The Holocaust

•  between 1933 and 1945, two thirds of all the Jews in Europe were killed by the Nazis
• many victims were transported to concentration camps by train and murdered with poison gas on arrival
• others perished from deplorable conditions in the camps (disease, exhaustion, and starvation)
• others were simply shot and buried in mass graves
• gypsies, homosexuals, and other minorities were also persecuted
• learn more facts at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust