The Bloodlands

The Bloodlands

~14,000,001 • Non-combatants deliberately

murdered by the Nazis and Soviets.

• 14,000,001 x 1

The Roots Of Soviet & Nazi Murder

• Both sets of killings were partly motivated by economic development.

U.S.S.R.• Collectivization• Paranoid

Totalitarianism

Nazi Germany

Anti-Semitism

The Myth Of The Aryan Race

Leads to the desire for German expansion

1932-33: Ukrainian Famine

• 3,300,001 deliberately starved

1937: The Great Terror• 628,691

murdered

1939-41: Poland

• ~200,001 murdered

Soviet POWs• ~3,100,001

Civilian Reprisals• ~800,001

The Holocaust• ~5,900,001 Jews

All These Children Died.

Many Other Groups Were Targeted

Romani (Gypsies)

Poles

The CostVictims KilledJews 5.9 millionSoviet POWs 2-3 millionEthnic Poles 1.8-2 millionRomani ~100,000Disabled 200,000-250,000Slovenes 20,000-25,000Homosexuals 5,000-15,000

The S.S. St. Louis