Holocaust Holocaust comes from the Greek words holos and kaustos. Holos meaning whole, and kaustos meaning burned. Adolf Hitler was the man who finished the job. He believed Jews were not worthy to be in Germany, or alive for that matter. In the following paragraphs there will be more information at this devastating time in history. Adolf did not start the discrimination against Jews. It commenced back when the Roman authorities annihilated Jewish temples in Jerusalem, and commanded them to vacate Palestine. Adolf just completed the job, destroying the lives of many Jews. The first concentration camp was Dachau, near Munich in March 1933. The camp was under the authority of Heinrich Himmler. Jews were not the only victims of the
