The Nazis had come to power in 1933, and used propaganda and terror to enforce their anti-Semitic policies. Laws were passed by the Nazis called the Nuremburg Laws. These laws took away all the human rights of Jews.They were not allowed to go to German schools or universities, use sporting facilities, sit on park benches or run businesses. It they left Germany, their property was taken away. All Jews had to wear a badge to make it easy for people to identify them as Jews.Jews became desperate to leave Germany. But, it was very difficult for them to get into other countries. Governments all over the world came up with all sorts of excuses why their countries could not take more refugees. In 1938 the Nazis organized violent attacks on Jewish citizens. There was so much broken glass in the streets, that this became known as the Night of Broken Glass. By 1938, the lives of Jews living in Germany had already become intolerable. Things got worse after the Second World War broke out in 1939, and the Nazi's began adopting their policy of Genocide.
The Nazis believed that exterminating the Jews was justified because the Jews were not only a low and evil race, but were affecting the lives of the Germans negatively. Hitler and the Nazis blamed them for all the social and economic problems in Germany.
As the 'pure Aryan race, it was therefore their right and obligation to get rid of the Jews. Anti-Semitism was a large part of the Nazis ideas. Hitler wanted to exterminate all Jews. Many people in Germany supported the Nazis and their racist ideas. In history, we call those who do wrong or commit a crime, perpetrators. So, in this case, the Nazis were the perpetrators, and the Jews were their victims. Those who stand by and do nothing are called bystanders. Many people in Nazi Germany did not support the ideas of the Nazis, but they did nothing, and are called bystanders. Those who did not support the ideas of the Nazis and took action are called resisters. Resisters usually lost their lives.In 1933, approximately nine million Jews lived in the 21 countries of Europe that would be occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. By 1945 two out of every three European Jews had been killed.
Although European Jews were the primary victims of the Holocaust. Other 'undesirables' were also killed or used for medical experiments. For example, nearly half a million Gypsies were murdered during the Holocaust. Other victims included homosexuals, disabled people, the mentally ill, communists and even catholics.Many books have been written about the Holocaust. One book, The Diary of Anne Frank. Anne Frank was a Jewish girl born in Germany in 1929. Her family fled to Holland to escape the Nazis. Her family hid for two years, and were betrayed and sent to different concentration camps. Anne died in the concentration camp called Bergen Belsen in 1945 at the age of 16, just before the war ended.labor camps were a living hell because the camps have bunk beads that are stacked up 3 to 5 bunks up and they were ether made of concreat or wood, and u didn't get your own you would have to share it with multiple people making it easier to spread disease.The camps would feed the people who didn't really work hard about 1,300 calories and those who worked hard got 1,700 calories a day no matter your age (there are children at these camps0. Keep in mind that men take in about 2,500 calories and if they are working a minimum of 11 hours a day there bona need much more than that.Most of there days were taken by working or standing in line so that they could take role of your umbers. People were badly made suffer to start with people would just get walked outside and shote .the they started sprat in poison bass one by one. They said this is ti slow and they made a gas chamber.overall a lot of lives were taken but war finally ends on september 2 1945.