On November 11, 1918, the Great War had comecame to an end. EstimatedAn estimated 22 countries took land from Germany, the. The German Empire had 64.6 million people. The war claimed 2.8 million lives, which led to a decline in birth rates. On September 2, 1945, WW2 ended. Over 60 million lives were taken. We had to make sure we provided comfort for all of the trauma those citizens in the Holocaust had to go through.