Discrimination During The Holocaust

The holocaust, or Shoah was a systematic, planned program of genocide to exterminate all Jews. This government based program was carried out by Hitler, and its allies in the Nazi army during world war two. Approximately 6 million Jews were killed, and if the murder of the Romani, Soviet civilians and prisoners, the disabled, homosexuals, and others who apposed to Hitler’s religious, political and social views were counted, this number would be more like 11 to 17 million. The holocaust is generally described with two periods, 1933-1939, and 1939-1945, the end of WWII.

The holocaust was the mass murder of 6 million European Jews by the German Nazi regime during World War 2. Adolf Hitler hated the Jews and blamed them for Germany losing World War I. He considered Jewish people to be less than human. Hitler also believed in the superiority of the Aryan race. Once he became chancellor of Germany, Hitler took away all of the Jews rights as human beings. Hitler forced the Jews to live in ghettos. The Jews would be transferred to concentration camps, where they would do hard labor. The Jews died in the concentration camps by diseases, starvation, or the cold. Some camps had gas

According to Wiesel’s memoir Night, the Jews at the concentration camps were often bludgeoned or hanged for not following the procedure or doing something incorrectly. “But the third rope was still moving; being so light, the child was still alive...For more than half an hour he stayed there struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had to look him full in the face.”(Document 5). Having to watch someone being hanged, especially someone so young, can have a huge affect and surely cause people to start questioning and losing faith in god. As stated in Document 4, a large number of women were killed in a short amount of time. “If my memory serves me right, about thirty to forty women were gasses in one gas chamber. The Jewish women were forced to get undressed in an open place close to the gas chamber...I fixed the motor on a definite speed so that it was unnecessary henceforth to press on the gas. About ten minutes later the thirty to forty women were dead”(Document 4). The fact that so many people were being killed at the one time contributes to why so many Jewish people would start to lose faith in god because if there was god he would be there to stop the Nazis from purging such an ample amount of people from their culture. In conclusion, Jewish people have experienced things that no one should ever go through and

The holocaust was the systematic, state-organized persecution and murder of at least six million jews. 100 days after Hitler became chancellor of Germany, Nazis began having book burnings to get rid of un-German writings proclaiming the death of Jewish intellectualism. This was one of the first acts that foreshadowed the destruction Hitler would have in Germany. Since Hitler and the Nazis felt that all Jewish peoples made Germany impure, their goal was to put an end to the existence of all Jews. Nazis required the elimination of Jews from German life. Their first nationwide action against

The Holocaust was the attempt by the Nazi regime to systematically exterminate the European Jewish race during World War II. The Holocaust was a reference to the murder of around six million Jews and other minority groups such as homosexuals, gypsies and the disabled (Wiesel, 2008).

The Holocaust was an action to wipe out the Jewish faith (Rossel 20). The mass extermination of low life people such as the Jew and the Gypsies (Rice 11). The Holocaust took place in Europe, more specifically Polland, Russia, Romania, Hungary, Germany and other lands that were taken over by Germany (Rice 54), in death camps and ghettos the Jews and others were housed (Rice 9). Many people were victims of the Holocaust, Gypsies, Slavs, Jews, the disabled, homosexuals, prisoners of war taken by Germany troops (Rice 6). And the ones who caused all of the damage, The Nazis who were under Adolf Hitler’s leadership (Rice 6).

Racism is the belief centralized in the idea that a certain race is considered to be superior or inferior to another. It is a belief that labels a person’s worth, social, and moral traits based on his/her inherent nationality or biological features (Anti-Defamation League). This mentality has been around for centuries and still exists today. There are several theories about how such came about and why it continues to thrive. Racism can only be thoroughly studied by tracing its roots and history. Knowing the relevant events prior to and after the peak of a racist manifestation in the society during a certain period of time is one of the keys in understanding the nature of racism. It is important to note that the attempt to understand the nature of racism is not necessarily equivalent to the attempt to justify it. The main purpose of racism studies should be directed towards the attempt to lessen, if not eradicate such mentality. The Holocaust, the infamous racist manifestation which took place in Germany is a great example of what happens when racism is not stopped or prevented. Taking such infamous racist events in history under an extensive look, reveals some of the major arguments/concepts/causes of racism that could lead to understanding racism as a whole and thereby help address this issue in the modern-day society. Extreme ethnocentrism, rivalry for supremacy, and people lacking information are some of the causes of racism deemed to be important in studying

