Explain How The Holocaust Was Affected The Religion Of Judaism

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After the events of the holocaust the religion of judaism was greatly affected. The members of the jewish community were affected. The way people saw the religion was affected. A little more than one half of the religion was killed off during the period. A couple million men, women and children were killed during the incident. Most were starved tortured, put to work and killed in gas chambers.

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