Worst insults and racial slurs against the Irish. Thomas Nash's racist cartoon, from 1871: While many Irish stereotypes and slurs have fallen out of use, others are still surprisingly common. Unfortunately, racial slurs against the Irish are still regularly used. In fact a story in 2012 shocked the Irish community when an Australian construction company owner actually advertised for a job saying âNo Irishâ need apply.
In World War II, the ghettos were squalid, diseased slums where people died of starvation and sickness. The first ghetto of Nazi Germany was established in Piotrkow Trybulnaski, Poland, in 1939, using it to separate the Jews from the Gentiles.As the Holocaust progressed, more and more ghettos were created, in Poland, in Holland, in Germany, in every country occupied by the Nazis.n World War II, the ghettos were squalid, diseased slums where people died of starvation and sickness. The first ghetto of Nazi Germany was established in Piotrkow Trybulnaski, Poland, in 1939, using it to separate the Jews from the Gentiles.
The Big Numbers. 1  It is estimated that 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. 2  Six million of these were Jews. 3  The Nazis killed approximately two-thirds of all Jews living in Europe.4  An estimated 1.1 million children were murdered in the Holocaust. The Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany and ended in 1945 when the Nazis were defeated by the Allied powers. 2  The term Holocaust, originally from the Greek word holokauston which means sacrifice by fire, refers to the Nazi's persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people.