Nazi war crimes
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Nazi war crimes were systematic atrocities—including mass murder, torture, and persecution—committed by the Nazi regime and its agencies across Europe before and during World War II.
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Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
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genocide → state-sponsored terror → war crime → |
| documentedBy |
Allied investigations
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Nazi records → survivor testimonies → |
| historicalImpact |
central to memory of World War II
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foundational for modern human rights discourse → |
| includes |
Holocaust
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death marches → deportation → destruction of cultural property → ethnic cleansing → forced labor → hostage-taking and reprisal killings → mass rape → mass shootings → medical experiments on prisoners → persecution of Jews → persecution of Roma and Sinti → persecution of Slavic populations → persecution of homosexuals → persecution of people with disabilities → persecution of political opponents → persecution of religious groups → starvation policies → systematic plunder of property → torture → use of concentration camps → use of extermination camps → use of gas chambers → use of ghettos → |
| ledTo |
Geneva Conventions of 1949
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Genocide Convention → Universal Declaration of Human Rights → development of international criminal law → |
| legalAftermath |
Nuremberg Trials
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national war crimes trials in Europe → subsequent Nuremberg trials → |
| motive |
antisemitism
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expansionism → political repression → racist ideology → |
| notableEvent |
Babi Yar massacre
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Kristallnacht → Lidice massacre → Operation Reinhard → Oradour-sur-Glane massacre → Warsaw Ghetto Uprising suppression → |
| organizedBy |
Nazi state apparatus
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| peakDuring |
World War II
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| perpetratedBy |
Einsatzgruppen
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Gestapo → National Socialist German Workers’ Party → Nazi Germany → SS → Wehrmacht → |
| recognizedAs |
crimes against humanity
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genocide under international law → war crimes under international law → |
| systematic |
true
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| timePeriod |
1933–1945
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| tookPlaceIn |
Belgium
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Czechoslovakia → France → Germany → Greece → Italy → Netherlands → North Africa → Norway → Poland → Soviet Union → Yugoslavia → |
| victimGroup |
Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Jews → Poles → Roma and Sinti → Soviet civilians → Soviet prisoners of war → disabled persons → homosexuals → hostages → political prisoners → resistance fighters → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Nuremberg Prison
("Nazi war crimes trials")
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associatedWith |
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Gestapo
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participatedIn |
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HungerPlan
("Nazi German occupation policy in the East")
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partOf |