No single master list
No one Nazi document lists every Jewish victim.
Demographic reconstruction
Researchers compare prewar populations with survivors, emigrants, border changes and postwar data.
Perpetrator records
The Höfle Telegram, Einsatzgruppen reports and camp records provide powerful but incomplete administrative evidence.
Victim and local records
Community archives, transport lists, diaries and tracing records identify individuals and local losses.
Presenting uncertainty
Pages should distinguish documented minimums, institutional estimates, scholarly ranges and disputed geographic scopes.
Sources
This page draws on the institutional sources listed below.