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The Holocaust was persecution and murder of six million Jews. The act was done by Nazis known as Hitler's followers. It was an event of depression many lives were taken and Jews had to go through a harsh time. Since the germans believed they were superior to the Jews and blamed the Jews for all their failures they decided to try to eliminate their whole kind. I will explain some of the issues and experiences the Jews faced. I will also talk about how certain things happened, how the Holocaust could of been stopped and lessons learned from the event. Jews were treated unfairly and faced hardships that changed their lives.
During the time of the Holocaust the people who were affected
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Yes there are many things that could've been done that would've stopped the horrible process, of murdering and torturing the Jews. For instance if the Spanish republic had been helped and won the civil war, Nazis Germany could of been much more cautious. Also If Britain didn't decide to continue after the fall of France there wouldn't have been mass killings because they started to happen when Britain chose to fight on. Another thing is if the U.S and other countries had accepted the Jews to emigrate in their country before world war 1 many lives could of been saved, and the Holocaust could of had a chance of not occurring. Hitler himself could have been stopped early before he gained a lot of power and control over europe. If the United States had not been isolationist and took action with Europe, Hitler could of had been …show more content…
She is one of the most discussed victim and had a touching story. Anne was a german-jewish that was forced to go into hiding during the tragic event. Her family and four other people went in hiding in an annex over two years in Amsterdam. Anne and the people she was living with were soon betrayed by someone. And the Nazis took them to concentration camps. They faced troubles and even separation from each other. In the end, Anne's whole family was gone even herself except for her father. Which then her father read her diary she wrote during the time she was alive and he ended up publishing it. Today Anne's diary is a book, and one of the most powerful memoirs of the
The Holocaust was the time period when Adolf Hitler was in control of the territory of Germany and wanted the extinction of the Jews. The Holocaust was a very vigorous on the Jews because they were treated the worst and had the worst living conditions. The Holocaust derived the Jews of their wealth, and little bit of humanity that they held dear to themselves. Adolf Hitler established laws to make it basically illegal to be a Jew in Germany. Since Adolf Hitler was in power he commanded that all Jews properties and valuables be taken. For example, in the book “Maus” it states, “He had to sell his business to a German and run out from the country without even the money.”(
The Holocaust could have been avoided in many ways, the main way is, if people worked as a team to overpower Hitler than the Holocaust would have been avoided. But Hitler, being Hitler wanted power and nothing else. By working together than Hitler could have been taken down. Yet countries wanted to not to get involved with a Nazi Party capable of unimaginable dangers and did not want to start another World War, instead they wanted life to be better and peaceful. So by not helping overthrow Hitler they let him gain more and more power, which eventually lead to the Holocaust killing thousands of people, which could have been avoided if countries stepped in and stopped
For some, it seems that the Holocaust in another lifetime, but for others it will be something they will never forget. Holocaust was a time for fighting. The Jewish would fight for the right to live as they were killed solely for being Jewish. The Holocaust began in 1939 and would continue through 1945. It was introduced by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, although he did not act alone. His mission would be to “exterminate” all minorities, but most abundantly, the Jews. Based on information given by About.com, it is estimated that 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. Six million of these were Jews.
I think a big impact on the life of Jews would be their belief in God
When World War 2 broke out in 1939, the United States of America was facing the dilemma of whether or not to intervene in the massacre known as the Holocaust. Some people believe that the United States did all they could to help the victims of the war. Some believe that America did hardly anything. But, there is stronger evidence pointing towards the fact that the United States did not do enough to stop the killing initiated by Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi army.
What is genocide? “Genocide is a deliberate, systematic destruction of racial cultural or political groups.”(Feldman 29) What is the Holocaust? “Holocaust, the period between 1933-1945 when Nazi Germany systematically persecuted and murdered millions of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and many other people.”(Feldman 29) These two things tie into each other.The Holocaust was a genocide. Many innocent people were torn apart from their families, for many never to see them again. This murder of the “Jewish people of Europe began in spring 1941.”( Feldman 213) The Holocaust was one of the most harshest things done to mankind.
The holocaust was a horrible and unthinkable event in history. It was instigated by one cruel individual with the right tactics to get millions of followers. This man was known as Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a very powerful and convincing individual. He made the German people believe he was a compassionate man looking at the best options to get Germany back to where there needed to be post WWI. Hitler did not step into office and bluntly tell the German people he was going to completely annex the race of Jews. If he did this then he would have never been given the authority he was given. With that being said, the German people as a whole should not be guilty. Majority of the German people supported Hitler for many reasons. He found ways to get
The Holocaust was a devastating period lasting from 1941 to 1945, secretly known as the persecution of Jews. The Jews were targeted by the Germans in many aspects. The Jews were persecuted by a means of fear, their living situations, and the post trauma the survivors have to deal with. In all these ways the Jews were not given the same rights as people of another religion they were restricted of many freedoms, this occurred in the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. Spiegelman accurately portrays persecution through the eyes of his father, Vladek by explaining in detail what he had to go through at this time.
The Holocaust was a horrible time for everyone involved, but for the Jews it was the worst. The Jews no longer had names they became numbers. Also they would fight and the S.S. would watch and enjoy. They lost all personal items, then forced to look and dress the same. This was an extremely painful and agonizing process to dehumanize the Jews. Which made it easier to take control of the Jews and get rid of them.
The Holocaust could be best described as the widespread genocide of over eleven million Jews and other undesirables throughout Europe from 1933 to 1945. It all began when Adolf Hitler, Germany's newest leader, enforced the Nuremburg Race Laws. These laws discriminated against Jews and other undesirables and segregated them from the rest of the population. As things grew worse, Jews were forced to wear the Star of David on their clothing. The laws even stripped them of their citizenship.
One cold, snowy night in the Ghetto I was woke by a screeching cry. I got up and looked out the window and saw Nazis taking a Jewish family out from their home and onto a transport. I felt an overwhelming amount of fear for my family that we will most likely be taken next. I could not go back to bed because of a horrid feeling that I could not sleep with.
The Holocaust was the genocide of approximately six million people of innocent Jewish decent by the Nazi government. The Holocaust was a very tragic time in history due to the idealism that people were taken from their surroundings, persecuted and murdered due to the belief that German Nazi’s were superior to Jews. During the Holocaust, many people suffered both physically and mentally. Tragic events in people’s lives cause a change in their outlook on the world and their future. Due to the tragic events that had taken place being deceased in their lives, survivors often felt that death was a better option than freedom.
“It's high time that Christians made up their minds to do something . . . What are we going to show in the way of resistance-as compared to the Communists, for instance-when all this terror is over? We will be standing empty-handed. We will have no answer when we are asked: What did you do about it? ”
The Holocaust was one of the most tragic and trying times for the Jewish people. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and other minorities that the Nazis considered undesirable were detained in concentration camps, death camps, or labor camps. There, they were forced to work and live in the harshest of conditions, starved, and brutally murdered. Horrific things went on in Auschwitz and Majdenek during the Holocaust that wiped out approximately 1,378,000 people combined. “There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.” –Fidel Castro
Anne Frank was a German-Jewish diarist. She was known for the diary she wrote while hiding from anti-Jewish persecution in Amsterdam during World War II. Her diary describes with wisdom and humor the two difficult years she spent in seclusion before her tragic death at the age of 15. Since it was first published in 1947, her diary has appeared in more than 50 languages. Perhaps more than any other figure, Anne Frank gave a human face to the victims of the Holocaust.