The exact number of Jews killed by the Germans remains controversial, though the generally accepted figure is between 5.7 million and 6 million. One of the most comprehensive estimates was prepared by Yehuda Bauer of the Yad Vashem Research Institute, which was created in 1953 by the Israeli Knesset to study the Holocaust. Bauer broke down the numbers by country this way:
Country |
Number Who Died |
Austria |
65,000 |
Belgium and Luxembourg |
24,700 |
Czechoslovakia |
277,000 |
France |
83,000 |
Germany |
125,000 |
Greece |
65,000 |
Hungary |
402,000 |
Italy |
7,500 |
Netherlands |
106,000 |
Norway |
760 |
Polish-Soviet territory |
4,565,5000 |
Romania |
40,000 |
Yugoslavia |
60,000 |
