What I Learned About The Holocaust Germany

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For the past couple of weeks we have been learning about the Holocaust in school. We learned about the Holocaust in many different ways.I have been asked to write an essay about which method I learned the most from out of poems, plays, pictures, powerpoints, etc. I learned the most from the powerpoints.
As a class, we read 2 powerpoints, one of them was titled, “Pre Holocaust Germany” by Mr. Semerad and the other one was titled, “Terrifying Powerpoint” by Ms. Marshall. I used to think I knew a lot about the Holocaust, but these powerpoints taught me so much more. For example, I did not know that Hitler’s parents wanted him to be a politician and that Hitler wanted to be a artist.
The powerpoint by Mr. Semerad taught me the most. His

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