Holocaust Research Paper

During the Holocaust an estimated six million Jews were killed (History.com). Hitler's hatred towards the Jews was deliberated from Karl Lueger (holocaustresearchproject.org). Karl was a very young mayor of Vienna and he blamed the jews for Australia's economic problems (Levy 72). There were a number of events that led to the Holocaust: World War 1, Civil War, poor economy, failed coup, and the voters giving power to the Nazis (holocaustresearchproject.org) . World War 1 was settled by the Treaty of Versailles (americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_ww1_1.html) which said that Germany was responsible for war repairs and also the treaty included an embarrising guilt cause (.americaslibrary.gov/jb/jazz/jb_jazz_ww1_1.html) . World War 1 led into

the Civil War because Germany was humiliated (History.com) . After the Civil War the German economy was poor and a few years after it stated to pick back up the economy (holocaustresearchproject.org) . In 1923 Hitler attempted to force the triumvirate, three men that governed Bavaria, to join him in a national revolution and the men disagreed (Levy 45). Three days later Hitler was arrested and after a short trial for treason, he was sentenced to five years in prison (History.com) . During his time in prison he put his plan for the social change on paper (History.com) .In 1932 an election was held and after a run-off Hindenburg won and Hitler lost (History.com) . The Nazis held more than one third of the seats in the parliament which was an effective majority. Hitler was named chancellor and Von Poppen was named Vice chancellor.
Once Hitler was in position of power he used the Nazi majority to call a national state of emergency (History.com) . Hitler turned Germany into a one party police state and all non Nazis were forced out of office and individual freedoms were taken away (History.com). The government was allowed to tap phones, read mail, and search homes without a warrant (holocaustresearchproject.org). Everyone that opposed this was banned and their leaders jailed (History.com). Hitler had brown shirts which were young jobless men walking the streets beating and killing opposers of the Nazi party (holocaustresearchproject.org). The attackers put fear caused many governments to remain silent even though they did not support the Nazis party because they were scared of the SA (History.com). In the summer of 1933 Hitler became dictator of Germany and his ¨racist¨ plan would soon be put into action. Hitler gained support from the Nazid propaganda Ministary which was headed by Dr.Joseph Goebels. Anything that opposed the Nazi party was removed from the media and all forms of communication were controlled by the Nazi government. The Jewish population was about 600,000 in total that was less than 1 percent of the German population. Laws were passed against Jews facing them out of public life; Jews could not hold civil service jobs or attend school. Jewish businesses were boycotted as of 1935 and the first boycott was held in April, 1933. The Jews were forced to wear the Star of David on all exterior clothing with the word Juden written on it. (History.com) . The star is a six pointed star made of two interlocking triangles (holocaustresearchproject.com) . The six points represent God's rule over the universe in all six directions (History.com). The Star became a sad symbol of the Holocaust and it will always be a reminder to the Jews. The “Nuremberg Laws” proclaimed the Jews as second class citizens (History.com) .
In November 1938 the Kristallnacht took place also known as the night of the broken glass.

Jewish buildings were destroyed and Jewish men were killed. Over 1,000 synagogues were burned, 7,000 Jewish businesses were wrecked. This event was planned by Dr.Joseph Goebbels and other Nazis (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . Thirty thousand more male Jews were arrested the next day for the crime of religious beliefs (holocaustresearchproject.com). More laws were passed making the Jewish children housebound. The Nazis not only targeted the Jews for being their “main problem” but also groups that were racially or genetically inferior to them. Between 1933 and 1935 laws were passed to reduce the number of genetically "inferior" individuals in the gene pool (History.com) . The group included the disable, Jews, African German, Blacks and Gypsies. Almost 15,000 homosexuals were placed in concentration camps and the 20,000 Jehovah witnesses were banned in April 1933 (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . They lost their jobs and were denied unemployment benefits, social welfare, and pensions (History.com) . most of the Jehovah's Witnesses were put in concentration camps in her children were sent to orphanages and detention centers (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . Half of the Jewish population of Germany fled to the United States, Palestine, in Latin America (History.com) . The Jews that remained in Germany were unable to obtain visas to leave, were too poor to leave, or could not obtain sponsorship (History.com) . Squads consisted of four groups of between 500 and 900 men that were ordered to kill the Jews on the spot (holocaustresearchproject.org) . In 1942 it was decided that the death camps would be a faster method of killing, so the Einsatzgruppen ended (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . Approximately 1,500,000 Jews were killed during the Einsatzgruppen. In September 1941 the Nazis begin to use gas vand which were trucks that were filled with people that were locked in and they were

killed by inhaling carbon monoxide (History.com) . These vans were used until the completion of the first concentration camp, Dachau in 1933 (History.com) .
Concentration camps were a main part of the Holocaust. Jews were transported to the camps by freight cars and some died before reaching their destination (History.com) . There were concentration camps, forced labor camps, death camps, extermination camps, and transit camps (History.com) . There were six death camps in Poland called Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, Belzec, Sobibor, Lubin, and Chelmno (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . The first death camp open was Chelmno. The cancer used to kill Jews and force them to do hard and unnecessary labor. The men, women, and children were separated into different lines; Some were killed and some were spared (History.com) . That was unable to work was killed because they were considered useless. Gas chambers were used at the camps to kill Jews, they were sent into small shower looking buildings and gassed (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . The female prisoners were rate at the camps, And others were sent to work at coal mines in rubber factories. In 1942 the full plan went into operation and there was no longer a selection process Jews were killed upon arrival (History.com) . Nazis were responsible for 2.7 million Jews and the death camps. The Germans hid their true plans by saying that the Jews were being settled in the East (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . Cover their tracks the Nazis me did you send postcards to reassure their loved ones that they were alive and doing fine (Holocaustresearchproject.org) . The total number of deaths during the genocide was between 5.2 and 5.8 million (History.com) . This was over half of the Jewish population.