The Holocaust was the murder of six million Jews and millions of others by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. Mass killings began in June 1941 with the shooting of Jewish civilians during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. At the end of 1941, the Germans began deporting Jews to killing centers in occupied Poland. By May 1945, about two out of every three Jews in Europe had been murdered.

Their job was to keep the home nice for their husband and family - their life should revolve round the three 'Ks': church children cookingGoebbels said: "The mission of women is to be beautiful and to bring children into the world."