The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland

The Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Poland was the genocide of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland between September 1939 and May 1945. At least 3,000,000 Jews in Poland (90% of pre-war Polish Jews) were killed. Many were killed at the Belzec, Chelmno, Sobibor, Treblinka and Auschwitz concentration camp. Polish Jews constituted half of the Holocaust victims. 



Events

Poland lost 20% of her population to 5.5 years of Nazi occupation, including at least 3,000,000 Jews in Poland. In 1939, at least 7,000 Jews were killed in Nazi-occupied zone, while the Soviet Union deported many Jews to the Russian mainland, where most survived the war. In 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, expanding the Holocaust into Soviet territories. 

Operation Reinhard

Particularly, at least 1,800,000 Jews were killed in Operation Reinhard, which involved deportations and mass extermination in death camps. 

Aftermath

When the last death camp was freed, merely 1–2% of Polish Jews survived.

Related pages

 Babi Yar
 Leon Rupnik
 Antisemitism in Europe
 Independent State of Croatia

References

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