The Importance Of Life Before The Holocaust

“What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it from happening again.” (Anne Frank - BrainyQuote) . The Holocaust was an important event in history because it showed how much power one man can have and whether he uses it for good or evil, and the impact his decisions have on others.
Life before the Holocaust for the Jews was great. There were about 900,000 Jews living in Germany living a normal life. They had many opportunities for jobs such as being farmers, tailors, seamstresses, factory hands, accountants, doctors, teachers, and small business owners. They all lived in unison and did not have many problems. (Ushmm) Life before the Holocaust for Adolf Hitler was a mess. Hitler stated “Those who want to live, let them fight,
Then in 1932 Hitler and his party tried to overthrow the government and ended up in jail. As soon as he was released, he rebuilt the party and was determined to make it work. He kept moving higher in different roles until he passed the anti- Jewish law and claimed the title of Leader. The anti- Jew law closed down Jewish shops, which hurt many families financially. When the Jewish children went to school the teacher would point them out as different. Hitler then had much power, and was ready to destroy the Jews’ lives more. The Holocaust officially started January 30th, 1933. In 1933 the first concentration camp or death camp was established and the terror began. (Meyer,
A ghetto was a small area crowded with people as a place to stay and work until the Nazis were ready to take more Jews to the concentration camps. There they were stripped of all their personal belongings and given the Star Of David to wear, so they could easily be identified as a Jew. Jews could be stopped for any reason and searched. They separated the men, women and children so families were split apart. Hitler set up camps in Germany, Poland, Italy, France and Austria. Hitler’s main camps were Dachau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Treblinka. A concentration camp is where many Jews were killed for no reason and no one was spared or taken pity on. (Jewishvirtuallibrary) Jews were fed poorly and given stale things. For breakfast, they were served imitation coffee or herbal ‘tea’. For lunch, they would be given a small amount of watery soup. They might even find a piece of turnip or potato peel laying around somewhere. For dinner, they would be given a piece of black bread, with a tiny piece of sausage, margarine, marmalade or cheese that wouldn’t taste good at all. The prisoners weren’t fed well enough so when it came to working, they were out of energy.