Question 1
The holocaust began on January 30, 1933 –and went through to May 8, 1945. The word Holocaust means “destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war”. The Holocaust is the genocide of Jewish people throughout World War 2. There are some other meanings like: killing of Romani gypsies, homosexuals, Soviet Prisoners Of War (POWs) and civilians. The Jewish people were taken in to chambers to be killed by poisonous gases. These camps were located at Aushwitz - Birkenau Poland (Annihilation camp and forced labour camp), Belzec Poland (Annihilation camp), Bergen- Belsen Germany (holding centre), Buchenwald Germany (forced labour camp). What Hitler has done during World War 2 with the concentration camps is what we call today “Ethnic Cleansing”.
Question 2 …show more content…
At the end of the 19th century a hate against the Jewish was shown. Hitler saw the Jewish as a threat to Germany and there culture. A lot of solutions were tried like voluntary immigration and forced immigration. There were plans deport all of the Jewish to the east. More plans were developed that included deporting all European Jews to the east African island of Madagascar. These plans were later
The holocaust began on January 30, 1933 –and went through to May 8, 1945. The word Holocaust means “destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war”. The Holocaust is the genocide of Jewish people throughout World War 2. There are some other meanings like: killing of Romani gypsies, homosexuals, Soviet Prisoners Of War (POWs) and civilians. The Jewish people were taken in to chambers to be killed by poisonous gases. These camps were located at Aushwitz - Birkenau Poland (Annihilation camp and forced labour camp), Belzec Poland (Annihilation camp), Bergen- Belsen Germany (holding centre), Buchenwald Germany (forced labour camp). What Hitler has done during World War 2 with the concentration camps is what we call today “Ethnic Cleansing”.
Question 2 …show more content…
At the end of the 19th century a hate against the Jewish was shown. Hitler saw the Jewish as a threat to Germany and there culture. A lot of solutions were tried like voluntary immigration and forced immigration. There were plans deport all of the Jewish to the east. More plans were developed that included deporting all European Jews to the east African island of Madagascar. These plans were later