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title: "The victims of the Holocaust"
description: "Discover the full story of WWII with timelines, veteran accounts, and in-depth coverage of events like the Holocaust and D-Day. Explore the history that shaped our world."
url: "https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/victims"
date: "2026-07-28T04:38:18+00:00"
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#  Remember the victims

### Uncover the haunting truth

Holocaust through the eyes of the people

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- [Remember the victims](#)

Remember the victims of the Holocaust

 ![A yellow Star of David with the word Jood, the Dutch word for Jew](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/fc/D-Day-normandy-beyond-Jodenster-fcbb23d3.png?src=images/jews/D-Day-normandy-beyond-Jodenster.png&thumbnail=600,631,&hash=d45bb2ce)

#  Remembering the victims of the Holocaust

The Holocaust was a horrific event in WW2 orchestrated by the Nazi government of Germany, with chosen victims based on their ethnicity, religion, political beliefs, and sexual orientation. The Nazis implemented discriminatory laws and policies against specific groups, leading to the systematic persecution and eventual genocide known as the Holocaust. This persecution included legalized segregation, involuntary institutionalization, euthanasia, and forced sterilization of those deemed unfit by Nazi standards. While the majority of victims were Jews, Sinti-Roma people and Slavs, other victims included individuals who were considered social outcasts or political enemies according to Nazi ideology, such as homosexuals. As WW2 progressed, Nazi persecution intensified, resulting in non-judicial imprisonment, confiscation of property, forced labor, sexual slavery, death from extreme work conditions, human experimentation, malnourishment, and execution using various methods. The goal for specific groups like the Jews was complete genocide. It is estimated that approximately six million Jewish men, women, and children were systematically persecuted and murdered by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Moreover, the Holocaust era claimed the lives of an additional 11 million individuals from different targeted groups.

**Jewish Victims**
The Holocaust specifically targeted Jews, aiming to eradicate their presence from Europe. The millions who perished were mothers, fathers, children, grandparents, and siblings. Their stories of suffering and resilience form an indelible mark on humanity's conscience, reminding us of the unfathomable depths of cruelty and prejudice.

**Roma and Sinti victims**
Often forgotten, the Roma and Sinti people also suffered immense persecution during the Holocaust. They were subjected to discrimination, deportation, and systematic extermination. Remembering their suffering sheds light on the importance of tackling racial prejudice and promoting inclusivity.

**Mentally and physically disabled victims**
The Nazis sought to eliminate those they deemed "unfit" or "inferior," including the mentally and physically disabled. Forced sterilization and mass murder were their cruel strategies. Honoring their memory urges us to safeguard the rights and dignity of all individuals, irrespective of their mental or physical abilities.

**Homosexuals and political dissidents**
Homosexual individuals and political dissidents were hunted down as well, enduring persecution, imprisonment, and death. Their sacrifice reminds us that the preservation of democracy and human rights is essential in preventing the recurrence of such heinous acts.

**And all the other people** **that fell victim to the Holocaust**

 ![A concentration camp uniform](https://www.normandy1944.info/images/holocaust/misc/d-day-normandy-beyond-concentration-camp-jacket.png)

Concentration camp clothes were designed to dehumanize the inmates and strip them of their individuality. Typically made of coarse, striped fabric, the suits were ill-fitting and provided minimal protection from the harsh conditions of the camps. Each suit had a distinctive prisoner number sewn onto it, further degrading the individual and reducing them to a mere statistic.

##  Stories of the Holocaust

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- <a href="">Czech Republic</a>
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- <a href="">German</a>
- <a href="">Greece</a>
- <a href="">Poland</a>

 [ ![Dario Gabbai was sent to Auschwitz and survived](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/05/dario_gabbai_008-0540ee4c.jpg?src=images/holocaust/greek/dario-gabbai/dario_gabbai_008.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=6a9a3903)

###  Dario Gabbai

Auschwitz - Birkenau

I was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, on September 2, 1922. My mother was Greek, and my father was Italian. The roots of…

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 [ ![Eva Umlauf](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/72/d-day-normandy-beyond-eva-umlauf-001-72346205.jpg?src=images/holocaust/czech_republic/eva_umlauf/d-day-normandy-beyond-eva-umlauf-001.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=3f31e7b1)

###  Eva Umlauf Hecht

Novaky and Auschwitz - Birkenau

Eva Umlauf was born on December 19, 1942 in a forced labor camp for Jewish prisoners in Nováky, Slovakia. On October 17…

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 [ ![Hartog (Harry) Kalkoene](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/66/d-day-normandy-holocaust-survivor-hartog-kalkoene-66ca4eaf.jpg?src=images/holocaust/dutch/hartog_kalkoene/d-day-normandy-holocaust-survivor-hartog-kalkoene.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=6ae1b7d7)