The Holocaust was a war that lasted a total of six years, during this period of time many people of the Jewish religion lost their lives due to the changes that were made to their countries after being taken over by Adolf Hitler. Hitler managed to gain the power he looked for from the people in the countries he took over, and he turned them against Jewish people. Things started to change right as soon as the countries were invaded, Hitler started to put many restrictions to the Jews. They could no longer attend many places like before and were constantly discriminated and treated awful by people in the streets that were brainwashed by Hitler, who made them believe that the Jews were the ones causing economic problems and were also the

Anti-Semitism is known as the hostility and prejudice towards the Jewish religion and Jewish people. Known as anti-Judaism, Jews have been targeted and still are targeted for their beliefs and practices. Jews have been discriminated against for years on end and are often referred to as “the oldest hatred”. In certain times and places worldwide, Jews have been evolved into rules of political, economic and social isolation and have had times of exclusion, degradation and attempted extinction. The degradation of Jews did not begin in the Nazi era, but much earlier and certainly did not end at the end of The Holocaust.

All throughout time, the Jewish people went through a lot. Judaism has fought through many challenges that have threatened its existence. One of the most iconic events for Judaism in history was the Holocaust. Although most of the events of the Holocaust are known to the world, there are still questions about the topic and much to learn. Some questions about the Judaism during the Holocaust are ‘In what ways were the Jewish people discriminated against during the Holocaust?’, ‘How did the Jewish people react to the Nazi force invasions?’, and ‘What happened to the Jewish people and religion after the Holocaust?’.

The Holocaust was the persecution and the murder of six million Jews by Hitler, the nazi party and its collaborators. The meaning of the word holocaust is "sacrifice by fire." During the holocaust the government was the Nazi party. The Nazis, who came to power in Germany, believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community. Germans thought the Roma's (gypsies), homosexuals, and the disabled people were a threat to the Germans as well. They used these groups as a scapegoat due to the depression after the loss of World War II. Hitlers goal during the final solution aimed to isolate Jews from society and drive them out of the country. (ushmm.org)

From 1933 through 1945 was a period of history called the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, people were being killed for their looks, race, and disability. About 11 million people were killed in brutal and tragic ways. Adolf Hitler, the leader, wanted to create a pure race. Racism helped Hitler organize the population into the way he wanted. He wanted people to support the cause of making a pure race. If people opposed, they would be persecuted. Racism allowed Hitler to influence the German people into following his leadership even if it meant genocide.

The Holocaust was a disaster affecting many people's lives, mainly targeting Jewish people. They were also against Poles, Gypsies, Russians, The Disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses and Homosexuals. During the Holocaust six million Jews were murdered and many others were treated inhuman and killed. People who were affected by the Holocaust were discriminated, segregated and hated. This people were mistreated and their freedom was taking away, just by having different beliefs and have a different looks.

The Holocaust systematically murdered 11 million people across Europe, more than half of those people were Jewish. The Jews were blamed for the German’s failures, such as World War I. As a result, Hitler established anti-Semitism throughout his army and the majority of Europe. The Holocaust consisted of three phases to annihilate the Jews. The phases did not create racial purity and they did not successfully annihilate all of the Jews as the Nazi party planned.

The Holocaust was one of the most horrific events in history. It involved the systematic mass slaughter of European Jews and certain groups of people that were unable to meet the standards of the Aryans. The Holocaust involved the slaughter of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators under Adolf Hitler. The three main causes of the Holocaust were, Anti-semitism, Propaganda, and Hitler.