The Holocaust: The Role Of The Jews In The Holocaust

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The Holocaust was A systematic murder of 6 million jews (Strahinich 7). The Holocaust took place during World War 2 between January 30, 1933 – May 8, 1945 (Strahinich 7). It took place primarily in Germany and Poland (Strahinich 32).The Nazis and the Jews were involved in the Holocaust (Strahinich 43). The Jews were forced to move to the ghettos so the Nazis could live in the good part of the area, and the jews could live in the rundown part (Strahinich 25). The first set of Jews were moved on October 8, 1939 (Strahinich 26). The ghettos were places for the Nazis to live in and move the Jews to a rundown part of the town, and they did not have many room (Strahinich 26). In Hungary, ghettoization did not begin until the …show more content…

1). They were moved in 1939, with the start of World War 2 (Strahinich 33). The concentration camp was camp to hold political prisoners in one place (Strahinich 32). A survivor said, “We were all accustomed to seeing death. But when you see a poor guy so wasted away that you could practically read a newspaper through him, that's another matter.” (Strahinich 72). The Jews rights were taken away and they were treated like they were nothing (Frunza par. 2). Poland liberated the Jews (Strahinich 70). The liberation take place in july 23, 1944 (Strahinich 70). The conditions of the Jews were bad, sixty thousand prisoners barely holding on to life, thousand were dead (Strahinich 70). We were all accustomed to seeing death. But when you see a poor guy so wasted away that your could practically read a newspaper through him, that's another matter” (Strahinich 72). The Holocaust was the persecution of 6 million Jews and millions of others forced to live in ghettos, deported to camps, and systematically annihilated until the Allied forces liberated the remaining survivors. The world should continue to educate everyone about the event of the Holocaust because it was a big event in the world that people should remember and respect the people that were in

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