POLISCI 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mass Murder
28 Jun 2015
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Jews were less than 1% of the german population before hitler. Victims were gassed in german death factories, or shot over ditches and pits. Mass murder of jews occurred in poland, lithuania, latvia, and the soviet. 1914-1919 germany consumer prices increased a total of 300% whereas the united. States and britain experienced an increase of 50% and 125% respectively. 1929 1934 u. s. imports from europe decreased significantly. Nazi and soviet regimes murdered 14 million people (1933-1945) Victims jews, belarusians, ukrainians, poles, russians, and balts (not including active duty soldiers), mainly women and children. After hitler rose to position of chancellor of germany, jews were only 0. 25% of the population. During the first 6 years of hitler"s rule, german jews were allowed to emigrate. Majority of the mortal victims of both the german and soviet regimes never saw a concentration camp. Concentration camps were liberated by the americans and british in 1945. More than half of the soldiers perished.
