The Failure of the Allies to Act during the Holocaust

Regarded as a major fault in the world’s history, the Holocaust claimed the lives of over eleven million people, including six million Jews. Initiated by Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, the Holocaust progressively denounced the Jews’ rights and severely restricted the Jewish peoples’ lives with many anti-Semitic decrees. Moreover, other groups of people, such as Gypsies, Slavic people, disabled people, homosexuals, Communists, and Socialists, were also mistreated in Nazi Germany, as they were considered “racially inferior”. At first, only the Jews’ rights were limited, and the Jews did not have the same rights and privileges as German citizens. However, over time, the treatment of Jews worsened and concentration camps were created throughout Germany and Europe in order to house Jews and any people that challenged Nazi supremacy. As Nazi Germany conquered countries throughout Europe, such as Austria, Poland, and France, they established more concentration camps, where many Jews were mistreated, starved, and worked to death. Additionally, in 1942, Nazi Germany developed the “Final Solution”, or the Nazi’s plan to exterminate all Jews living in Nazi occupied Europe. However, during these catastrophic events, the international community did not put forth much effort to help the Jews in the concentration camps. The Allied countries would eventually help the Jews that were mistreated in Germany, but their temporary silence caused millions of Jews to be killed. Although the Allies had sufficient evidence for the Nazi Crimes and even obtained information about Nazi Germany’s “Final Solution”, the international community did little to nothing to respond to the Holocaust and stop the mass murders occurring in Germany.

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