Holocaust Research Paper

During the Holocaust an estimated six million Jews were killed (History.com). Hitler's hatred towards the Jews was deliberated from Karl Lueger (holocaustresearchproject.org). Karl was a very young mayor of Vienna and he blamed the jews for Australia's economic problems (Levy 72). There were a number of events that led to the Holocaust: World War 1, Civil War, poor economy, failed coup, and the voters giving power to the Nazis (holocaustresearchproject.org) . World War 1 was settled by the Treaty of Versailles (americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_ww1_1.html) which said that Germany was responsible for war repairs and also the treaty included an embarrising guilt cause (.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_ww1_1.html) . World War 1 led into

Jewish buildings were destroyed and Jewish men were killed. Over 1,000 synagogues were burned, 7,000 Jewish businesses were wrecked. This event was planned by Dr.Joseph Goebbels and other Nazis (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . Thirty thousand more male Jews were arrested the next day for the crime of religious beliefs (holocaustresearchproject.com). More laws were passed making the Jewish children housebound. The Nazis not only targeted the Jews for being their “main problem” but also groups that were racially or genetically inferior to them. Between 1933 and 1935 laws were passed to reduce the number of genetically "inferior" individuals in the gene pool (History.com) . The group included the disable, Jews, African German, Blacks and Gypsies. Almost 15,000 homosexuals were placed in concentration camps and the 20,000 Jehovah witnesses were banned in April 1933 (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . They lost their jobs and were denied unemployment benefits, social welfare, and pensions (History.com) . most of the Jehovah's Witnesses were put in concentration camps in her children were sent to orphanages and detention centers (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . Half of the Jewish population of Germany fled to the United States, Palestine, in Latin America (History.com) . The Jews that remained in Germany were unable to obtain visas to leave, were too poor to leave, or could not obtain sponsorship (History.com) . Squads consisted of four groups of between 500 and 900 men that were ordered to kill the Jews on the spot (holocaustresearchproject.org) . In 1942 it was decided that the death camps would be a faster method of killing, so the Einsatzgruppen ended (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . Approximately 1,500,000 Jews were killed during the Einsatzgruppen. In September 1941 the Nazis begin to use gas vand which were trucks that were filled with people that were locked in and they were