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Quantifying the Holocaust: Measuring murder rates during the Nazi genocide
Even though the Holocaust is one of the best documented genocides in a historical sense, there is surprisingly little quantitative data available, even on major critical events.
- Lewi Stone
- The Conversation
What’s more, this history is often told in figures too large to comprehend on the human scale. Large numbers – like the infamous 6 million people murdered – obscure the significance of key operations that shaped this genocide, leaving instead just a…
In a digital age, mathematics, data science and visualization can help make sense of these events for new generations.
By examining a rare and…