###  Hartog (Harry) Kalkoene

Auschwitz - Birkenau

Hartog (Harry) Kalkoene grew up together with his brother Willem, father Bernardus and mother Anna in The Hague at 39 S…

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 [ ![Hendrina Kalkoene - Swaab](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/5b/images-holocaust-dutch-survivor-hendrina-kalkoene-5bfb7723.jpg?src=images/holocaust/dutch/hendrina_kalkoene/images-holocaust-dutch-survivor-hendrina-kalkoene.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=d4bf8f7b)

###  Hendrina Kalkoene - Swaab

Auschwitz

Before the Second World War, my grandmother Hendrina (Henny) lived with her brother Salomon 'Sally' Ruben Swaab and par…

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###  Herman Grossman

Auschwitz - Birkenau

Herman Grossman was born in Kladno, CSR in 1931. Herman then moved to Aknaszlatina which is in the modern day Ukraine…

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###  Jacqueline Turfkruyer

Theresienstadt

The hardest part was losing my mother. That still hurts. Why did they tear families apart? Why? I once told my daughter…

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###  Jan Komski

Auschwitz - Birkenau

Like many of the young men in early months of the war, Jan Komski, a Polish Roman Catholic, was arrested on the Poland/…

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 [ ![Jean Maupoint was a famous French singer and Holocaust survivor](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/b9/d-day-normandy-beyond-jean-maupoint-011-b984be71.jpg?src=images/holocaust/french/jean_maupoint/d-day-normandy-beyond-jean-maupoint-011.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=d92b35ff)

###  Jean Maupoint

Dora Mittelbau

Jean Maupoint was born on 24 September 1907 in Luçon, France. He moved to Clermont Ferrand in February 1932. There he w…

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 [ ![Kate Mueller Slonim](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/7f/Kathe-Mu%CC%88ller-April-1934-age-6-7f038d40.jpg?src=images/holocaust/german/Kate_Mueller_Slonim/Kathe-Mu%CC%88ller-April-1934-age-6.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=ff02a88f)

###  Kate Mueller Slonim

Dachau

Kate Mueller (born Kathe Mueller in July 1, 1927 in Stuttgart, Germany) was just 11 years old when her life was sh…

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 [ ![Lotty (Charlotte) Veffer](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/10/d-day-normandy-beyond-portrait-Lotty-Charlotte-Veffer-10fe738f.jpg?src=images/holocaust/dutch/Lotty_Veffer/d-day-normandy-beyond-portrait-Lotty-Charlotte-Veffer.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=6a0e779b)

###  Lotty (Charlotte) Veffer

Auschwitz

Lotty Veffer was born on 10 July 1921 on the Tugelaweg 46 into a happy non-believing Jewish family in East Amsterdam. L…

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 [ ![Nathan Herman Wijnperle](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/b9/d-day-normandy-holocaust-survivor-nathan-wijnperle-b99db369.jpg?src=images/holocaust/dutch/nathan_wijnperle/d-day-normandy-holocaust-survivor-nathan-wijnperle.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=eaa2d232)

###  Nathan Wijnperle

Vught (NL)

A childhood in prewar Jewish Sittard Before the war, Jewish life for Nathan Herman Wijnperle in Sittard was visible, s…

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 [ ![Robert "Bob" Cohen survived multiple concentration- and extermination camps](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/93/bob_cohen_potrait-93839a0d.jpg?src=images/holocaust/dutch/robert-cohen/bob_cohen_potrait.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=2c85d097)

###  Robert Cohen

Auschwitz - Birkenau

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 [ ![Ruth Rosa Luise Mühlmann](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/dd/Ruth-Rosa-Luise-Muhlmann-ddb9b70c.jpg?src=images/holocaust/german/ruth_rosa_luise_muhlmann/Ruth-Rosa-Luise-Muhlmann.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=0a4be7e8)

###  Ruth Rosa Luise Mühlmann

Bernburg Mental Hospital

Ruth Rosa Louise Mühlmann was born on July 11, 1920 to Emma Perlitz Mühlmann and Paul Mühlmann. Emma and Paul lived at…

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 [ ![Selma Velleman](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/8d/d-day-normandy-beyond-selma-velleman-016-8db1b54c.jpg?src=images/holocaust/dutch/selma-velleman/d-day-normandy-beyond-selma-velleman-016.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=2fa3e5f7)

###  Selma Velleman

Ravensbrück

Selma van de Perre - Velleman is the daughter of the Jewish actor, singer and presenter Barend Velleman and Femmetje Ve…

