The Holocaust in Germany

The word Holocaust comes from the Greek word “holos” (whole) and “kaustos” (burned). The original meaning for it

The Holocaust was one of the most horrible and dreaded events in history. Millions of Jews were killed, leaving many families devastated and hopeless. With the goal of racial purity, Adolf Hitler- along with many other Germans believed the Jews caused the defeat of their country, and led the Nazis to the elimination of Jews. For this reason, “Even in the early 21st century, the legacy of the Holocaust endures…as many as 12,000 Jews were killed every day” (The Holocaust). Later, Hitler organized concentration camps, where mass transports of Jews from ghettoes were brought and typically killed also. However, the fortunate Jews that were not killed still had many restrictions on their

There are so many remarkable people who have gone before us and shaped the world into what it is today. With the passing of yet another Veterans Day, people were reminded of the extraordinary sacrifices made by ordinary men and women who were unfortunate enough to have lived during times when their nations were at war. Many ordinary citizens lost their lives as a result of the war, just as soldiers did. While some survivors simply lived out their post war lives, others survived and influenced the world. One person who survived the atrocities of the Holocaust during World War II and used his experiences to improve social, political, and religious conditions throughout the world, is Elie Wiesel. Through the words of Elie Wiesel, the public can witness the evils of war, keep these memories alive in the collective recall of future generations, and take action upon witnessing injustices of its kind.

The Holocaust was one of the largest genocides in history. An estimated eleven million people were killed- six million of these people being Jewish. Not only were millions murdered, but hundreds of thousands who survived the concentration camps were forever scarred by the dehumanizing events that they saw, committed, and lived through. In the novel “Night” by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel recounts the spine-chillingly horrific events of the Holocaust that affected him first-hand, in an attempt to make the reality of the Holocaust clear and understandable to those who could not believe it. What was arguably one of the worst punishments the victims of the Holocaust faced, was how they were dehumanized within concentration camps. To dehumanize means to steal away the attributes that make one human, be it loyalty, faith, kindness, or even our love for one another and ourselves. The inhumane treatment of the Jews alongside millions of other victims by the Nazi’s was rooted from the systematic dehumanization of these groups. Although the extent of the brutality cannot ever be fully understood by those uninvolved, Wiesel’s terrifying record of his involvement proves how the unlivable conditions in Auschwitz not only typically concluded with death, but on the way stole the Jews’ faith, forced them to turn on one another in an attempt at survival, and even tore apart the previously unbreakable bond between family members.

Nowadays, people tend to forget the morality of human beings. For instance, the people in today’s world are attracted to greed or power letting their mind and body rot them. However, are we doing a right in letting people like that win? It might not seem much or anything, but as history has shown us otherwise with World War II. Like letting a tyrant leader like Adolf Hitler take over different countries and bring in what is believed the most horrific discrimination ever known. Therefore, it is right to agree with Elie Wiesel a former target of the Nazi Final Solution that the moment race and religion are involved then that soon must become the center of the universe’s attention.

In his novel, Night, Elie Wiesel recounts the horrific experiences that he faced as a survivor of the Holocaust during World War II. The following passage presents the impossible struggle to maintain a decent quality of life in the face of war:

Have you ever wondered or thought about what happened to the Nazis that helped with different parts of the Holocaust after World War II ended? Well, I thought about it and I did some research about the famous trials that happened between the years 1945 through 1949. These trials were made up after a man by the name of Adolf Hitler wanted world domination and he treated the jews horribly. This event solved a lot of problems from establishing an International Court and knowing what to do with the men that helped Hitler with the Holocaust. The charges were among many things but mostly crimes against hummanity was the most used charge. There was also a lot of controversy about the laws that were made in the court and before the trials even

The Holocaust, which happened between the years of 1933- 1945, was a genocide that caused a lot of suffering. The term Holocaust itself has a deeper meaning than just the word, its origin is Greek and the words “holos” (whole) and

