Introduction
The Holocaust was an official and state sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi reign. Holocaust is a Greek word meaning “sacrifice by fire”. Since 1945, the word has taken on a new horrible meaning: the mass murder of some 6 million European Jews including the persecution of Gypsies, Jehovah Witness and homosexuals. These groups were inferior race that became a threat to the Germans and especially to Hitler, as they were working on producing an Aryan Race under the slogan- “Germany for Germans!”. After years of Nazi rule in Germany, Hitler came up with an idea to demolish the Jews in Germany by the Nazis. “The Final Solution” was Hitler’s only solution for the production the pure Aryan Race, which led to the construction of camps such as concentration and death camps.
The holocaust began in January 1933 (when Hitler came into power) and ended on May 8 1945. Between 1933 and 1945 more than 11 million people were killed, approximately six million of these were Jews. People were simply removed from their houses, banned from normal day- to- day society, and forced to live in poverty in the ghettos throughout Germany and the other where the Nazis took over. Some were forced into labor, while others were imprisoned for their beliefs, race, religion, or for political purposes. Many died of disease and starvation. Those who were killed in the Holocaust were actually shot until the Germans realised that they needed more resources for the war. So later they started to develop new ways to eliminate people- gas chambers, gassing vans, concentration camps and death camps. Crudely enough, many Jewish people had their death recorded as “SB “(Special Treatment- initials made by the Germans). Some were tortured with medical treatment and worked to death while most of Jews were murdered.
The holocaust began in January 1933 (when Hitler came into power) and ended on May 8 1945. Between 1933 and 1945 more than 11 million people were killed, approximately six million of these were Jews. People were simply removed from their houses, banned from normal day- to- day society, and forced to live in poverty in the ghettos throughout Germany and the other where the Nazis took over. Some were forced into labor, while others were imprisoned for their beliefs, race, religion, or for political purposes. Many died of disease and starvation. Those who were killed in the Holocaust were actually shot until the Germans realised that they needed more resources for the war. So later they started to develop new ways to eliminate people- gas chambers, gassing vans, concentration camps and death camps. Crudely enough, many Jewish people had their death recorded as “SB “(Special Treatment- initials made by the Germans). Some were tortured with medical treatment and worked to death while most of Jews were murdered.