*Started by Adolf Hitler
*Holocaust was considered a genocide
*Happened in Europe during WWII
*1937- the book burning was an initial event that revoked people's rights
*Jews were expected to identify themselves with armbands
*Jews lost personal rights such as curfews, not owning businesses etc.(Nuremberg Race Laws)
*Jews were placed into ghettos (very small confined area where all Jews were placed)
*Jews were then deported to concentration camps via cattle cars filled with hundreds of people.
*Largest concentration camp was Auschwitz
*Jews were placed in gas chambers disguised as showers but then ended up being gassed.
*Prisoners were killed by starvation, disease, scientific experiments, shot, worked to death, and burned in crematoriums.
*Anne Frank was a famous Holocaust victim due to her diary that was found.
*Some people doubt the existence of the Holocaust.
*Polish, homosexuals, political opponents, gypsies, handicaps, Soviet prisoners of war and those who helped Jews.
*11 million total, 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews.
*Survivors from the Holocaust still live today.
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