Picture the worst thing you could ever imagine. Gore, violence, murder, complete and utter horror. Now, multiply this by 100. You have nearly created the Holocaust.Some say it was the darkest period in history.If you asked me, however, I would tell you it was beyond your worst nightmare. The Holocaust led to the death and extermination of millions of Jews. It started in the early twentieth century about 20 years after WWII. The Holocaust was controlled by the Nazis, who were under the strict and demanding power of Adolf Hitler. This evil man had ideas of being the biggest and most powerful empire in the world. He wanted this empire to be dominated by a primary race, Aryan. When you put all these things together, you get The Holocaust. …show more content…
They were only permitted to go to the lowest, filthiest areas of town possible. They were not to go anywhere to be entertained, but were only allowed to do necessary things like buying groceries. If they were found anywhere else they would be punished by an unestablished extent of law. Their punishment would depend on what area they were in. Next, they were moved into areas called ghettos, where only the Jews would live. This was by far the nastiest place in town, and was never sanitized in any way. This was how they captured them and got them ready to be taken to the worst possible thing any human being has ever thought of. The concentration …show more content…
They had no idea what was going on or why they were being taken there until they stepped inside and saw for themselves, so they listened to the guards and obeyed all of their commands. Everyone was lined up and told where to go. All of the men were set aside for inspection. They would be tested for sickness. If they were sick or too weak to work, they would be sent to the gas chambers as soon as possible. All of the women and children were immediately taken to the gas chambers. the only reason they agreed to go was because they were told they were being taken there to take showers. Children were taken there because if they survived the concentration camp, they would start a whole new generation of Jews. Women were taken there because they would often not part from their children. The gas chambers were an efficient and inexpensive torture method that the Nazis used to kill Jews. The guards would take them to their “shower”, and close the air tight door leading into the chamber. After they were locked up, on guard would open a door at the top of the chamber and drop in a can of Zykon B. Zykon B is a gas that depletes all oxygen it comes in contact with. This would suffocate the Jews and cause a terrible death, making them suffer for up to 15 minutes. This method could kill nearly 1000 people at a time. There was even one report, explaining a case of when they opened the doors, one victim was found on his knees, with blood
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.”(
While being forced to live in Auschwitz they endured many cruel and harsh punishments. The main form of punishment was the gas chambers. These chambers were cells that were made underground and were able to be sealed. Zyklon-B was the poison used to gas and kill the Jewish people. “It takes about 10 minutes to kill 2,000 to 3,000 people in the gas chamber.” (Saldinger p.57) After gassing they would then be extracted from the chamber and taken to the crematorium where the bodies would be disposed of. Sometimes it wasn’t even the guards who would dispose of the bodies, most of the time it was the prisoners who were forced to extract their own people from the chambers. This was just one of the many forms of punishment; there were many more and some were just as bad.
At the start of Adolf Hitler’s reign of terror, no one would have been able to foresee what eventually led to the genocide of approximately six million Jews. However, steps can be traced to see how the Holocaust occurred. One of those steps would be the implementation of the ghetto system in Poland. This system allowed for Jews to be placed in overcrowded areas while Nazi officials figured out what to do with them permanently. The ghettos started out as a temporary solution that eventually became a dehumanizing method that allowed mass relocation into overcrowded areas where starvation and privation thrived. Also, Nazi officials allowed for corrupt Jewish governments that created an atmosphere of mistrust within its walls. Together, this allowed
They set up concentration camps, where Jews and other inferior races were put into hard labor and murdered. They did this because the Nazis believed that they were the only ones that belonged in Germany because they were pure Germans. This is the beginning of World War 2. The Nazi beliefs that led to and resulted in the cruelty and suffering of the Jewish people are exemplified in the work “Night”. Kristallnacht has been described by James M. Deem as “a night of terror, where the Nazis raided the Jewish shops by breaking the windows and destroying their things” (Deem 6).
Although first impressions of the German soldiers were reassuring to Wiesel and many Jews at first, shortly after they had arrived the Jew’s freedoms were taken without any warning. German soldiers took the Jew’s rights one at a time. First, Jews were not allowed to leave there house for three days. Then, they were no longer allowed to keep their gold, jewels, or valuable items. Wiesel explains, “Everything had to be handed over to the authorities, under penalty of death. My father went down to the cellar and buried out savings” (8). Next, they were forced to wear the yellow star. Eventually, Jews were not allowed to go into restaurants or cafes, to travel the railway, attend synagogue, or go into the street after six o’clock. The last step was that two ghettos were formed in the town of Sighet. It was like they were dogs in a fenced crate, not allowed to go anywhere or do anything. When the Jews started to question Wiesel’s father during the development of these rules, he reassured every one, and acted like it was no big deal. Wiesel’s father settled and acknowledged the situation claiming, “The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don’t die of it…” (Wiesel 9). None of the Jews including Wiesel’s fami...
