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Where was it located?
the Holocaust was a Nazi German initiative that took place throughout German- and Axis-controlled Europe. It began in Germany after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in January 1933. -
Introduction
The Holocaust was a systematic persecution and murder of 6 million European Jews by the Nazi German regime. The holocaust began in January 1933 when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party came to power in Germany . It ended in may 1945 . -
The purpose of a Ghetto .
Ghettos were areas of cities where German occupiers forced jews to live in unsafe, overcrowded, unsanitary conditions. Guards prevented Jews from leaving without permission. -
Why did Nazi's dislike the Jews
The Nazi's targeted jews because the Nazis were radically antisemitic. They blamed the jews of causing Germanys social, economic, political, and cultural problems they also blamed them for Germany's defeat in WWl which ended in 1918. -
How Jews Survived.
Nazi's attempted to murder all jews, but some survived. The only way to survival was extraordinary confluence of circumstances. choices, help from others, or luck. Some Jews escaped Europe around 200,000 jews left. -
Ending Of The Holocaust
The Holocaust ended in May 1945 when the major Allied Powers ( Great Britain, United States, and the soviet union defeated Nazi Germany in world war ll. As Allied forces moved across Europe in a series of offensives, they overran concentration camps. These forced marches consisted of groups of Jewish and non-Jewish concentration camp inmates who had been evacuated on foot from camps under SS guard. -
How were Jews persecuted?
Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators implemented a wide range of anti-Jewish policies and measures. Millions of people were persecuted only because they were Jewish. -
After the Holocaust
While the Holocaust ended with the war, the legacy of terror and genocide did not. By the end of World War II, six million Jews and millions of others were dead. Nazi Germany and its allies and collaborators had devastated or completely destroyed thousands of Jewish communities across Europe.
In the aftermath of the Holocaust, those Jews who survived were often confronted with the traumatic reality of having lost their entire families and communities.