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The Nazi regime's Holocaust systematically murdered six million European Jews, decimating the population and ending centuries of diaspora life. The Holocaust's meticulous record-keeping underscores its brutality, with the Jewish community's annihilation forming one of history’s starkest genocides.
In tandem, Stalin’s Soviet Union, despite the Bolsheviks' communist ideals—heavily influenced by many Jews—persecuted Jewish communities and sought to suppress their identity. By 1960, nearly all Jews had fled Eastern Europe, scattering globally.