The shading is a bit misleading, as the Wehrmacht occupied only a sliver of the Soviet Union. But if we look at it from the level of individual Soviet republics, the percentage of Jewish population killed in e.g. Belarus and Ukraine is massive.
pedatn on
The coloring for Soviet Union is a bit odd, it was mostly in Belarus and Ukraine. You could argue those were part of the USSR, but then again so were the Baltics.
hexenkesse1 on
I was always amazed in a sad way by the number of victims from Poland. I can only imagine that culture that destroyed for this.
Strong_Equipment_364 on
I saw the number 20 in Tunisia of all places and googled it. TIL that Jews in North Africa weren’t spared either. The Vichy French authority apparently had forced labour camps in Tunisia and Morocco for Arab as well as European Jews who fled Europe. Horrifying.
CaptainZbi on
“There are no Jews in Morocco, There are only Moroccan subjects.
Jews had lived in that part of the world since well before Carthage fell, and over a quarter of a million called Morocco their home in 1940.” – Mohammed V.
I would hate to be persecuted for my religion, especially with all the conservatives in my country pushing the idea that the government religion.
PakiXan420 on
I wonder about the small numbers in Bulgaria and Finland. I don’t think either country was ever extensively occupied or handed their Jewish populations over to the Nazis, I wonder if those few were POWs captured after they switched sides.
No_Win_7445 on
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Imperialist-Settler on
5,594,636 total when added
Awkward_Bench123 on
Not being Aryan was the excuse given to steal people’s property, enslave them and when circumstances dictated, eliminate them. The basis for this sentiment exists today, perhaps best exemplified by Trumps’ latest assertion that immigrants, legal, illegal, Muslim or otherwise undesirable are not human but animals.
DjathIMarinuar on
Keep in mind that the population of Jews in Albania increased by 1000%, where the country became a safehaven for 2000 Jews, made possible by Albanians sheltering them and the puppet government which was more interested in fighting communists.
So, it may look that half of the Jewish population died in Albania, the reality is not as bleak.
JohnnieTango on
Hey any Danes reading this — your grandparents were truly righteous people.
drppo on
No jews were murdered _in_ Finland. Finland gave up 8 non-Finnish jewish refugees to Germany, 7 of whom died on concentration camps or were shot. Finnish jews fought in the frontlines like all other Finns
redrighthand_ on
The Baltic states unfortunately had a highly anti semetic population based on centuries of hatred and a political association of Judaism with the previously occupying Soviet Union which the nazis ‘liberated’ them from (this has resulted in some very complicated [memorialisation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_of_Lihula)).
There are stories of units entering villages and towns in a hunt for Jews to discover the locals have done the job for them.
OoooohhhShiny on
Here we go again.
improvementtilldeath on
Albania, killed a hundred Jews. Worse than Germany!
Whoever made this map definitely had an agenda.
SnooDrawings8185 on
Now do Slavic people. Nazi murdered 30 millions of them. Europe Last Battle
bananablegh on
It’s unnerving and upsetting that after so much bloodshed and cruelty, the myth that this didn’t happen proliferates even today.
have to wonder if it will ever not be the case.
prosa123 on
Oddly enough, Jews in Germany itself fared better than those in most occupied countries.
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The shading is a bit misleading, as the Wehrmacht occupied only a sliver of the Soviet Union. But if we look at it from the level of individual Soviet republics, the percentage of Jewish population killed in e.g. Belarus and Ukraine is massive.
The coloring for Soviet Union is a bit odd, it was mostly in Belarus and Ukraine. You could argue those were part of the USSR, but then again so were the Baltics.
I was always amazed in a sad way by the number of victims from Poland. I can only imagine that culture that destroyed for this.
I saw the number 20 in Tunisia of all places and googled it. TIL that Jews in North Africa weren’t spared either. The Vichy French authority apparently had forced labour camps in Tunisia and Morocco for Arab as well as European Jews who fled Europe. Horrifying.
“There are no Jews in Morocco, There are only Moroccan subjects.
Jews had lived in that part of the world since well before Carthage fell, and over a quarter of a million called Morocco their home in 1940.” – Mohammed V.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hurowitz-moroccan-king-mohammed-v-20170425-story.html
I wonder who will be the next “Jews” in Europe?
I would hate to be persecuted for my religion, especially with all the conservatives in my country pushing the idea that the government religion.
I wonder about the small numbers in Bulgaria and Finland. I don’t think either country was ever extensively occupied or handed their Jewish populations over to the Nazis, I wonder if those few were POWs captured after they switched sides.
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5,594,636 total when added
Not being Aryan was the excuse given to steal people’s property, enslave them and when circumstances dictated, eliminate them. The basis for this sentiment exists today, perhaps best exemplified by Trumps’ latest assertion that immigrants, legal, illegal, Muslim or otherwise undesirable are not human but animals.
Keep in mind that the population of Jews in Albania increased by 1000%, where the country became a safehaven for 2000 Jews, made possible by Albanians sheltering them and the puppet government which was more interested in fighting communists.
So, it may look that half of the Jewish population died in Albania, the reality is not as bleak.
Hey any Danes reading this — your grandparents were truly righteous people.
No jews were murdered _in_ Finland. Finland gave up 8 non-Finnish jewish refugees to Germany, 7 of whom died on concentration camps or were shot. Finnish jews fought in the frontlines like all other Finns
The Baltic states unfortunately had a highly anti semetic population based on centuries of hatred and a political association of Judaism with the previously occupying Soviet Union which the nazis ‘liberated’ them from (this has resulted in some very complicated [memorialisation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_of_Lihula)).
There are stories of units entering villages and towns in a hunt for Jews to discover the locals have done the job for them.
Here we go again.
Albania, killed a hundred Jews. Worse than Germany!
Whoever made this map definitely had an agenda.
Now do Slavic people. Nazi murdered 30 millions of them. Europe Last Battle
It’s unnerving and upsetting that after so much bloodshed and cruelty, the myth that this didn’t happen proliferates even today.
have to wonder if it will ever not be the case.
Oddly enough, Jews in Germany itself fared better than those in most occupied countries.