LEARNING FROM

LEARNING FROM
THE HOLOCAUST
THE HOLOCAUST
BEYOND SURVIVAL THERE IS HOPE
BEYOND SURVIVAL THERE IS HOPE

Who Died in the Holocaust

Bucknell Opera Theatre Emily Martin, director
Nicholas Roseth, conductor
The Holocaust is the best-documented case of genocide in human history. Despite this, it has
proven difficult to provide exact counts of people who were killed as a result of Nazi orders
or policies. Scholars use census reports, captured German and Axis archives and postwar
investigations to build their estimates. As more documents come to light or as understandings
change, the estimates may also change.

What follow are the current best estimates of civilians and captured soldiers killed by the Nazi
regime and its collaborators:
Jews – 6 million
Soviet civilians (non-Jewish) – 5.7 million
Soviet prisoners of war – 3 million
Polish civilians (non-Jewish) – 1.8 million
Serb civilians (non-Jewish) – 312,000
People with disabilities: up to 250,000
Roma: up to 250,000
Jehovah’s Witnesses: 1,900
Repeat criminals (including so-called ‘asocials’): at least 70,000
Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transgender, Non-Binary Gender, etc.: Hundreds, possibly
thousands (and some more may have been included in the abovementioned
‘asocial’ category)
Political dissidents: undetermined

Source: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – Holocaust Encyclopedia

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Saturday, November 9, 2019

11am Family Matinee
6:15pm Evening Performance
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BEYOND SURVIVAL THERE IS HOPE

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Dayeinu! Week Sponsors: Bucknell Office of the President; The Charles J. & Isabelle Kushell Music Endowment Fund;
The Lattal Family Opera Endowment; The Rabbi Serena L. Fujita Social Justice Fund; The Dalal Family Fund for Creativity
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Source: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – Holocaust Encyclopedia
Bucknell Departments of Art History, English, Education, Film/Media Studies, German Studies, Jewish Studies,
Music, Russian Studies and Sociology; The Campus Theatre; the Weis Center for the Performing Arts; Congregation
Beth El of Sunbury; Ohev Sholom Congregation - Williamsport, PA; and the Days of Remembrance Essay Contest.
Rabbi Nina Mandel, Cultural Content Advisor . Dr. Emily Martin, Dayeinu! Event Coordinator

Dayeinu! Week Sponsors: Bucknell Office of the President; The Charles J. & Isabelle Kushell
Music Endowment Fund; The Lattal Family Opera Endowment; The Rabbi Serena L. Fujita Social
Justice Fund; The Dalal Family Fund for Creativity & Innovation; the Mellon Grant for Confounding
Problems; Bucknell Office of Religious and Spiritual Life; Bucknell Office of Campus Jewish Life;
Hillel at Bucknell; Bucknell Departments of Art & Art History, English, Education, Film/Media
Studies, German Studies, Jewish Studies, Music, and Russian Studies; The Campus Theatre; the
Weis Center for the Performing Arts; Congregation Beth El of Sunbury; Ohev Sholom Congregation
- Williamsport, PA; and the Days of Remembrance Essay Contest.
Rabbi Nina Mandel, Cultural Content Advisor . Dr. Emily Martin, Dayeinu! Event Coordinator