A mass of devastating events took place throughout World War II. One of the biggest was the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a mass genocide of European Jews, gypsies and homosexuals. The Holocaust took place over the course of twelve years. Although the exact number is not known and estimated eleven million people died as a result of the Holocaust, six million of those people being Jewish. The Holocaust started in 1933 when Hitler came to power in Germany. It ended in 1945 when the Nazis were defeated by the Allied powers. The Holocaust is one of the biggest genocides in history and has caused negative effects on those involved.
Anti- semitism existed before World War II it did not begin with Adolf Hitler like many believe. The use of the term actually originated around the 1870s. …show more content…
It heavily affected those who participated and those who were involved in it. Despite people learning about the deadly effects of discrimination and hatred it still happens in many different places in the world today. Even after this devastating event occurred, history still repeated itself with other catastrophic genocides throughout the world. Survivors are still threatened in current day by ignorant people such as Donald Trump. For example, when Trump asked his supporters to raise their right hand such as Hitler did years ago. This shows how often history can be repeated and not for the better. Other examples of modern day discrimination would be how America is supposed to be the land of liberty and the free yet we aren’t allowing Syrian refugees into our country due to the fact that people are so unaccepting of other religions or ways of living. The people also stereo type all Muslims as terrorists which is why they are so unaccepted. To end, this is how present day discrimination and hatred can relate to that of the past such as the Holocaust and World War
Anti- semitism existed before World War II it did not begin with Adolf Hitler like many believe. The use of the term actually originated around the 1870s. …show more content…
It heavily affected those who participated and those who were involved in it. Despite people learning about the deadly effects of discrimination and hatred it still happens in many different places in the world today. Even after this devastating event occurred, history still repeated itself with other catastrophic genocides throughout the world. Survivors are still threatened in current day by ignorant people such as Donald Trump. For example, when Trump asked his supporters to raise their right hand such as Hitler did years ago. This shows how often history can be repeated and not for the better. Other examples of modern day discrimination would be how America is supposed to be the land of liberty and the free yet we aren’t allowing Syrian refugees into our country due to the fact that people are so unaccepting of other religions or ways of living. The people also stereo type all Muslims as terrorists which is why they are so unaccepted. To end, this is how present day discrimination and hatred can relate to that of the past such as the Holocaust and World War