The Holocaust What was the Holocaust of WWII? I have always loved the history of World War II, and the heartbreak that came with it. Hitler’s reign is very interesting, as well as disturbing. I knew about Nazi Concentration Camps, most people in America do, but as I started getting older, I realized all of the suffering and pain behind those walls, so I’ve been doing more and more research on the Holocaust. There is a lot of information about the Holocaust that isn’t taught in detail, such as the ghettos, the camps and the forced labor and mass killing that came with it and the end of the horrifying time in history.
Ghettos were one of the first steps in the Holocaust. They were a way of separating the Jewish peoples from the rest of the population (see Fig. 1). They were closed off, sometimes pushing as many as 400,000 people in as small as a 1.3 square mile area (Warsaw Ghetto). Most Ghettos were temporary, lasting a few days or weeks, while others lasted years. Most people died of starvation or disease, were shot in firing …show more content…
2). Most people imprisoned were German Communists, Socialists, Social Democrats, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, and Jews. The Nazis also made a "death through work" policy, where some groups of prisoners were literally worked to death. For example, at the Mauthausen concentration camp, emaciated prisoners were forced to run up 186 steps out of a stone quarry while carrying heavy boulders (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The Nazis built extermination camps, to help with the Final Solution, or getting rid of, of the Jews, where the German SS and police murdered nearly 2,700,000 Jews in the killing centers with poison gas or by shooting. Mostly only Jews were gassed, while other groups were shot, starved (see Fig. 3), or worked to
Ghettos were one of the first steps in the Holocaust. They were a way of separating the Jewish peoples from the rest of the population (see Fig. 1). They were closed off, sometimes pushing as many as 400,000 people in as small as a 1.3 square mile area (Warsaw Ghetto). Most Ghettos were temporary, lasting a few days or weeks, while others lasted years. Most people died of starvation or disease, were shot in firing …show more content…
2). Most people imprisoned were German Communists, Socialists, Social Democrats, Gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, homosexuals, and Jews. The Nazis also made a "death through work" policy, where some groups of prisoners were literally worked to death. For example, at the Mauthausen concentration camp, emaciated prisoners were forced to run up 186 steps out of a stone quarry while carrying heavy boulders (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The Nazis built extermination camps, to help with the Final Solution, or getting rid of, of the Jews, where the German SS and police murdered nearly 2,700,000 Jews in the killing centers with poison gas or by shooting. Mostly only Jews were gassed, while other groups were shot, starved (see Fig. 3), or worked to