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The Causes And Contributions Of The Holocaust?

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The Holocaust was the systematic persecution and genocide that targeted the European Jews from 1933 to 1945. These actions were implemented by the Nazi’s and their new regime which resulted in the liquidation of six million innocent Jews and other small minorities. In 1929 Germany was suffering from the great depression. This was caused by the reparations they had to pay due to their defeat and damage they had caused in WW1. This social upheaval gave Hitler and his party the opportunity to brainwash and convince the people of Germany that he could ‘make Germany great again’ whilst spreading the message about his new ideal, the ‘Aryan race’. As people began to support his actions he gradually introduced the idea of the eradication of the Jews, which began to be known as ‘The Final Solution’.

In 1933 Hitler rose to power whilst Germany was suffering from the great depression. They faced many economical threats to the political system after the war due to the loss of money and an unstable government. The Treaty of Versailles was predominantly responsible for these threats to Germany. The global peace treaty stated that if signed, Germany must pay for the damage to the allies, admit that they started the war, eliminate the use of machinery for their troops and must lose some of their land to Britain and France. These terms were signed on October 21, 1919, by the German Weimar Republic. In 1918 the democratic Weimar Republic was elected as the parliament of Germany. For the next

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