Millions of Lives Lost During the Holocaust
Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Night once said, “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” ADD BRIDGE! The Holocaust is an awful genocide because of Adolf Hitler’s decisions, the concentration camps, all of the deaths that occurred, and the massive decrease of the Jewish population.
Adolf Hitler’s Childhood
Almost any tragedy that occurs today is compared to the Holocaust and what happened to the Jews. Adolf Hitler was baptized a Catholic. He was born on April 20, 1889 near the upper Austrian border town, Braunau am Inn. In 1898, the Hitler family moved to Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. He grew up as a dog owner. Hitler’s father was Alois Hitler and his mother was Klara Hitler. His mother had breast cancer in the spring of 1907 but lost her fight in the winter of the same year (“Adolf Hitler: Early Years, 1889-1913.”). Hitler was an ordinary and exclusive young boy but when he aged, so did his actions. His actions went from calm to chaotic very quickly.
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For each stage, there is prevention tips that go with it. Some of the prevention tips are early warning, rapid response and courts for accountability. Without prevention, genocides will not end. They will keep occurring an ending many lives. Millions of people died but half of the deaths were Jews. 1.5 million Jewish children died in the Holocaust, which destroyed 5,000 Jewish communities destroyed. In total, 12 million people from many ethic groups were killed during the Holocaust, but 6 million of those deaths were Jews (EDITORIAL: Nazi analogies are flawed to be avoided”). If prevention was taking very seriously, many of these deaths would not have occurred. In the death camps, 3.5 million Jews were murdered (The Holocaust: An Introductory
Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Night once said, “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” ADD BRIDGE! The Holocaust is an awful genocide because of Adolf Hitler’s decisions, the concentration camps, all of the deaths that occurred, and the massive decrease of the Jewish population.
Adolf Hitler’s Childhood
Almost any tragedy that occurs today is compared to the Holocaust and what happened to the Jews. Adolf Hitler was baptized a Catholic. He was born on April 20, 1889 near the upper Austrian border town, Braunau am Inn. In 1898, the Hitler family moved to Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. He grew up as a dog owner. Hitler’s father was Alois Hitler and his mother was Klara Hitler. His mother had breast cancer in the spring of 1907 but lost her fight in the winter of the same year (“Adolf Hitler: Early Years, 1889-1913.”). Hitler was an ordinary and exclusive young boy but when he aged, so did his actions. His actions went from calm to chaotic very quickly.
When Hitler was …show more content…
For each stage, there is prevention tips that go with it. Some of the prevention tips are early warning, rapid response and courts for accountability. Without prevention, genocides will not end. They will keep occurring an ending many lives. Millions of people died but half of the deaths were Jews. 1.5 million Jewish children died in the Holocaust, which destroyed 5,000 Jewish communities destroyed. In total, 12 million people from many ethic groups were killed during the Holocaust, but 6 million of those deaths were Jews (EDITORIAL: Nazi analogies are flawed to be avoided”). If prevention was taking very seriously, many of these deaths would not have occurred. In the death camps, 3.5 million Jews were murdered (The Holocaust: An Introductory