Holocaust War Crimes
World War II was deadliest war in history. The war involved over thirty countries and the deaths of over fifty million military and civilian lives was recorded. The second World War started September 1,1939 when Germany invaded Poland, causing France and Britain to declare war on Germany a couple of days later. April 9,1940 Germany invaded Norway, May 10th they took over Belgium and then the Netherlands, and then they hit French forces at Sedan. Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator, saw that the French were falling so he activated the Pact of Steel he had with Hitler and declared war against Britain and France on June 10,1940. On June 14th German forces entered Paris and France was split into two zones. One under German …show more content…
“Before the massive execution of Jews, Nazi Germany had already begun sending homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other groups to concentration camps.”“Before war time Jews were slapped with loads of decrees and regulations that restricted their lives. Just after the war began the Germans began taking Jewish property, made them wear identifying armbands, and ghettos and labor camps were established(ushmm.org). At the height of the war the Nazi’s began pursuing the “Final Solution” and millions of Jews were sent to concentration camps where they were then either killed by poisonous gas, worked to death, or experimented on. It was known that living conditions in the ghettos and labor camps were not healthy, but no one really knew about all the shocking things that the Jews endured until their liberation in …show more content…
There were the Nuremberg Trials, the Auschwitz Trials, the Doctors War Crimes Trials and many more. The outcome of these trials was mainly execution by hanging. Some war criminals were given years of prison and some were never caught. Human rights during World War II almost had no meaning. Both sides of the war committed unspeakable crimes, but the Jews had their human rights violated to the extent that they could be considered as anything other than human. Although the many of the war criminals were brought to justice through trials its hard to consider it justice when six million people lost their
World War II was deadliest war in history. The war involved over thirty countries and the deaths of over fifty million military and civilian lives was recorded. The second World War started September 1,1939 when Germany invaded Poland, causing France and Britain to declare war on Germany a couple of days later. April 9,1940 Germany invaded Norway, May 10th they took over Belgium and then the Netherlands, and then they hit French forces at Sedan. Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator, saw that the French were falling so he activated the Pact of Steel he had with Hitler and declared war against Britain and France on June 10,1940. On June 14th German forces entered Paris and France was split into two zones. One under German …show more content…
“Before the massive execution of Jews, Nazi Germany had already begun sending homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and other groups to concentration camps.”“Before war time Jews were slapped with loads of decrees and regulations that restricted their lives. Just after the war began the Germans began taking Jewish property, made them wear identifying armbands, and ghettos and labor camps were established(ushmm.org). At the height of the war the Nazi’s began pursuing the “Final Solution” and millions of Jews were sent to concentration camps where they were then either killed by poisonous gas, worked to death, or experimented on. It was known that living conditions in the ghettos and labor camps were not healthy, but no one really knew about all the shocking things that the Jews endured until their liberation in …show more content…
There were the Nuremberg Trials, the Auschwitz Trials, the Doctors War Crimes Trials and many more. The outcome of these trials was mainly execution by hanging. Some war criminals were given years of prison and some were never caught. Human rights during World War II almost had no meaning. Both sides of the war committed unspeakable crimes, but the Jews had their human rights violated to the extent that they could be considered as anything other than human. Although the many of the war criminals were brought to justice through trials its hard to consider it justice when six million people lost their