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 [ ![](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/b6/D-Day-Holocaust-Tadeusz-Pietrzykowski-01-b671830b.jpg?src=images/holocaust/polish/tadeusz_pietrzykowski/D-Day-Holocaust-Tadeusz-Pietrzykowski-01.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=efb9f18f)

###  Tadeusz Pietrzykowski

Auschwitz - Birkenau

Tadeusz Pietrzykowski was born on April 8, 1917 in Warsaw. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, he achieved a s…

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 [ ![The Wallig family (told by Frits Evenbly)](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/70/d-day-normandy-beyond-frits-evenbly-70d1daee.jpg?src=images/holocaust/dutch/frits_evenbly/d-day-normandy-beyond-frits-evenbly.jpg&thumbnail=350,265,&hash=c38d380c)

###  The Wallig family (told by Frits Evenbly)

Auschwitz-Birkenau

“This is where I lived during the war” my dad, Frits Evenbly began in a trembling voice. “Look here,” he pointed in a w…

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###  Discover the concentration camps

Explore the network of Nazi transit, concentration and extermination camps that formed the backbone of persecution, forced labour and mass murder across occupied Europe.

 [ ![Concentration Camp Dachau was the first camp in Nazi Germany](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/1d/D-Day-Normandy-beyond-Dachau-05-1df1e779.jpg?src=images/photos/color/dachau/D-Day-Normandy-beyond-Dachau-05.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=8b8813c0)

###  Dachau

Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany

Dachau Concentration Camp was the first majo…

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 [ ![The children of Auschwitz after liberation by the Soviet Army on January 27, 1945](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/c2/d-day-normandy-beyond-auschwitz-007-c25c90ae.jpg?src=images/photos/Holocaust/Auschwitz/d-day-normandy-beyond-auschwitz-007.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=192d807c)

###  Auschwitz

Oswiecim, Poland

Auschwitz was the largest Nazi concentration…

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 [ ![Entrance at Natzweiler Struthof after liberation](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/52/Entrance-at-Natzweiler-Struthof-after-liberation-52b2c3c9.jpg?src=images/photos/Holocaust/Majdanek/Entrance-at-Natzweiler-Struthof-after-liberation.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=fc8ca1c5)

###  Natzweiler-Struthof

Natzweiler, France

The Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp w…

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 [ ![Kamp Geesbrug overview](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/37/kamp-geesburg-concentration-camp-grounds-37c6f2bb.jpg?src=images/photos/Holocaust/Geesburg/kamp-geesburg-concentration-camp-grounds.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=02bdd63e)

###  Workcamp Geesbrug

Geesbrug, The Netherlands

Over the years, different groups of people h…

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 [ ![Sobibor was a Nazi extermination camp located in former occupied Poland](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/d5/d-day-normandy-beyond-sobibor-002-d590fb20.jpg?src=images/photos/Holocaust/Sobibor/d-day-normandy-beyond-sobibor-002.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=57e91adf)

###  Sobibor

Sobibor, Poland

Sobibor was an extermination camp built and…

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 [ ![Kamp Schoorl overview](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/4a/kamp-schoorl-concentration-camp-grounds-4a2f5366.jpg?src=images/photos/Holocaust/Schoorl/kamp-schoorl-concentration-camp-grounds.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=a7d3fd72)

###  Kamp Schoorl

Schoorl, The Netherlands

There is nothing to remember us of what happ…

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 [ ![Majdanek concentration camp in Poland](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/4b/majdanek-concentration-camp-history-prisoners-group-4b27888e.jpg?src=images/photos/Holocaust/Majdanek/majdanek-concentration-camp-history-prisoners-group.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=9ffdee55)

###  Majdanek

Lublin, Poland

The Nazi concentration camp in Lublin, Majda…

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 [ ![Neuengamme main gate](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/f9/Entrance-to-the-SS-barracks-with-the-first-wooden-guard-tower-neuengamme-f9d67335.jpg?src=images/photos/Holocaust/Neuengamme/Entrance-to-the-SS-barracks-with-the-first-wooden-guard-tower-neuengamme.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=bfde6dee)

###  Neuengamme

Hamburg, Northern Germany

In December 1938, the SS established a sub c…

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 [ ![Entrance to Camp Erika](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/96/camp-erika-netherlands-road-entrance-to-camp-960b5c57.jpg?src=images/photos/Holocaust/Erika/camp-erika-netherlands-road-entrance-to-camp.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=0fad6164)

###  Camp Erika

Ommen, The Netherlands

Kamp Erika was a camp situated at the B…

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 [ ![](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/2f/d-day-normandy-beyond-Mauthausen-main-gate-2f57031a.jpg?src=images/photos/Holocaust/Mauthausen/d-day-normandy-beyond-Mauthausen-main-gate.jpg&thumbnail=350,200,&hash=0c12bc19)

###  Mauthausen

Mauthausen, Upper Austria

On March 12, 1938, the "Anschluss" of Austro…

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##  Stories of the Aktion T4

The victims shown here were among the first people targeted by Nazi Germany's organised programme of mass murder. Under the [**Aktion T4**](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4) programme, thousands of children and adults with physical disabilities, learning disabilities and mental illnesses were labelled as *"life unworthy of life"* and systematically murdered between 1939 and 1945. Their persecution marked the beginning of the Nazi regime's policy of state-sponsored killing and provided many of the methods, personnel and technologies later used during the **Holocaust**.

