Holocaust

The Holocaust

The Holocaust was one of the most horrific things that has happened to a group of people. The inhumanity of the Holocaust horrifies people even today. Some people wonder just how it happened, how could a group of people be systematically killed, tortured, murdered. The answer will probably never be found, but future generations can learn and avoid it from happening again.

The Nazi's did not start out with "The Final Solution", which was the mass-murdering of a number of groups of people. The first step on the path to that solution was the Nazi decree of removing the legal status of Jews. This allowed the Jews and others to be discriminated against. At this time the German people probably had no idea what these laws would lead to. In September of 1933 the Nazis prohibited Jews from owning land, the rights of the Jewish people were being taken away at a fast pace. In 1934 more was done to the Jewish race. Jews are banned from the German Labor Front, not allowed national health insurance, and prohibited from getting legal qualifications. The following year Nazis banned Jews from serving in the military, and the Nuremberg Laws were made. These laws prohibited many things. Jews were also no longer considered to be citizens of Germany.

In 1938 ,things continued to get worse with the order for Jews to register wealth and property, Jewish owned businesses were to register, the Nazis ordered Jews over age 15 to apply for identity cards from the police, Jewish doctors were prohibited by law from practicing medicine, and Jewish passports to be stamped with a large red "J.". The rest of the world noted this anti-Semitism, but nothing was done. Kristallnacht or the "The Night of the Broken Glass" was an organized Nazi raid upon Synagogues, Jewish homes, and Jews themselves. Many synagogues were burned to the ground. Any insurance claims that were