WHY DID THE HOLOCAUST

HAPPEN?
HITLER'S HATRED TOWARDS THE JEWS WAS NOT HIS IDEA. ADOLF HITLER WAS BORN
IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA WERE ANTI-SEMITISM WAS WIDESPREAD AND INFLUENCED BY
PUBLIC FIGURES SUCH AS MAYORS.

HITLER BLAMED THE JEWS FOR GERMANYS WORLD WAR 1 DEFEAT.

HE BLAMED THE JEWS FOR GERMANYS ECONOMIC DOWNFALL AFTER THE FIRST
WAR DUE TO LARGE COMPANIES AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BEING UNDER
JEWISH MANAGEMENT.

THE GERMANS BELIEVED THE ARYAN RACE TO BE THE IDEAL AND SUPERIOR RACE ,
MEANING ALL OTHER RACES TO BE INFERIOR.

THE FINAL SOLUTION WAS CARRIED OUT RESULTED IN THE EXTERMINATION OF

THE JEWISH RACE.
THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD
THE HOLOCAUST INCLUDES THE VICTIMS LEADING UP TO AND DURING WORLD WAR 2.
ON JULY 31ST 1941 HERMANN GOERING, HITLER'S TOP COMMANDER STATED THE NEED FOR
'ENDLSUNG' MEANING FINAL SOLUTION.
IN 1941 AS THE GERMAN ARMY CONQUERED MORE LANDS SUCH AS POLAND AND THE
NETHERLANDS. ALL THE JEWISH PEOPLE WERE ROUNDED UP AND SET TO POLISH GHETTOS.
FROM SEPTEMBER 1941 EVERY PERSON OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN GERMAN TERRITORY WAS MADE
WEAR A YELLOW STAR. THIS STAR WAS KNOWN AS THE STAR OF DAVID. IT HAD THE WORD JUDE
WRITTEN ACROSS IT.
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THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD
CONCENTRATION CAMPS WERE WIDESPREAD DURING THE HOLOCAUST.
CONCENTRATION CAMPS WERE ORIGINALLY MADE FOR THE CONFINEMENT OF PEOPLE UNDER HARSH CONDITIONS,
COMMONLY TO DO LABOUR. THESE CAMPS WERE SEEN AS A TYPE OF 'IMPRISONMENT' WITHOUT NEEDING THE
LAW.
THE FIRST CONCENTRATION CAMP AS WE KNOW THEM TO BE NOW A DAY WAS OPENED ONLY WEEKS AFTER HITLER
BEING MADE CHANCELLOR IN 1933.
ONE OF THE FIRST CAMPS WAS DACHAU OPENED IN 1933.
THE CAMP RAVENSBRCK OPENED IN 1939 AND IS KNOWN FOR BEING AN ALL-FEMALE CONCENTRATION CAMP.
THE MOST FAMOUS CONCENTRATION CAMP WAS AUSCHWITZ.
AUSCHWITZ
LOCATED IN SOUTH WEST POLAND THE CAMP IS KNOWN FOR BEING THE LARGEST
MASS MURDER IN A SINGLE LOCATION IN HUMAN HISTORY.

DURING WORLD WAR 2 AUSCHWITZ HAD THE MOST AMOUNT OF DEATHS IN

COMPARISON TO ANY OTHER DEATH/CONCENTRATION CAMP.

WHEN THE JEWS ARRIVED AT THESE CAMPS THEY DID NOT KNOW THEIR FATE.
MOST FAMILIES HAD SUITCASES IMPLYING THEIR PERCEPTION OF A TEMPORARY
STAY.

ALL THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS SUCH AS SHOES WERE NEVER RETRIEVED AND
CAN BE SEEN IN THE AUSCHWITZ MUSEUM.

IN THE CAMPS THEY WERE MADE WEAR STRIPED JUMPSUIT STYLE CLOTHING ,
SOMETIMES HAD TO SHAVE THEIR HEADS AND FORCED TO DO LABOUR.
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AUSCHWITZ
THE AUSCHWITZ CAMP HAD 3 SECTIONS

AUSCHWITZ 1 WAS OPENED IN MAY 1940. IT COVERED AN AREA OF 40KM SQUARED.

ROUGHLY 60KM OR 37 MILES WEST OF KRAKOW, POLAND.

IN JANUARY 1942 AUSCHWITZ 2 OPENED DUE TO THE INCREASE OF JEWS AS THE FINAL
SOLUTION BEGAN.

ALSO IN JANUARY 1942 THE FIRST CHAMBER USING ZYKLON B GAS, A LETHAL GAS WAS
BUILT. THIS WAS USED FOR 'PRODUCTIVE' SYSTEMATIC KILLINGS.

THIS METHOD AND CHAMBER WAS USED UP UNTIL NOVEMBER 1944 WHICH WAS 2
MONTHS BEFORE THE CAMP HAD BEEN LIBERATED.

AUSCHWITZ 3 OPENED IN 1942 ALSO. THIS SECTION WAS MAINLY FOR GERMAN
LABOUR WORKERS IMPRISONMENT.

IN THE CAMPS THEY WERE MADE CARRY OUT FORCED LABOUR, FORCED TO
PARTICIPATE IN ESTRANGED MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS, DISEASE WAS WIDESPREAD WITH
LICE BEING PASSED THROUGH ALMOST EVERYONE.
THE RESULT
AN OVERALL OF 17 MILLION VICTIMS.
THE DEATH OF 6 MILLION JEWS.
AUSCHWITZ HAD THE MOST DEATHS OF 1.1 MILLION JEWS
OUT OF THE 1.3 MILLION SENT INTO THE CAMP.
DURING THIS TIME YOU WOULD THINK THE JEWISH
PEOPLE WOULD OF LOST THEIR FAITH BUT SURPRISINGLY
THE JEWS BECAME SO MUCH MORE FAITHFUL AND
WORSHIPPING AS THEY LOOKED FOR HELP INSTEAD OF
TURNING THEIR BACKS ON THEIR FAITH THAT CAUSED
THEM THEIR SUFFERING.