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What Is The Cause Of The Holocaust?

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World War II was a disaster in which millions of people died. Within 1.2 and 1.6 million people died in Auschwitz (“Auschwitz.” History. Np). The Nazis made it clear that if anyone was a Jew they would be a “Jewish problem.” The “Jewish problem” meant that anyone would be killed for being a Jew. Hitler did not agree with Jewism (“KL Auschwitz-Birkenau.”). The Nazi government pursued the “Final Solution.” The “Final Solution” was to kill all six million Jews living. He said that Jews were not religious, but that they were a race (“Auschwitz.” History. A). Most of the concentration camps the Nazis made were located in Oswiecim, Poland. The beginning of Auschwitz was April 27th, 1940 (“Auschwitz.” History. Np). The Auschwitz camps were created by the Nazis. It was the largest prisoner compound the Nazis made (Berenbaum, Michael and Gutman, Yisrael.). The …show more content…

All contact outside of the camp was forbidden. So, no one could talk to any friends or family outside of the camps. Starving was another way the Nazis killed the prisoners. The prisoners had the most revolting food. Some of the food they got was rotten. For breakfast they got 10 oz. of plain bread, a piece of salami, and a cup of bland coffee. For lunch the prisoners got plain soup with carrots. For supper they got 10 oz. of bread, rotten salami, or rotten cheese. Starvation was the second cause of death, some prisoners would wake up finding the people on their bunk dead. In 1944 a few structures were destroyed, blown, or set ablaze to disguise their criminal activity. Then, on January 27th, 1945 the Red Army entered the camp and found lots of starving, exhausted prisoners (“Auschwitz.” History. A). All the prisoners were helpless. The Red Army also found a lot of prisoner belongings. They found 8 tons of hair and over a million of men and women's clothing (“Auschwitz.” History. Np). Finally, 22 Germans were sentenced. I am glad that the Germans went to jail for what they

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