Holocaust Cause

The Holocaust was the murder of 6 million Jews in 1933. The word Holocaust comes from Greek origin that means “sacrifice by fire”. The era of the Holocaust was a devastating time period. When Hitler became leader his actions led to many deaths with the help of his soldiers known as the Nazis. Many other groups were people targeted because of their beliefs or simply for not following orders like gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah witnesses, and the disabled. The holocaust is a time many people remember because of all the things that occurred throughout that period. There’s more to just the murder of Jews we know of. For instance, what events took place before, during, and after the Holocaust?

What caused the Holocaust to occur is a question many may ask themselves if they’ve never done research on this certain topic. The events that led up to this world changing phenomenon is vital to know. For many centuries there was anti-Jewish sentiments, people felt that Jewish were inferior for religious reasons. This is what seemed to be the grand detail that kicked everything off. When Hitler came to power his supporters of the National Socialists German Workers Party known as Nazis, helped him achieve all these horrendous events.

At first, the Holocaust didn’t involve violence, but a slow narrowing of rights. Hitler and his soldiers tried convincing others that Germans and Jews were of different race. Jews lost rights such as right to travel freely, operate their own business, hold public office, and much more. To add on, soldiers that returned from the World War I began to spread rumors saying that Jewish collaborators had stabbed them in the back during the war. Nazis began to make propaganda campaigns to convince others that Jews were t...

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To conclude this all, the Holocaust came to an end on May 8, 1945, after 12 years. Russia and the United States, which were known as the allies, defeated the Nazis in war. In 1944, allies began taking over all of the camps and ghettos around Germany. The Americans slowly began to remove Hitler from power. Hitler was so terrified of the harsh punishments and consequences that he committed suicide on April, 1945. The Nazi group eventually began to lose power and died off. After Hitler’s death, Germans surrendered and let go of all the prisoners that were being held in camps. Hitler has gone down as one of the most evil villains in history. The mass killings and attempted genocide of an entire race of people, the Jews, is viewed as the worst war crime ever committed.