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    The Nazi Holocaust claimed twenty million lives (Day). Around 270‚000 disabled‚ 5‚000 to 15‚000 homosexuals‚ 90‚000 to 220‚000 gypsies were killed (Berenbaum). The holocaust was an inhumane act on society. What Hitler did was something that could not be forgotten. He killed millions because they did have the same views as he did‚ they didn’t look the way he wanted them to‚ or they "deserved to die". The worst part was no one knew what was going to happen to them when they were taken away from their

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    One of the many important and most memorable incidents of World War Two would be the Holocaust. During the Holocaust‚ the Germans who were known as the Nazis‚ considered the Jews to be “enemy aliens”. As part of this‚ the Nazis thought that “Aryans” were a master race. Therefore‚ they decided to destroy the Jewish race‚ and created genocide. The Jews were put into unbearable torture at many concentration and death camps. In fact‚ 6 million Jews were killed in this incident; however‚ there were many

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    Einsatzgruppen - Killing Squads Do you ever stop and think about how many lives were taken in the Holocaust? More than six million Jews lost their lives throughout the course of this traumatic event. Some of us may find it hard to even wrap our brains around a number this large. Try and imagine that each and every digit in that number was a living human being. Now they’re dead. It is my honor to write this paper and educate the reader as much as I know about the horrors of this genocide. One of

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    The Holocaust was arguably one of the most horrific events in the history of our race. The fact that a human being was capable of such terrible things is just incredibly hard to believe. The main reason we do learn about the Holocaust is to keep it from happening again. But it’s hard not to wonder whether simply knowing of the event can really stop somebody from doing something like this a second time around in a country as developed and opportunistic as the United States. Our country is

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    Children of the Holocaust Advanced Composition/ ENGL 135 June 20‚ 2011 Alena Synjova once stated‚ “ I’d like to go away alone where there are other‚ nicer people‚ somewhere into the far unknown‚ there‚ where no one kills another. Maybe more of us‚ a thousand strong‚ will reach this goal before too long” (Volavková‚ 1994‚ p. 50). During the Holocaust‚ people craved opportunity to escape to a place where there were polite people and no one killed each other. The Holocaust affected everyone

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    The Holocaust was the systematic‚ bureaucratic‚ state-sponsored persecution and murder of six mb This relates to our lives because many people live in these areas and some people kid around and stuff and say hitler rules and stuff and I would be scared because if I was a jew and knowing what happened in the past could happen again and I would be targeted because i’m a jew. million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Both acts of genocides were bad but uganda and the holocaust were on two

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    Isis: Is it a Holocaust? During WWII‚ The Nazi party killed 11 million people for either being Jewish‚ disabled‚ or different from their ideal human of blonde hair and blue eyes. ISIS have currently killed 170‚000 people and no‚ it is nowhere close to the holocaust‚ but the morals are the same. By killing thousands of people with different beliefs‚ ISIS causing the next Holocaust. The holocaust isn’t its own unique type of organized killing. The holocaust was a genocide‚ but just called a different

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    Even before Adolf Hitler had come along to power there was some anti-semitism which was basically racism against the Jews. The reason for the anti-semitism before the Holocaust was for religious matters. The Holocaust is a period in time in which there are many horrible events that had taken place. After Adolf Hitler’s appointment as German chancellor on January 30th‚ 1933‚ the Nazi state had become a regime or a type of government really fast. It basically was when the citizens had no guaranteed

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    the mentally ill‚ and especially homosexuals. This investigation will aim to determine the Nazis role in the rage against homosexuals during the holocaust‚ and how the treatment of homosexuals evolved‚ culminating in the eventual murders of thousands. Within the summary of evidence‚ I plan to study the existence of homosexuality prior to the holocaust‚ Nazis ideologies and policies regarding homosexuals and the treatment of homosexuals during the Nazis rule. Throughout this investigation a bibliography

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    the horrible event known as the Holocaust took place. Many Jews were taken from their homes and thrown into concentration camps. It took many years for people across the world to find out the ugly truth that was going on. A man named Hitler‚ which was known as a savior in many people’s eyes‚ was now known as the man who was responsible for taking the lives of a huge number of Jews. The purpose of this paper is to give information on what happened during the holocaust‚ to talk about a brave survivor

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