The Holocaust: The Deaths And Treatments Of The Holocaust

Six million Jews, two million children, and five million non-Jewish victims were each executed by the Germans to get rid of the “inferior race” under the reign of Adolf Hitler. Despite these horrific deaths and persecutions from many concentration camps in Auschwitz, to Kristallnacht, “The Night of Broken Glass”, where Temples, synagogues, Jewish businesses, and Jewish cemeteries were set on fire or destroyed, people still deny that any of these events took place. That the murder of approximately six million Jews during World War II never occurred; that the Nazis had no official policy or intention to exterminate the Jews; and that the poison gas chambers in Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp never existed. “Holocaust denial is a second murder of those same six million. First their lives were extinguished; then their deaths.

The Holocaust changed many lives, not only those who were directly affected by the Nazi Genocide, but it also changed the way people see the government today and how the influence one group of people or event can affect the world. According to the article ‘Holocaust Denial and Distortion’, the Nazi persecution of the Jews started with hateful words, advanced to discrimination and dehumanization, and ended in genocide. “The consequences for Jews were horrific, but suffering and death were not limited to them. Millions of others were victimized, displaced, forced into slave labor, and murdered. The Holocaust shows that when one group is targeted, all people are vulnerable” (“Holocaust Denial and Distortion”). Neglecting the holocaust threatens the safety of our government and individual rights. For that reason, it is crucial in our world today to recognize the rising anti-Semitism. If a society tolerates anti-Semitism, everyone is open to racism, hatred, and