The Holocaust: A Mass Murder Of Jews In Nazi Germany

The Holocaust

The holocaust was a mass murder of Jews in Nazi Germany. The Germans killed about 6 million Jews throughout Germany. The holocaust started on January 30, 1933 through May 8, 1945. For over a decade the Germans were killing Jews, homosexuals, gypsies, in concentration camps through injection (Ravensbruck), gassing, or killing centers. The holocaust was stopped because of World War II when America and other allies started taking over the camps and advancing over the Nazi.

The holocaust started on January 30, 1933, 10 days after Adolf Hitler was named the chancellor of Germany. The holocaust was started when the German nations looked to the Nazi’s for help because the world was going through a depression. The German government

(Nazi) enforced the concentrations camps because they believed that the Jews were the problem and this would make the nation better.
The biggest concentration camp was Auschwitz in Poland Germany. This camp was active from April 1940 to January 1945. This camp killed about 1.1 million Jews alone. There were more than 40,000 concentration camps all together. Throughout the 12 years of the holocaust, between 5 to 6 million Jews, homosexuals, gypsies, and disabled people were killed. The first concentration camp was in Dachau, established on March 1933. This was the first regular concentration camp that the Nazi established.
The main purpose of the holocaust was to completely exterminate the Jewish race in Germany. The Jews were always blamed for the bad things happening around Germany even if they had absolutely nothing to do with the problem. The great depression effected America but also the whole world. Germany’s solution to the great depression was to get rid of the Jewish.
The holocaust and the concentration camps started to end in 1944, when America and all of the allies against Germany started advancing and taking over the camps. May 8th is the day that is labeled the end of the holocaust. A lot of people say that the holocaust never happened because there is still a strong hate toward Jews and because this mass murder of 6 million people is hard to believe. They say that these concentration camps were never there and that the diary of Anne Frank is a forgery.
Today there are more than 200 memorials for the victims of the holocaust. The purpose for these memorials is so we don’t forget this tragic event and how many of these people were killed.