The Holocaust: Difference between revisions

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==Aftermath==

{{Quote|The Holocaust is very much alive. The wounds are still there. The scars are still there. The influence is still there.|Avner Shalev}}After all the concentration camps were liberated by the Americans, British/Canadians, and the Soviets; most of highest members of the Nazi party and the SS were standing on trial in the Nuremberg trials. Many that were involved in the Holocaust were sentenced to death for [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]], only a few were sentenced to prison, for example [[Karl Dönitz]], [[Albert Speer]] and [[Rudolf Hess]]. Other Nazis that were involved in the genocide, such as [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], committed suicide before they even got to trial; others were captured and put into Soviet labor camps or were executed~~, some were executed in the concentration camps after the liberation~~.

{{Quote|The Holocaust is very much alive. The wounds are still there. The scars are still there. The influence is still there.|Avner Shalev}}After all the concentration camps were liberated by the Americans, British/Canadians, and the Soviets; most of highest members of the Nazi party and the SS were standing on trial in the Nuremberg trials. Many that were involved in the Holocaust were sentenced to death for [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]], only a few were sentenced to prison, for example [[Karl Dönitz]], [[Albert Speer]] and [[Rudolf Hess]] (who committed suicide in Spandau Prison in 1987 at age 93.)

Other Nazis that were involved in the genocide, such as [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], committed suicide before they even got to trial; others such as [[Amon Göth]] were captured and put into Soviet labor camps or were executed.

Some Nazis were able to evade capture entirely, the most notable being [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], [[Martin Bormann]], and [[Heinrich Müller]]:

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 ==Aftermath==
-{{Quote|The Holocaust is very much alive. The wounds are still there. The scars are still there. The influence is still there.|Avner Shalev}}After all the concentration camps were liberated by the Americans, British/Canadians, and the Soviets; most of highest members of the Nazi party and the SS were standing on trial in the Nuremberg trials. Many that were involved in the Holocaust were sentenced to death for [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]], only a few were sentenced to prison, for example [[Karl Dönitz]], [[Albert Speer]] and [[Rudolf Hess]]. Other Nazis that were involved in the genocide, such as [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], committed suicide before they even got to trial; others were captured and put into Soviet labor camps or were executed, some were executed in the concentration camps after the liberation.
+{{Quote|The Holocaust is very much alive. The wounds are still there. The scars are still there. The influence is still there.|Avner Shalev}}After all the concentration camps were liberated by the Americans, British/Canadians, and the Soviets; most of highest members of the Nazi party and the SS were standing on trial in the Nuremberg trials. Many that were involved in the Holocaust were sentenced to death for [[war crimes]] and [[crimes against humanity]], only a few were sentenced to prison, for example [[Karl Dönitz]], [[Albert Speer]] and [[Rudolf Hess]] (who committed suicide in Spandau Prison in 1987 at age 93.)
+Other Nazis that were involved in the genocide, such as [[Hermann Göring]] and [[Heinrich Himmler]], committed suicide before they even got to trial; others such as [[Amon Göth]] were captured and put into Soviet labor camps or were executed.
 Some Nazis were able to evade capture entirely, the most notable being [[Adolf Eichmann]], [[Josef Mengele]], [[Martin Bormann]], and [[Heinrich Müller]]: