The Holocaust Essay

The Holocaust, which was the systematic persecution and murder of over six million Jews during World War II, is often cited as one of the worst atrocities committed in the history of human civilization. People speak of it in hushed, mournful voices as they wonder at how the German Nazis could be so malevolent as to annihilate a whole generation of Jews. Hundreds of eminent scholars have eloquently explained the horrific nature of the Holocaust and its effects on the modern world (Gerstenfeld).…

The Holocaust is a term that refers to the genocide or mass abuse and murder, of approximately 6 million Jewish people who were killed by the Nazi government in Germany and other German occupied territories from 1941 to 1945, during the time of World War II. The term Holocaust is derived from the Greek words holos, meaning whole and kaustos, meaning burnt, and provides an idea of the terrible abuses that the Jewish people were subjected to. The Jewish Hebrew language refers to this episode in…

Im Gisella Renate Berg and, I am going to tell you how I survived the holocaust. I was born on May 1,1993 severely months after the Nazis came I lived with most of my family in Inge. My parents were always scared of my safety so, every time I asked them if i could play outside they said no. When I was five the Nazi’s did a nationwide pogrom known as Kristallnacht (the Night Of Broken Glass). At that time I didn’t know what was going on and, who was doing it. One of our neighbors came by…

Daniel is a young Jewish boy going to school during the Holocaust. The Holocaust happened during World War II, when German Nazi’s were trying to get rid of all Jews. Led by, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi’s blamed the Jews for Germany’s downfall. Daniel, his sister Erika, and his parents are both dealing with bullying and racism from other German kids and adults. Daniel’s best friend eventually leaves him and his teachers treat him awfully. Eventually, he is forced to move to a school for Jewish kids.…

a death, labor, or POW camp was a life full of unimaginable cruelty, inhumanity, and strain on the body and mind. Between 1933 and 1945, around 11 million men, women, and children were killed in the Holocaust, and among many of these tragic losses were the least deserving (“What does the Holocaust mean” 26). The suffering found throughout the camps was indescribable and unimaginable, especially because these people did not deserve the inhumane treatment and suffering they received. The absolute…

Almost immediately, The Jews face suppressive laws. Children are not allowed to visit public museums, pools, or playgrounds. Kristallnacht is significant to World War II because the Nazis use it as a gateway for violence and murder to start the holocaust. In the fall of 1938, Herschel Grynszpan, a Polish Jew living in Germany, visits his uncle living in Paris. During his visit, Herschel received word that in late October, his parents and several other Jews living in Germany were deported.…

This is my story, this is how I died. My name is Abba Hitson and I am a Jew. I am 12 years old. I did live in Heidelberg Germany. Now I don’t live anywhere. It was January 30, 1933. World War II had not started yet. I was a normal boy who worked with my Dad in his boot making shop. Now I have nothing. My family, my friends, my home, all gone and so am I. All because of a man named Adolf Hitler. Hitler had started to take power in Central Europe and there was talk about him taking Jews -- my…

Doctor Vickler Frankil, a holocaust survivor once said that “The last of human freedoms-to choose one’s attitudes in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. Doctor Vickler Frankil meant by this quote that a group of people's freedom is being controlled by one person. An example of this would be the Jews and how their freedom was controlled by Hitler. The Nazi’s came and took over Germany on January 30 in the year 1933. The types of people that Hitler found unworthy of living was…

The Holocaust Part of World War II Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, summer 1944 (Auschwitz Album) From the Auschwitz Album: • Hungarian Jews arriving at Auschwitz-II (Birkenau) in German-occupied Poland, May 1944. Most were "selected" to go straight to the gas chambers. Location: • Nazi Germany and German-occupied territories Date: • 1941–1945; according to a broader definition, 1933–1945. Target: • European Jews; broader definitions include the Roma, disabled, ethnic Poles,…

event. Many acts of mass murder have been committed, but have not been considered genocide. Multiple cruel things happen in the world and this is definitely one of them. The Holocaust was a very detrimental act of genocide. Millions of people were killed in cruel ways. There were about seventeen million deaths in the holocaust. Men and Women were killed because of their race, sexuality, beliefs, and culture. My question is, why should we judge and discriminate someone because of their race or…