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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nazi German occupation policy in the East | 1 |
| Nazi crimes in Poland | 1 |
| Nazi medical experiments | 1 |
| Nazi persecution | 1 |
| Nazi war crimes canonical | 1 |
| Nazi war crimes in Italy | 1 |
| Nazi war crimes trials | 1 |
Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
ⓘ
genocide ⓘ state-sponsored terror ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Allied investigations
ⓘ
Nazi records ⓘ survivor testimonies ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
central to memory of World War II
ⓘ
foundational for modern human rights discourse ⓘ |
| includes |
Holocaust
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
surface form:
Geneva Conventions of 1949
GenocideConvention1948 ⓘ
surface form:
Genocide Convention
Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ development of international criminal law ⓘ |
| legalAftermath |
Nuremberg trials
ⓘ
surface form:
Nuremberg Trials
national war crimes trials in Europe ⓘ Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form:
subsequent Nuremberg trials
|
| motive |
antisemitism
ⓘ
expansionism ⓘ political repression ⓘ racist ideology ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Babi Yar massacre
ⓘ
Kristallnacht ⓘ Lidice massacre ⓘ Operation Reinhard ⓘ Oradour-sur-Glane massacre ⓘ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising suppression ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Nazi state apparatus ⓘ |
| peakDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| perpetratedBy |
Einsatzgruppen
ⓘ
Gestapo ⓘ Nazi Party ⓘ
surface form:
National Socialist German Workers’ Party
Nazi Germany ⓘ SS ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
genocide under international law ⓘ war crimes under international law ⓘ |
| systematic | true ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1933–1945 ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn |
Belgium
ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
JehovahsWitnesses
ⓘ
surface form:
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jews ⓘ Poles ⓘ Roma people ⓘ
surface form:
Roma and Sinti
Soviet civilians ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ disabled persons ⓘ homosexuals ⓘ hostages ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ resistance fighters ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Nazi German occupation policy in the East
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Nazi war crimes trials
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Nazi persecution
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Nazi crimes in Poland
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Nazi medical experiments
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Nazi war crimes in Italy