as percentage points: [3] Country Estimated Pre-War Jewish population Estimated killed Percent killed Poland: 3,400,000: 3,000,000: 88.25% Soviet Union (excl. Baltic states) 3,000,000: 1,000,000 ...

  3. World War II casualties - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [342] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [343]

  4. The Holocaust - Wikipedia

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    The Holocaust (/ ˈ h ɒ l ə k ɔː s t / ⓘ, US also / ˈ h oʊ l ə-/) [1] was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.

  5. History of the Jews in the United States - Wikipedia

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    During the World War II period the American Jewish community was bitterly and deeply divided, and was unable to form a common front. Most Eastern European Jews favored Zionism, which saw a return to their homeland as the only solution; this had the effect of diverting attention from the horrors in Nazi Germany.

  6. Military history of Jewish Americans - Wikipedia

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    The JWB (Jewish Welfare Board) Jewish Chaplains Council was founded in 1917 as the Chaplains' Committee of the Jewish Welfare Board. It is an agency of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) association, and serves as the endorsing body for Jewish military chaplains who serve in the US Armed Forces and VA chaplaincy services.

  7. List of victims of Nazism - Wikipedia

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    Jewish: killed at a forced labor camp in Chernihiv, Ukraine Bronisław Czech: 1908–1944: Polish: skier: Olympian Polish resistance movement in World War II: Auschwitz: Roman Kantor: 1912–1943: Polish: fencer; Olympian Jewish: Majdanek concentration camp: Józef Klotz: 1900–1941: Polish: Polish national soccer team Jewish: killed in the ...

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  9. Jews outside Europe under Axis occupation - Wikipedia

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    Jews outside Europe under Axis occupation suffered greatly during World War II. While there is academic consensus that the extermination of the non-European Jews was a long-term goal for the Nazi regime, [ 1 ] it is less clear whether there were any imminent plans or policies to that end.