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Six million Poles lost their lives during World War II, and the Jewish population was decimated, reduced from 3 million to just a couple thousand.
These old stamping grounds of the Huron Indians (until they were decimated by Iroquois warriors and European disease) are now a popular weekend and summer destination for the families of Toronto professionals.
The industry was decimated by the loss of many Jewish families who ran the major diamond houses, but a slow recovery ensured its survival.
During their Directoire, a new wave of executions — the White (royalist) Terror — decimated the Jacobins and their supporters.