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How many Jews were murdered
in the Holocaust? How do we know? Do we have their names?
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Because
there are no hard and fast statistics for all the Jews murdered in
countries under Nazi domination, and due to frequent border changes
before, during, and after the war, it is difficult to enumerate the
victims by country. The following information is taken from the
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, based on research at Yad Vashem. The
Encyclopedia explains the figures presented here for each country. |
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Country
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Pre-war
Jewish Population
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Minimum
Loss
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Maximum
Loss
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Austria
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185,000
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50,000
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50,000
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Belgium
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65,700
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28,900
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28,900
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Bohemia
and Moravia
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118,310
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78,150
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78,150
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Bulgaria
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50,000
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0
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0
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Denmark
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7,800
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60
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60
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Estonia
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4,500
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1,500
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2,000
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Finland
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2,000
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7
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7
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France
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350,000
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77,320
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77,320
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Germany
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566,000
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134,500
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141,500
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Greece
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77,380
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60,000
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67,000
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Hungary
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825,000
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550,000
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569,000
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Italy
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44,500
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7,680
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7,680
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Latvia
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91,500
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70,000
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71,500
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Lithuania
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168,000
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140,000
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143,000
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Luxembourg
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3,500
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1,950
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1,950
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Netherlands
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140,000
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100,000
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100,000
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Norway
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1,700
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762
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762
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Poland
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3,300,000
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2,900,000
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3,000,000
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Romania
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609,000
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271,000
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287,000
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Slovakia
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88,950
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68,000
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71,000
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Soviet
Union
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3,020,000
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1,000,000
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1,100,000
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Yugoslavia
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78,000
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56,200
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63,300
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Total
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9,796,840
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5,596,029
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5,860,129
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Rounded
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9,797,000
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5,596,000
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5,860,000
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Copyright ©2004 Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority |
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