Although officially presented as a medical programme, [**Aktion T4** ](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4)was driven by Nazi racial ideology and the belief that those considered "unfit" had no place in German society. Doctors, nurses and administrators became active participants in the programme, while specially constructed gas chambers and crematoria were first used at the killing centres of [**Hadamar**](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4/euthanasia-centers/hadamar-euthanasia-centre), [**Hartheim**](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4/euthanasia-centers/hartheim-euthanasia-centre), [**Bernburg**](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4/euthanasia-centers/toetungsanstalt-bernburg), **[Sonnestein](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4/euthanasia-centers/heil-und-pflegeanstalt-sonnenstein), Brandenburg** and **Grafeneck.** Other institutions, including [**Kaufbeuren-Irsee**](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4/euthanasia-centers/heil-und-pflegeanstalt-kaufbeuren), also became sites of systematic murder through starvation, neglect and lethal injections. Many of the personnel who organised and carried out these crimes later played leading roles in **Operation Reinhard**, where they helped oversee the extermination camps of **Belzec**, [**Sobibor**](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/concentrationcamps/sobibor) and **Treblinka**.

The individuals featured here represent only a small number of the thousands of victims whose lives were deliberately erased by the Nazi regime. Behind every photograph was a person with a family, ambitions and a future that was taken from them. Their stories remind us that the Holocaust did not begin with the extermination camps, but with discrimination, dehumanisation and the systematic persecution of those whom the Nazis considered undesirable.

> Behind every name and face was a person with a family, hopes and dreams. By remembering them, we honour their humanity and preserve the historical truth of one of the darkest chapters of Nazi persecution.

 [ Discover more about the Aktion T4 ](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4)

 [ ![Ruth Rosa Luise Muhlmann](https://www.normandy1944.info/images/holocaust/german/ruth_rosa_luise_muhlmann/Ruth-Rosa-Luise-Muhlmann.jpg)

####  Ruth Rosa Luise Mühlmann

Ruth Rosa Louise Mühlmann was born on July 11, 1920 to Emma Perlitz Mühlmann and Paul Mühlmann. Emma and Paul lived at…

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###  Discover the Aktion T4 locations

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####  Heil– und Pflegeanstalt Sonnenstein

June 1940 - August 1941

Location: Schlosspark 11, Pirna, Germany

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 [ ![](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/8b/d-day-normandy-beyond-aktion-t4-hartheim-main-building-8b0fe3ab.jpg?src=images/holocaust/aktionT4/hartheim/d-day-normandy-beyond-aktion-t4-hartheim-main-building.jpg&thumbnail=510,250,&hash=51abaf52)

####  Tötungsanstalt Schloss Hartheim

May 1940 - May 1945

Location: Alkoven, Austria

 ](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4/euthanasia-centers/hartheim-euthanasia-centre)

 [ ![](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/ad/d-day-normandy-beyond-aktion-t4-kaufbeuren-main-ad4a265d.jpg?src=images/holocaust/aktionT4/Kaufbeuren/d-day-normandy-beyond-aktion-t4-kaufbeuren-main.jpg&thumbnail=510,250,&hash=99dca3ba)

####  Tötungsanstalt Kaufbeuren

3 September 1939 - April 30, 1945

Location: Kaufbeuren, Germany

 ](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4/euthanasia-centers/heil-und-pflegeanstalt-kaufbeuren)

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####  Tötungsanstalt Hadamar

13 January 1941 - 1 September 1941

Location: Hadamar, Germany

 ](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4/euthanasia-centers/hadamar-euthanasia-centre)

 [ ![](https://www.normandy1944.info/media/yootheme/cache/e0/d-day-normandy-beyond-aktiont4-bernburg-3-e0df7ddd.jpg?src=images/holocaust/aktionT4/Bernburg/images/d-day-normandy-beyond-aktiont4-bernburg-3.jpg&thumbnail=510,250,&hash=71f961f9)

####  Tötungsanstalt Bernburg

21 November 1940 - 30 July 1943

Location: Bernburg, Germany

 ](https://www.normandy1944.info/holocaust/aktion-t4/euthanasia-centers/toetungsanstalt-bernburg)

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