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Wehrmacht
The regular German army. Although it has been shown that many ordinary soldiers of the Wehrmacht particpated in atrocities and murder campaigns, they should not be confused with the SS, who were the main uniformed Germans who implemented the Final Solution.
U

Umschlagplatz
Untermensch

V

Vernichtung durch Arbeit
Versailles Treaty
Volk
Volkdeutsche
Volksgemeinschaft

W

Wagner, Richard
Wall Street Crash
Wannsee Conference
Wehrmacht
Weimar Republic

 		Y

Yiddish

Z

Zentram
Zionism
Zyklon B 		 
   
   
Introduction What is the Holocaust?
Jewish Tradition
Antisemitism
Hitlers Rise to Power
The Third Reich

Mass Murder
The Final Solution
Concentration Camp
Resisting the Enemy
The Aftermath