This time period in Earths whole exhistense must be the worst ever and hopefully to come. Millions of ordinary people taken form their homes and placed in horiable death and work camps plainly because someones religion. Normal people just like the Franks and Van Daans. To read their story is sad but at the same time it creates the urdge in people to stop it from coming about again. The millions of people that died in this time period will be remembered through Diarys like Anne's. This is why another holocaust cannot come around once more to hit the Earth.
There are many factors which lead to the Holocaust, however anti-Semitism was the greatest cause of the conflict. Anti-Semitism is the common name for anti Jewish sentiments. During Hitler was in power, anti-Semitism was used by the Nazis too carry out the Endlosung, which means “final solution to the Jewish Question” (“The Roots of the Holocaust”). However, anti-Semitism was not something that was created by Germany. Through centuries, Jews were a persecuted people. Jews have faced heavy discrimination throughout the Middle Ages, 1800s and mid early 1900s.
Living conditions in these camps were absolutely horrible. The amount of people being kept in one space, amongst being unsanitary, was harsh on the body.
Causes & Effects of the Holocaust There are times in history when desperate people, plagued by desperate situations, blindly give evil men power. These men, once given power, have only their own evil agendas to carry out. The Holocaust was the result of one such man's agenda. In short, simplicity, sheer terror, brutality, inhumanity, injustice, irresponsibility, immorality, stupidity, hatred, and pure evil are but a few words to describe the Holocaust. A holocaust is defined as a disaster that results in the tremendous loss of human life.
The holocaust was a catastrophic event that killed millions of innocent people and showed the world how inhuman mankind can be. This dark period in world history demonstrated unmatched violence and cruelty towards the Jewish race that led toward genocide. Genocide did not begin with the Holocaust; nor was it a spontaneous event. Many warning signs within world events helped provide Germany and Adolf Hitler the foundation to carry out increasing levels of human depravity (Mission Statement). These warning signs during the Holocaust include; Anti-Semitism, Hitler Youth, Racial profiling, the Ghettos, Lodz, Crystal Night, Pogroms, and Deportation. However, their exposure comes too late for the world to help prevent the horrors of the Holocaust. For example, Anti-Semitism was never put into reality until the holocaust overcame the attitudes of its’ German Citizens. It also provided the driving force behind the education of the Hitler youth. Hitler’s persuasive characteristics consumed the people into believing all of his beliefs. This is how racial profiling came about; Hitler made it so that the Germans had the mindset that Jews were horrible, filthy, people that did not deserve to live like the Germans or have the same luxuries. As a result, they moved all the Jews into one secluded area away from the German citizens; an area called the Ghettos. One of these Ghettos was the town of Lodz, who kept meticulous historical records of everything that went on in the city. However, it was not a safe for Jews; never feeling at ease not knowing the uncertainties or dangers lying ahead. For instance, in Crystal Night, they did not know that it would be the last night for some of them to be with their families. In general, Jews were just living...
To begin with the holocaust had a great impact in history even though it was a time of disaster, murder, and discrimination. It was a time in which Adolf Hitler,German politician and Nazi party leader, wanted all Jews suffering or dead. Adolf Hitler turned everyone against the Jews because he believed that they were to wealthy and too powerful so he wanted to eliminate all of them. The Jews went through a lot of suffering and pain. The German soldiers which took commands from their leader, Adolf Hitler, put some Jews to work and killed others. Many Jews didn't get to work they were killed instantly. All women were separated from the man and woman were mostly killed instantly only some got the opportunity to work. The some ways that the jews were killed is that they were put into gas chambers by tons or shot by soldiers. Jews were also dying by starvation dehydration soldiers would not give them enough food or water. They would only want those with blue eyes and blonde hair they discriminated all the others. Soldiers would not only kill the Jews but torture them for anything they did. The Jews would be transported from camp to camp walking even in the worst weather conditions which also many died from it.
They’d either have the people dig their own graves, bury mass amounts of people in a trench, or various other inhumane ways. In the novel Night, Elie Wiesel writes, “And even when we were no longer hungry, not
Causes of the Holocaust The Holocaust took place for a number of reasons, some of which were long term and short term. The main reasons are for centuries. Germany was an anti-Semitic country Jews were used as scapegoats. for the German problems. Also centuries of Nazi persecution caused the Holocaust in particular.
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
Genocide: One of the most atrocious acts committed by man. Nelson Mandela once said, “I say to all those leaders: Do not look the other way, do not hesitate ... It is within your power to prevent a genocide.” While focusing on our domestic issues, the US should also side with the UN to help cease genocide. Without delay, these justifications support what the US should do when it comes to genocide.