The Holocaust was between the years of 1933-1945 (German Jews During the Holocaust‚ 1933-1945). The Jewish population went from 9.5 million in 1933 to 3.5 million in 1950 in Europe (Jewish Population of Europe in 1945). Many survivors of the Holocaust have either spoken out or wrote about their experiences of hiding or in a concentration camp. In these first-hand accounts there are multiple themes‚ but the main theme in the stories is fear. Fear is the thought that something bad or not pleasant
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the bottle of wine on his lap‚ which is not mentioned but the reader can assume it was something extremely brutal and unpleasant for Pavel‚ is just one example of the cruelty that Jewish people had to live though for more than ten years during the Holocaust. In the book it Bruno’s father says‚ “We are correcting history here.” Jewish had to live through so much torment that the Nazis inflicted on them because in the opinion of most Germans‚ they were “Correcting history” like Bruno’s father says in
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they were called the Nuremberg laws‚ and they lasted from 1935-1939. Men were killed off or sent to work‚ all ages‚ young and old. Through all the chaos and killing‚ Gerda Weissman Klein had survived to tell her story about her time during the Holocaust. Gerda was born on May 8‚ 1924‚ in
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The Holocaust was a time that murdered six million Jews by the Nazi. The holocaust is a word that was used to describe the genocide. The genocide was due to Adolf Hitler felt that this would eliminate the Jews since he believed that the Germans were racially superior. During this time the German also believed that the Jews were inferior along with gypsies‚ Russians‚ homosexuals and many others. They felt as though that these people were inferior and should be killed. Longerich argues that anti-Semitism
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“The Holocaust” refers to an event in during World War II where about six million Jewish people were killed in a mass-murder or “genocide” by Germany under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi State. The first issue to address here is the contested definition of the word “Holocaust”. In this essay‚ “The Holocaust” will be used to describe only the state sanctioned murder of millions whilst the Nazi Party was in power from 19-x to19-x. The second issue of contention that needs to be addressed is who did the
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therefore leading to the death of over six million men‚ women‚ and children‚ creating what we now know as the Holocaust. In order to truly understand what happened under the Nazi regime‚ one must understand that there were dark‚ evil forces at work; and that through one man in particular‚ Adolf Hitler‚ these forces destroyed nearly two-thirds of the Jews on the planet. During the Holocaust‚ millions of lives were lost and millions more were affected in ways that we will never fully grasp. By watching
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The Holocaust‚ which took place during WWII‚ caused many tragic deaths due to one powerful man. 11 million people died during this time but the Holocaust focused more on the Jewish religion‚ where 6 million Jews were killed. At this time‚ Jews were forced to live in ghettos and concentration camps‚ where a mass amount of people died. One of the largest ghettos in Poland‚ Warsaw‚ had over 400‚000 people living in a crowded area of 1.3 square miles. Torture and occurred frequently when they were sent
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The Holocaust Anti-Semitism in Europe did not begin with Adolf Hitler. Though use of the term itself dates only to the 1870s‚ there is evidence of hostility toward Jews long before the Holocaust--even as far back as the ancient world‚ when Roman authorities destroyed the Jewish temple in Jerusalem and forced Jews to leave Palestine. The Enlightment‚ during the 17th and 18th centuries‚ emphasized religious toleration‚ and in the 19th century Napoleon and other European
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The Holocaust‚ a gruesome slaughter of what is estimated to be eleven million people‚ mainly Jews‚ is arguably the most influential event to occur in human history. This tragic event occurred in the modern day countries of Germany‚ Austria and Poland‚ which were all Nazi occupied countries at the time. Before Jews and other victims were murdered‚ they were often forced into physical labor. Victims were also killed in horrendous ways‚ such as being left without food and water for days‚ before being
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The Holocaust‚ also referred to as the Shoah‚ has been one of the most horrific events that has occurred in the history of humanity. It was a time period in which Jews were viewed upon as “an inferior race” and an “alien threat to German racial purity and community‚” as well as to all of Europe (History). During the Holocaust‚ approximately six million Jews were killed by the Nazis‚ who were led by their leader and Fuhrer of Nazi Germany‚ Adolf Hitler. Hitler hated the Jews for having a successful
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