PastThe Holocaust, a depressing time in world history where millions of innocent people were killed, most of them being Jewish . The Holocaust started in 1933,because Hitler said it was their fault that they lost the war . Once Hitler was in power Jews were striped from their freedom. They began to make laws , Jews had no rights . Their houses and businesses were burned down after those laws were passed . Jews were taken to concentration camps because it was their fault the Germans lost the war . Hitler thought of it as the “final solution” to rid the world of the Jewish people . When in concentration camps they were forced to do hard labor and those how could not handle it were killed . This lasted 12 long, depressing,agonizing,and dreadful years .
The Holocaust started on January 30 ,1933 .Once Hitler was in power he made laws that Jews were striped from their freedom,they had no rights . After those laws were put Germans started boycotting their stores with the Star of David . Later Germans started to break their homes and businesses from their windows this night was called the ***. The marriages between German and Jewish people were not acceptable , they were frowned upon . Even if citizens were German, but had Jewish blood they were stripped of their citizenship. Over time Jewish people couldn’t even go to the park and were fired from their jobs . This is what Hitler called his “final solution”.
Jewish people were rounded up and taken to concentration camps. They were taken to concentration camps where they would do hard labor . This was because it was generally their fault they lost the war, though Hitler and he wanted no Jews around as the final solution to purify the Germans . But before they were told where they were going they told them they would take showers were in reality they would gas them with a deadly gas that takes roughly about 30 minutes to kill. Those how were healthy,strong and looked young were taken to do hard labor and those who couldn’t handle were shot or taken to the gas chambers . Most of the people in the concentration camps died of starvation or beating to death . They worked about 12 to 15 hours a day and were clothed in old rags . They were fed most of the time with little to nothing of food . Their food consisted of watery soup,small portion of bread ,and occasionally water,tea,or coffee . They were also branded with a number on their skin that told them who they were and their hair was shaved off to make pillows or blankets. In total there were 23 concentration camps , Auschwitz is the biggest one were over 1.1 million people were killed . Most of them were Jewish . In total ⅔ of the Jewish population was killed during the Holocaust.
There were other people targeted , not only the Jewish people, but children,gypsies ,homosexulas ,and mentally disabled people because in the eyes of Hitler they weren’t normal . They made the “not normal people” wear the Star of David in different colors that consisted of their religion . For example, they made homosexuals wear a pink star on them . Each and every person whom did not consist of the Germans were branded . They targeted children who were not German because they didn’t want them to spread their bloodline , so they killed them . 1.1 million children were killed during the period of the Holocaust. Other people were killed, including gypsies were 200,000 died and were 250,000 mental or disabled people died . Their were not many survivors, but those who did were traumatized. In a quote it says like this “I was 18, but I was in fact only 13 because those years were nothing . Those were erased from my life “- Madeline Deutsch
After the war there were piles and piles of bodies scattered everywhere . After the Germans were defeated troops came in to help those in need . It was hard to get their lives back up again, but they did it . They had to do it for the 6 million Jewish people that died . In a quote it says “six million of our people live on in our hearts. We are their eyes to remember.we are their voice that cries out. The dreadful scenes flow from their dead eyes to our open ones. And those scenes will be remembered exactly as they happened.”- Shimon Peres
In conclusion , the Holocaust was a hard time in world history where over 11 million people died . In hopes that this scary period of time will not happen again and if it did, those who have caused it will be punished for their horrible actions . In hopes that life is peaceful, no more war , no more genocide, and no more fighting over who is the leader . A peaceful world where everyone is happy . Where you can be of any religion, race,color,and sexuality. Where you can be anything.e