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Selection at Auschwitz
Selection at Auschwitz
World Wars
bigpigeon.us webpage World Wars > WW II  -  Civilian Victims, updated by RAC 25 Aug '19.

Wikipedia estimates: 
  • Civilians killed totalled 50 to 55 million, including 19 to 28 million from war-related disease and famine. 
  • Military deaths from all causes totalled 21 to 25 million, including deaths in captivity of about 5 million prisoners of war.

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Sources and Commentary:
  • Much of World War II was directed against civilian rather than military targets. I have chosen as my header image a photo representing the civilian target that proportionally suffered the most, and suffered because of ideological rather than military reasons, namely the Jewish people. For one of the many accounts of the selection process at Auschwitz, see http://time.com/3684757/the-selection-at-auschwitz/​.
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