The Holocaust大屠殺

Wan Ting Cheng
3 min readApr 9, 2020

P.262–263,
Timelines of Everything
https://www.amazon.com/-/zh_TW/dp/1465474935

From 1993 to 1945, Germany was ruled by the Nazi Party, an anti-Semitic (anti-Jewish) political organization, which blamed Jewish people for the country’s misfortunes. The Nazis built thousands of concentration camps, where they imprisoned and killed six million Jews, and five million homosexuals, disabled people, Romanies, and political prisoners.

從1993年到1945年,德國由納粹黨(Nazi Party)統治,納粹黨是一個反猶太(anti-Jewish)政治組織,該組織將猶太人的不幸歸咎於猶太人。 納粹建立了數千個集中營,將他們監禁並殺死了600萬名猶太人,以及500萬名同性戀、身障者、羅馬人、政治犯。

人物介紹Anne Frank

Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl living in the Netherlands when World War II Broke out. She later died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Her diary survived, though, recording her thoughts and experiences while she was hiding from the Nazi regime. Her writing is a reminder of the constant fear and hardship felt by many who lived under Nazi occupation.

第二次世界大戰爆發時,安妮·弗蘭克(Anne Frank)是居住在荷蘭的年輕猶太女孩。 她後來死於卑爾根-貝爾森集中營。 她的日記倖免於難,記錄了她躲避納粹政權時的思想和經歷。 她的作品使人想起了生活在納粹佔領下的許多人不斷感到恐懼和困苦。

Auschwitz, Poland

Railway tracks lead right up to the entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. During the Holocaust, more than one million people were killed at Auschwitz. Today, the camp is preserved as a memorial.

鐵路一直通向奧斯威辛-比克瑙集中營的入口。 大屠殺期間,奧斯威辛集中營有超過100萬人喪生。 今天,該營地被保留作為紀念。

March 1933 Dachau concentration camp Dachau集中營

Just months after seizing power, the Nazis open the first concentration camp at Dachau, near Munich. It holds 12,000 prisoners, mostly communists and those considered “enemies of the state”.

奪取權力僅幾個月後,納粹就在慕尼黑附近的Dachau開設了第一個集中營。 它擁有12,000名囚犯,其中大多數是共產主義者以及被認為是「國家敵人」的人。

15 September 1935 Nuremberg race laws紐倫堡種族法

At its annual rally in Nuremberg, the Nazi Party passes more anti-Semitic laws that further restrict the rights of Jewish people. The laws mean that Jews lost their citizenship and can no longer marry non-Jews.

納粹黨在紐倫堡舉行的年度集會上,通過了更多的反猶太法,進一步限制了猶太人民的權利。 法律意味著猶太人失去了國籍,不能再與非猶太人結婚。

9–10 November 1938 Kristallnacht碎玻璃之夜

In a night of violence, Nazis terrorize Jews across Germany and Austria, attacking shops, homes, and synagogues. Thirty thousand Jews are rounded up and transported to concentration camps.

在暴力之夜,納粹在德國和奧地利對猶太人進行恐怖襲擊、襲擊商店、房屋、猶太教堂。 三萬名猶太人被圍捕並運送到集中營。

2 December 1938 Kindertransport難民兒童運動

After Kristallnacht, many Jews try to leave Germany, but some countries refuse to accept them. As part of a rescue effort known as Kinderansport, 10,000 Jewish children escape to Britain, leaving their parents behind.

克里斯塔納赫特(Kristallnacht)之後,許多猶太人試圖離開德國,但一些國家拒絕接受他們。 救援工作部分中以Kinderansport最出名,有10,000名猶太兒童逃往英國,將父母留在了身後。

21 September 1939 Jewish ghettoes猶太人居住區

When Nazi troops invade Poland, Polish Jews are forced to move into ghettoes, restricted area controlled by Nazi troops. Food and water are scarce and living conditions are very cramped.

當納粹軍隊入侵波蘭時,波蘭猶太人被迫進入貧民窟,這是納粹軍隊控制的禁區。 食物和水很缺乏,生活條件非常局促。

14 June 1940 Auschwitz opens奧斯威辛集中營開放

The first prisoners arrive at Auschwitz I concentration camp in Poland. The prisoners, mostly Polish political rebels, are tattooed with numbers in order of their arrival.

首批囚犯抵達波蘭的奧斯威辛集中營。 這些囚犯大多是波蘭的政治叛亂者,按照到達的順序刻有數字。

1 September 1941 Star of David大衛之星

From this date, Jewish people over the age of six in Nazi-occupied Europe are gradually made to wear a badge in the shape of the Star of David (a traditional Jewish symbol), so that they can be easily identified.

從那時起,納粹佔領的歐洲六歲以上的猶太人慢慢地都戴上大衛王之星(傳統的猶太像徵)形狀的徽章,以便於識別。

20 January 1942 The Final Solution最終的解決方案

High-ranking Nazis meet to discuss the “Final Solution”, their plan to exterminate Europe’s Jews, who they see as Untermenschen (sun-humans) and a problem to be solved. They agree to deport all Jews to Poland, where they will be killed in death camps.

納粹高層開會討論「最終解決方案」,他們消滅歐洲猶太人的計劃,他們認為他們是Untermenschen(太陽人),是一個有待解決的問題。 他們同意將所有猶太人驅逐到波蘭,在那裡他們將在死亡集中營被殺。

1942 The death camps死亡集中營

Six “death camps” are established across Nazi-occupied Poland. Jews from all over Europe are rounded up. They are transported by train in appalling conditions to the camps where they are selected for slave labour or immediate execution.

在納粹佔領的波蘭建立了六個「死亡集中營」。 來自歐洲各地的猶太人都被捕殺。 他們在惡劣的條件下被火車運送到營地,在那裡他們被選作奴隸勞動或立即處決。

15 February 1942 Gas chambers毒氣室

The Nazis use increasingly systematic methods to commit mass murder. They release poison gas into sealed shower rooms, which are full of prisoners. The bodies are buried in mass graves, or cremated.

納粹使用越來越有系統的方法進行大規模殺人。 他們將有毒氣體釋放到密密麻麻的淋浴間,那裡充滿了囚犯。 這些屍體被埋在萬人坑或火葬中。

July 1994- May 1945 Liberation釋放

As Allied troops march towards Germany, they liberate the concentration camps from Nazi control. The soldiers are appalled by the death and devastation they find. Prisoners are weak, starving, and sick. After liberation, thousands continue to die from illnesses they caught while imprisoned.

當盟軍向德國進軍時,他們從納粹控制下的集中營釋放。 士兵們對他們的死亡和破壞感到震驚。 囚犯虛弱、飢餓、生病。 釋放後,成千上萬的人繼續死於被監禁期間染上的疾病。

1945–1949 The Nuremberg Trials紐倫堡審判

After World War II ends in September 1945, the Allies seek to bring those responsible for the Holocaust to justice. The trials are fully televised and for the first time the public learns the horrific extent of Nazi war crimes.

第二次世界大戰於1945年9月結束,盟軍尋求將應對大屠殺負有責任的人繩之以法。 審判是通過電視進行的,公眾首次了解到納粹戰爭罪行的可怕程度。

14 May 1948 A Jewish homeland猶太人的家鄉

After the horrors of the Holocaust, the international community faces pressure to find land for Jewish survivors to establish a homeland. The new state of Israel created in the Middle East.

在大屠殺的恐怖之後,國際社會面臨著為猶太倖存者尋找建立家園的土地的壓力。 以色列在中東建立了新國家。

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