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Nazi Germany committed mass murder on an unprecedented scale. The Nazis and their allies and collaborators killed six million Jewish people. This systematic, state-sponsored genocide is now known as the Holocaust. The Nazis and their allies and collaborators also committed other mass atrocities. They persecuted and killed millions of non-Jewish people during World War II.
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KristallnachtArticle
The Nazi PartyArticle
Beer Hall Putsch (Munich Putsch)Article
TheresienstadtArticle
International Military Tribunal at NurembergArticle
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