Included in the figures of total war dead for each nation are victims of the Holocaust . The Holocaust is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II . Martin Gilbert estimates 5.7 million ( 78 % ) of the 7.3 million Jews in German occupied Europe were Holocaust victims . Estimates of Holocaust deaths range between 4.9 and 5.9 million Jews
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
World War II casualties