(First Page) The holocaust happened between 1941 and 1945 (USHMM. “Timeline of Events.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Source i). Around 6 million Jews were murdered and about 17 million people overall. This was a horrific period in history. The holocaust was truly a crime against humanity. It killed millions of people and affected even more lives.
Before 1933, World War 1 devastated Europe. Germany had built up resentment after the war’s peace settlement and the Treaty of Versailles. Adolf Hitler, like most of Germany, wanted revenge. Nazis came to power in Germany in January 1933. January 30th, 1933 Adolf Hitler is German chancellor.
In the first 6 years of Hitler’s dictatorship, German Jews felt the effects of more …show more content…
The holocaust was state sponsored (USHMM. “Survivors and Victims”, Source E). In 1939 Germany invaded Poland and over that next year, they conquered most of Europe. The “final solution” was the Nazi plan for racial purity. Between 1941 and 1944 nazi german authorities deported Jews to concentration camps. Theodor Eicke was put in charge of the camps (Shirer, William L., and Ron Rosenbaum. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: a History of Nazi Germany. Simon & Schuster, 2011. (Source D) (page 240). The Nazis had taken over Germany. Jewish citizens lives were changing for the worst. They were sent to concentration camps where ⅔ of prisoners died (USHMM, “Introduction to the Holocaust”, source …show more content…
One of the most famous examples is Elie Wiesel's Night. In Night Elie recalls his experiences in Nazi Germany. He writes about witnessing Horrendous and gruesome things happen inside of the camp. “Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.” (Wiesel, Elie, and Marion Wiesel. Night. Hill and Wang, a Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. (Source A).
At the time Wiesel was only 15. Elie’s Life got increasingly harder everyday at camp. . The officers were harsh cruel people. Elie writes about the guards whipping him: “Then I was aware of nothing but the strokes of the whip… it was over. But I did not realize it, for I had fainted.”(Wiesel, Elie, 57-58). They were rarely fed and thirsty: "Take care of your son. He is very weak, very dehydrated. Take care of yourselves, you must avoid selection. Eat! Anything, anytime. Eat all you can. The weak don't last very long around here… "(Wiesel, Elie,
Before 1933, World War 1 devastated Europe. Germany had built up resentment after the war’s peace settlement and the Treaty of Versailles. Adolf Hitler, like most of Germany, wanted revenge. Nazis came to power in Germany in January 1933. January 30th, 1933 Adolf Hitler is German chancellor.
In the first 6 years of Hitler’s dictatorship, German Jews felt the effects of more …show more content…
The holocaust was state sponsored (USHMM. “Survivors and Victims”, Source E). In 1939 Germany invaded Poland and over that next year, they conquered most of Europe. The “final solution” was the Nazi plan for racial purity. Between 1941 and 1944 nazi german authorities deported Jews to concentration camps. Theodor Eicke was put in charge of the camps (Shirer, William L., and Ron Rosenbaum. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: a History of Nazi Germany. Simon & Schuster, 2011. (Source D) (page 240). The Nazis had taken over Germany. Jewish citizens lives were changing for the worst. They were sent to concentration camps where ⅔ of prisoners died (USHMM, “Introduction to the Holocaust”, source …show more content…
One of the most famous examples is Elie Wiesel's Night. In Night Elie recalls his experiences in Nazi Germany. He writes about witnessing Horrendous and gruesome things happen inside of the camp. “Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.” (Wiesel, Elie, and Marion Wiesel. Night. Hill and Wang, a Division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. (Source A).
At the time Wiesel was only 15. Elie’s Life got increasingly harder everyday at camp. . The officers were harsh cruel people. Elie writes about the guards whipping him: “Then I was aware of nothing but the strokes of the whip… it was over. But I did not realize it, for I had fainted.”(Wiesel, Elie, 57-58). They were rarely fed and thirsty: "Take care of your son. He is very weak, very dehydrated. Take care of yourselves, you must avoid selection. Eat! Anything, anytime. Eat all you can. The weak don't last very long around here… "(Wiesel, Elie,