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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Peter Farag 10A Mr. Laidlaw The holocaust. Adolf Hitler couldn’t help but just keep killing people when he took power in Germany during the year 1933. The Nazis (Hitler’s army) killed millions of Jews and Gypsies basically because they thought that they were smarter than the Germans. The mass killing of Jews occurred in late 1938 and ended in 1945 during World War 2. Many concentration camps were constructed by Hitler and his men to hold people who he called his enemy. People who were sent to camps
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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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and fourth chapters presents the different arguments scholars have when discussing both the victims’ life during the Holocaust and the Jewish resistance. Within the third chapter “The Victims’ Experiences‚” Niewyk introduces Bruno Bettelheim‚ Terrence Des Pres‚ Primo Levi‚ and Zoë Vania Waxman‚ intellectuals who “give us a sense of the variety of what were…many millions of Holocaust experiences.” Within the fourth chapter “The Problem of Jewish Resistance‚” Niewyk compiles the arguments of Raul Hilberg
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The Holocaust was an event in history that people would like to pretend never happened however in reality it will never be forgotten. Hitler came into power in 1933 and wanted to create the “master race”‚ meaning the Aryan race (Ushmm‚ 2013). The Jews‚ along with other groups such as the gypsies‚ were not included in this superior race. He thought of them as inferior and knew he had to expel them from the world. The word “Holocaust” means a “burnt sacrifice offered solely to God” (Niewyk‚ 2011)
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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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