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    Good articleThe Holocaust has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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    March 9, 2005Featured article candidateNot promoted
    January 19, 2006Good article nomineeListed
    July 5, 2006Good article reassessmentKept
    November 16, 2006Featured article candidateNot promoted
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    Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 5, 2023.
    The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that around 1,500 anti-Jewish laws were enacted by Nazi Germany in the years leading up to the Holocaust (victims pictured)?
    Current status: Good article

    6 million

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    Just a kind recommendation to remove the word “some” before six million jews in the description 136.37.60.95 (talk) 08:15, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Why? It means "approximately" in this usage. --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 15:10, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It is an approximation, not an exact number. Ramos1990 (talk) 16:10, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The source

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    What is the source for the 6 million claim, because the source used in this article isn't a source, it doesn't give name or age or any info on the "6 million" victims And considering this article is locked, you can't dispute this source 37.238.213.15 (talk) 21:17, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The 'Death toll' section cites three sources directly, though I have no doubt whatsoever that many other sources of similar credibility could be found, since the figure (an approximation, obviously, but based on extensive research by many historians over many years) has long been accepted by all but fringe pseudohistorians and denialists. To 'dispute' the figure you would, per Wikipedia policy have to demonstrate that this consensus amongst historians no longer exists. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:55, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    As per Wikipedia guidelines, common knowledge does not require references. The fact that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust is a common knowledge only disputed by deniers, mostly malicious. Steven1991 (talk) 19:33, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Common knowledge can mean commonly repeated propaganda so not everyone who brings attention to it is malicious based solely on their denial. There’s something to be said about such labeling being malicious. Fact is Germany kept very good records and their census’ between 1933-1940 doesn’t even show 1 million total Jewish population in Germany. These census documents are easily accessible so how did the six million figure become so popular? T190063s (talk) 07:14, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    These census documents are easily accessible so how did the six million figure become so popular Read the "Death toll" section, the information you're looking for is all there. This sticks out: "Of the six million victims, most of those killed were from Eastern Europe, and with half from Poland alone". Robby.is.on (talk) 09:11, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]