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    Well, conflict is caused when there is a disagreement or miscommunication. The Holocaust was a huge and bloody disagreement that led to World War II and was a horrific event that took place in the 1930-1940’s. A man that we’ve probably all heard of, named Adolf Hitler, came into power and participated in the slaughter of nearly 6 million jews, 250,000 disabled, and 196,000-220,000 Gypsies (according to the National Holocaust Memorial Museum website). These deaths were all over the European continent

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    Introduction The term Holocaust is one that the world is used to hearing, but only a few people really know what it really means. Today the Holocaust is understood most clearly by Jews and those living during World War II, but not all currently in the world know the full meaning of what the Holocaust meant to those it affected most—the Jews. The word Holocaust is a Greek word that was used to describe the horrific historical event that occurred during World War II. The term holos means

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    The Holocaust was a genocide during World War II that caused millions of people to die. The Holocaust was the event where Nazi Germany killed millions of people that they did not seem to be a part of the Nazi’s Master Race. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany at the time and was a major supporter of their attempt at creating the Master Race and eliminating those whom he did not see being a part of his Master Race. Adolf Hitler and Germany caused one of the largest death tolls and most well known

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    The Holocaust began on January 30, 1933, when Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, to May 8, 1945, when the war in Europe officially was over. About six million Jewish civilians perished because of it. There were some people that survived. What impact did the Holocaust have on its survivors? When the Holocaust ended, all survivors suffered from different emotions because they survived the tragedy. The survivors lost loved ones, and they had to keep that memory of the event with them for the

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    Legend the republics goverment was messed up where they kill there own people. In The Holocaust Hitler and the other Nazis killed Jews because they where different. In The Holocaust the citizens had to hide to survive the German goverment. In Legend the Day had to hide from the goverment to survive from being killed. In both books it all depended if you had good or bad genes. In both Legend and during the Holocaust, people had to hide in order to survive. Vladek hid in underground bunkers and anywhere

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    assigned Adolf Hitler as their chancellor. Once Hitler had finally reached power he set out to complete one goal, create a Greater Germany free from the Jews (“The reasons for the Holocaust,” 2009). This tragedy is known today as, “The Holocaust,” that explains the terrors of our histories past. The face of the Holocaust, master of death, and leader of Germany; Adolf Hitler the most deceitful, powerful, well spoken, and intelligent person that acted as the key to this mass murder. According to a research

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    The Holocaust will never be forgotten and it should never be forgotten. There are many people out in the world that lost family members and friends through the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a very brutal and stressful time for anyone that had to experience it. There are people out in the world that are still alive from the Holocaust and they tell stories about what they had to do and also what they had to deal with during the Holocaust. People may think that it is dumb to not forget about the Holocaust

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    Over six million Jews were exterminated in the Holocaust. It is the largest genocide in history. How was such an industrial scale of murder accomplished? People have grappled with this question since the fall of the Nazi regime. When analyzing the Holocaust, one must consider if it was executed by the Nazi regime as a whole, or if individuals actively and freely engaged in it. Anti-Semitism was a popular sentiment that had been growing in Europe since before the rise of the Nazi regime. But individual

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    Jewish Holocaust After WW1 Germany had to pay reparations to the allies, During this time Hitler blamed the Jews for the hardship that came to Germany. The Holocaust started in 1993 Nazi Occupied Germany to 1945 Germany. The Holocaust took place during the years 1933-1945 during that time German Citizens wanted something to believe something to help them get out of this hardship and Hitler was a very successful talker he managed to convince that war will help them get out of the pain after successfully

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    8 February 2017 The Holocaust The Holocaust took place from January 1933 to 1957 (“Introduction to the Holocaust” par.14). This event happened in Western Europe, in countries like Poland and Germany (“Introduction to the Holocaust” par. 5). People involved in the Holocaust were Adolf Hitler, the chancellor of Germany and the leader of the Nazi party; and over six million people who were sent to concentration camps and ghettos ("Holocaust" par. 7). The Holocaust was the persecution of

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