The Holocaust isn't estimated at 10-11 million.

My opponent uses the term "Holocaust" when referring to the deaths of 10-11 million people at the hands of the Germans during World War II. The Holocaust is "the destruction of the Jews of Europe under the Nazi regime, and it is also employed in describing the annihilation of other groups of people in World War II. " [1] This leads to two main estimates of the number of people killed during the Holocaust. Both estimates will be calculated. 1. One definition of the Holocaust is "the destruction of the Jews in Europe under the Nazi Regime. " [1] Under this definition, we can look at the number killed in the individual countries in Europe: Polish-Soviet area: 4,565,000 Germany: 125,000 Austria: 65,000 Czechoslovakia (in the pre-Munich boundaries): 277,000 Hungary, including northern Transylvania: 402,000 France: 83,000 Belgium: 24,000 Luxembourg: 700 Italy: 7,500 The Netherlands: 106,000 Norway: 760 Romania (Regat, southern Transylvania, southern Bukovina): 40,000 Yugoslavia: 60,000 Greece: 65,000 Total Loss: 5,820,960 [2] These are semi-conservative estimates. Estimates of the number of deaths attributed to the Holocaust (or at least this particular definition of the Holocaust) range from 5,600,000 to 6,250,000. [3] The total loss, 5,820,920, does not fall within my opponent's calculations of the number of deaths attributed to the Holocaust (10-11 million). 2. Let's explore the estimated death toll under the second definition of the Holocaust: the annihilation of both the Jews and other groups of people in World War II. [1] Group Deaths European Jews 5,600,000 to 6,250,000 Soviet prisoners of war 3,000,000 Polish Catholics 3,000,000 Serbians 700,000 (Croat Ustasa persecution) Roma, Sinti, and Lalleri 222,000 to 250,000 Germans (political, religious, and Resistance) 80,000 Germans (handicapped) 70,000 Homosexuals 12,000 Jehovah"s Witnesses 2500 [3] Based off of this definition, the conservative estimate of the Holocaust's death toll is 12,674,500. The liberal estimate of the Holocaust's death toll is 13,352,500. This estimate also does not fall into my opponent's death toll estimates of 10 million to 11 million. In conclusion, my opponent asserts that the death toll of the Holocaust is 10-11 million. However, by both definitions of the death toll, my opponent's estimates are incorrect. If the Holocaust is considered to be the destruction of the Jews in Europe under the Nazi Regime, then the death toll is estimated to be 5,820,920, which is 44.56% off of the mean calculation of my opponent's calculated range of Holocaust deaths. If the Holocaust is considered to be the annihilation of both the Jews and other groups of people in World War II, then the death toll is considered to be between 12,674,500 and 13,352,500, which is 26.75% and 21.38% off of my opponent's lower and higher boundary of the death tolls attributed to the Holocaust. Thus, based off of my opponent's evidence, my opponent's calculations are incorrect. The Holocaust isn't estimated at 10-11 million based off of either estimate. [1] . http://www.chgs.umn.edu... [2] Judah Gribetz with Edward L. Greenstein and Regina S. Stein, The Timetables of Jewish History: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in Jewish History. (New York: A Touchstone Book, Simon and Schuster, 1993. ) p. 479 [3] . http://www.holocaustchronicle.org...