Hitler's Role In The Holocaust

In World War II, Germans killed millions of Jews, gypsies, Slavs, and others who were either mentally or physically disabled (Rice 11). This is how Hitler wanted to get rid of the people who are not pure blood (Rice 11). The German participated in many aspects of the Holocaust (The German). The Holocaust took place in most of Europe where the Nazis took over (Grant 28). In 1941, the Nazis invade the Soviet Union and killed 100,000 Jews, roma(gypsies), and Communist (Blhom 4). The German military took part in many aspects of the Holocaust by supporting Hitler, using forced labor, murdering Jews, and other groups as well (The German). The Germans also killed many Soviet Union P.O.W.s and eastern European civilians (The German). The SS was very important to Hitler (The German). The SS was a secret police or guards for Hitler (The German). Heinrich Himler was the chief of the SS which was also known as the gestapo (The German). The Holocaust is a time in history when millions of people were persecuted in Europe by being sent to live in ghettos and …show more content…
These ghettos lasted a couple of days to even a couple of years (Ghettos). The point of the ghettos was to segregate the Jews from the rest of the population (Ghettos). This was a key step in the Holocaust to segregate, prosecute, and exterminate the Jewish population (Ghettos). The first ghetto was in poland (Ghettos). It was in Piotrkow Trybunalski (Ghettos). The first Jews started arriving in October 1939 (Ghettos). The Warshaw ghetto was the biggest ghetto (Ghetto). In this ghetto there were 400,000 Jews crammed inside the walls (Ghettos). The Warshaw ghetto was 1.3 square miles (Blohm 4). It was sealed off from the rest of the city with high walls, barbed wire, and guards (Blohm 4). The majority of the Jews that were moved to the ghettos died from disease, starvation, shot, or deported to killing centers