Holocaust

Introduction

Holocaust refers to the period from January 30, 1933, when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, on May 8, 1945 (Victory Day), when the war ended in Europe. During this time, Jews in Europe were subjected to progressively harsh persecution that ultimately led to the murder of Jews 6000000 (1,5 million of whom were children) and the destruction of Jewish communities. These deaths represented two-thirds of European Jewry and one third of world Jewry. Jews who died were not victims of the fighting that ravaged Europe during World War II. Rather, they were victims of a deliberate and systematic effort of Germany to destroy the entire Jewish population of Europe; Hitler called the plan a "final solution"

Discussion

After its defeat in World War I, Germany was humiliated by the Versailles Treaty, which reduced its prewar territory,and drastically reduced its armed forces, demanded the recognition of guilt for the war, and provided it to pay reparations to the Allied Powers. German Empire destroyed, a new parliamentary government called the Weimar Republic was formed. The Republic suffered from economic instability, which was exacerbated during the worldwide depression after the New York stock market crash in 1929. Massive inflation followed by a very high unemployment rates increased an existing class and political differences and began to undermine the government.

January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party, was appointed Chancellor of President Paul von Hindenburg after the Nazi party won a significant percentage of the vote in 1932. Nazi party took advantage of political unrest in Germany to get the electoral base. The Nazis incited clashes with the communists, who many feared, disrupted the government with demonstrations, and conducted a vicious propaganda campaign against its political opponents, the weak Weimar government, and Jews whom the Nazis blamed for Germany's woes.

Holocaust, which took place in Germany was extermination of Jews, blacks, Latinos, and basically all the races. Only individuals who were considered pure and part of Hitler's dreams of race were those who had blonde hair and blue eyes. At first the Jews were thrown into ghettos, where they were cut off from the outside world and were enclosed in misery and death. Food was rarely given to men and children were forced to search for food and ask you to free people for money and other essentials. In those ghettos all kinds of diseases had been transferred from the poor conditions in which these people were forced to live. When cast in these ghettos any property or things they owned was no longer owned by them, and the government. After Jew survived the ghetto, in the end they were thrown into the death or forced labor camps. In these camps, people were either forced to work or had to wait until it was their turn to be killed. Widely recognized as a death camp Auschwitz was and remained in Poland. In this camp there was a Sign at the entrance which read, “in German to work or ...