The Holocaust was a mass murder of about six million Jews by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany that took place over a span of 12 years. The purpose was to wipe out what were considered “inferior” races and social groups‚ meaning they were not as common or normal to the Nazis. Beginning in 1933‚ the feeling of anti-semitism‚ or hatred of Jews‚ was very immense for Hitler and his Nazis‚ so the practice of persecution was put into effect. The title Holocaust was given to this event because it means “destruction
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The Holocaust was a traumatic event during the 1930s and 1940s. About 5‚860‚000 Jews died during this time (Wigoder 3: 370). This event happened because of the Nazi party led by a man named Adolph Hitler. He did this because of people’s religion‚ race‚ and beliefs. They sent them to a concentration camp for training or death.One person sent to a concentration camp was a young girl named Anne Frank. She was and is a very famous girl because of her recording that time of her life by writing a diary
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War and Holocaust. He claims that Poland has shared responsibility for the Holocaust and that the Poles were not the victims that they claimed to be. It is not that they did not suffer during the war but that victim was not their only identity. The guilt and responsibility of the Poles is that they were bystanders that could have done for to help the Polish Jews. This article is not about making people feel guilty but rather that Poland has a shared responsibility in the Holocaust because
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The Holocaust was a wretched chapter in history and the victims or survivors had to adapt to a whole new life. The death rate was as high as over about 13 million. One fortunate survivor still living today is Marion Blumenthal-Lazan. Life for Marion during and after the Holocaust was dehumanizing‚ a struggle‚ and in the end‚ enlightening for many. It does not take much to realize that many actions during this time‚ were awfully dehumanizing. Hitler and the Nazi Party began to
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events in World War II included: The Holocaust‚ Pearl Harbor‚ and D-Day. In this era of World War II‚ it lasted from 1933 to 1945. It involved six major continents‚ all three of the great oceans on the planet‚ scores of countries‚ and billions of people. It caused over 57 million deaths and unimaginable human suffering (“World War II”). The Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning “sacrifice of fire.” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The Holocaust was taken place when Adolf Hitler
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The Holocaust‚ a systematic‚ state-sponsored execution of more than nine million people‚ the majority of which were the five billion ‘racially inferior’ Jews‚ as an era of terror‚ misery‚ and death‚ and was resolved through a number of efforts by the Allies after World War II‚ the primary resolution being the Nuremberg Trials. The Nuremberg Trials played the greatest role in resolving the Holocaust through their effective dispensing of justice‚ successful attempt at neutralizing as much remaining
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Seemingly endless pain‚ back-breaking labor‚ terror‚ and uncertainty. These words barely scratch the surface of what the victims of the Holocaust faced. The Holocaust was a terrible‚ cruel‚ and horrific event that killed millions of people. This great tragedy left a scar on the Jews and various other people that will surely be remembered for decades to come. The Jewish people’s faith were tested during this incident‚ including Elie Wiesel’s. In his memoir NIGHT‚ it recalls of the author’s personal
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Hitler felt the need to further himself‚ he anointed himself as the supreme ruler of Germany. That’s when everything started. People started boycotting Jewish owned stores and everything else. In my opinion‚ Hitler isn’t the only human behind the Holocaust. There was more than just him. Nazi Officers‚ and Heinrich Himmler were also part of this horrible era. They supported this movement just as much as Adolf Hitler did. They did nothing to try to stop him‚ all they did was encourage him and his
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The Holocaust was a prepared and organized plan by the German government known as the Nazis that lasted through 1933 to 1945 where people were massacred freely in Germany and territories controlled by Germany. Over this time period‚ ten million people were killed and six out of the ten million were Jewish people. There were other minority groups that were also killed during this time like the Homosexuals‚ elderly‚ disabled‚ and the communists. The Nazis organization had the power to conduct the Holocaust
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Zahria Sanders Ms.Hamilton CP LIT 26th‚ October 2014 The story Survival in Auschwitz is about the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the systematic‚ bureaucratic‚ state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi government and its collaborators. It’s strange that the word holocaust itself means “Burned whole”‚ yet I understand. During World War ll the Nazi’s collected Jews and killed them or shipped them to different concentration camps. A sign on the door in the text displayed‚
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