Similarities Between Native American And German Holocaust

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There are many similarities between the German Holocaust and the genocide of the Native Americans but there is many differences. In 1838 Andrew Jackson proposed the indian removal act to remove the Native Americans and put them into reservations. In 1933 Adolf Hitler called for all jews to be put in “ghettos” or slums. The jews were then put into concentration camps and many died before even getting there. During the “Trail Of Tears” over four thousand Cherokee Indians died while going to the reservations. During the German Holocaust over six million Jewish people were killed at the concentration camps. According to the www.USHMM.org “ The Germans and their collaborators killed nearly two out of every three European Jews as part of the

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