2. • The Holocaust was a truly
scarring and terrible event
in world history. It’s effects
were thoroughly
traumatizing, not just for
Jews, but for many people
from many countries,
armies, and religions. This
event should never be
forgotten, and genocide of
this magnitude should
never be repeated, for any
reason.
3. These laws were the beginning of the Holocaust. These
laws were, at their core, government-sponsored
persecution and racial segregation of the Jews.
An Example of
the Anti-
Semetic
Propaganda
used against
Jewish people
in the 1940’s.
Note how the
nose is large
• As soon as the Nazi’s acquired and pointy, to
power, they took away many of distinguish
the Jewish citizens rights, such as how a Jew
citizenship. “The Jew: Instigator of looks.
War, Prolonger of War”
4. A series of coordinated attacks against Jews in Nazi Germany. They
Destroyed houses and Businesses that belonged to Jewish people.
Many Jews tried to flee after this night, although few were
successful in escaping. This is a story told by my Grandfather. It’s a
perfect example of how Jewish people failed
to escape the violence.
“Shortly after the war began, we began guarding the
Swiss border. We were ordered not to let anyone
cross into Switzerland,” My Great-Grandfather
recalled to my father. “Suddenly, two families of
Jewish citizens came, with suitcases and wagons,
asking permission to enter the border to escape
German persecution. Like a good soldier I told them
we had our orders; no one gets through. They
started begging and pleading, But I told them I
couldn’t help. One of the fathers looked up at me,
and gave me a look I cant ever forget. We knew
what they would be going back to, but we couldn’t
let them in. But I swear I will never forget the look on
Not even Synagogues, Jewish Places of that families face, the terror in their eyes….”
worship, were spared from the violence and
5. Once the Nazi’s had rounded up and suppressed all the
Jewish citizens, the problem became what to do with
them. The Nazi’s decided to put the healthy in labor
camps, and the unhealthy in death camps. They called
this their “Final Solution”.
Above: Jewish people being forced to work in
Ravensbrueck. Right: The fate of people sent
into the gas chambers at the death camps.
6. Over 6 million Jewish people died during the Holocaust. It was truly a
terrible loss, which saddened not just the Jewish population, but The entire
world. Different people of all religions and nations came together to support
and help the Jewish people through the incredibly difficult aftermath of
World War II. Hopefully the world never forgets the travesties and horrors of
the Holocaust, and hopefully we can learn from this terrible event and
prevent it from ever happening again.
There are many memorials and museums dedicated to educating the future generations
about the horrors of the Holocaust so that history will not repeat itself
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