The Holocaust during World War II was the toughest time for all the Jews. A man named Adolf Hitler came in control of Germany Government and the Nazi's was created and intruded into many countries in Europe. Some of the countries included Poland, Greece, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, France, Norway, and Netherlands. The Nazi's soldiers stands by every corners and capture every Jew they laid their eyes on was then send to the concentration camps. The Jews are later put on a train for a long period of time with no life necessities available for example food, water, and a bathroom. After arriving at the camps the females and males are separated, and they went their own ways. The Jews were forced to work for the Nazi's; however in the end the German

The Holocaust is one of the most gruesome and inhumane events to ever happen in the history of the world. The Holocaust took place during World War II. WWII was one event that was categorized as strictly good vs evil. At the beginning of the war America wanted to remain neutral because we had just come out of WWI and were working on rebuilding our economy. The United States was successful in remaining neutral until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor early on the morning of December 7. 1941. The United States officially entered the WWII when we declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941. Just a few short days later on December 11, 1941, Hitler declared war on the united states, as Germany was an ally to Japan (Guerra.) On august 15.1945 Japan surrender to the U.S (Guerra) WWII had seven major countries involved including Germany, Italy, and Japan as the axis powers and the united states, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union as the allies. (Guerra)

Holocaust survivors give great insight to the realities of what the life was like within the gates of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Not to say that the research of historians, writers, and professors does not provide pivotal information to the study of the Holocaust; but their research provides secondary sources and accounts. Primary sources for historic moments allows a reader to get into the mind and psyche of the writer who is sharing his or hers experiences. The ability to become one with their most inner thoughts of fear, sadness, despair, happiness, joy, etc. makes a reader feel as if they are going through these moments alongside them. For survivors of the Holocaust, concentration camps, death camps, and World War II; such a connection is created with their listeners, viewers and readers by way of these primary sources. With father time working against them, the chances to speak with or listen to these individuals in person are quickly and sadly coming to an end. Which leaves society to use the literature of these surviving people to truly understand what life was like for them during the reign of terror caused by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime. Primo Levi’s, Survival in Auschwitz, offers just that connected and emotion to current and future generated as he illustrates what life was like for Jewish people during the Holocaust and World War II while surviving in concentration camps. Primo is a survivor of one of the most infamous Nazi concentration camps

The word “Holocaust” was originally taken from the Greek word “Holokauston”. In Greek, this word meant “sacrifice by fire”. Holocaust is the name given to the German Nazis killing and persecution of Jews. Other targeted groups were Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, the handicapped or deformed, and all others who disagreed with what Adolph Hitler was doing.

“The Holocaust is one of the darkest episodes in human history,” (Globe Fearon: Historical Case Students. The Holocaust, 10) On January 30, 1933, an army, better known as the Nazis, set out to exterminate the entire Jewish people. Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis, considered Jews the cause of Germany’s problems and the Great Depression. Meaning “total burning,” the Holocaust lived up to its name. The Nazis burned and cremated Jews, living or dead. This horrible event happened because Hitler and the Nazis were racists that let their anti-Semitism, or the hatred of Jews, take over. They were blinded by their hatred to the point where they developed various types of prison camps to murder the Jews and follow through to finish their

The word "Holocaust" in ancient Greek means "burnt offering," and the term has become common only in the mid-20th century, is really very clearly describes the horrors of the Holocaust. In the history of humanity, perhaps there will be no crime more brutal than the Holocaust ("Shoah" in Hebrew).

Nazi Germany’s holocaust is the embodiment of a crime against humanity in its truest form. With the advent of Hitler and the rise of Nazism in the 1930’s, hate and anti-semitism spread rampantly across Germany, corrupting the minds of innocent people to conform under the radical ideologies of a few in power. In an attempt to execute their plan, the state effectively suppressed the people under propaganda and lies, where the average person was brainwashed to conform to philosophies of Nazism to become a slave to the state. As a result of this twisted fate, the government was effectively allowed to commit mass genocide against the Jewish people, by forcing the people under the Nazi regime to become cogs of a system of mass murder and violence.