The Holocaust was a recent event in history that claimed the lives of over 6 million people. The Holocaust was a hate crime on a massive scale, many died in internment camps like Auschwitz, ghettos were a painful step down from internment camps, these events are why the Holocaust should be known. (Introduction To The Holocaust)An internment camp called Auschwitz in Germany was a death camp where people were sent to die. The camp held ten thousand prisoners at a time and was infested with disease. Claims from survivors say that people would grab the electric fence just to end their suffering. With a constant lack of food and water, doing work became hard. If you failed to complete the work you were assigned or were too weak you were sent to
