Intolerance During The Holocaust

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The Holocaust was a low time for humanity and it was fueled by the hatred and intolerance lead by 1 person: Adolf Hitler. The Holocaust was the mass murdering of more than 11 million Jews and other people who didn’t fit into the an “Aryan race” (a “perfect race” created by Adolf Hitler). 11 million lives could have been saved if not for the amount of intolerance for different people and the hatred against anyone one did not fit into a “perfect race”. No human caused event in history that has ever killed as many people as the Holocaust. . The intolerance and hatred for people who looked different fueled an antisemitic wave to take over the continent of Europe. Many people tried to fight back by helping those in need by hiding them in their own houses or finding them places to be …show more content…

In the documentary, Paper Clips, a middle school made a memorial for all the lives lost in the Holocaust. The most amazing thing about this school is that it is in an area where their is less diversity, where most of the teens there are white Baptist Americans. Many of the students there were not able to wrap their minds around the fact that 11 million people lost their lives in the Holocaust. The project started with a single paper clip to represent one life lost in the Holocaust. The students were then able to collect more than 11 million paper clips to represent each life lost to hatred and intolerance. The students then housed all the paperclips in an authentic, German railcar from the time of the Holocaust. These teens were able to change a more intolerant town for the better and fight the intolerance and hatred that resided there. The Holocaust was a time where intolerance and hatred ruled the minds of many, but it is up to the future generations to make sure that something so horrific never happens

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