The Holocaust

In the 1930's and 40's European Jews suffered through horrible injustices at the hands of the Nazi party in Germany, more specifically Adolf Hitler. This long strain of torture and extermination affected not only the Jews, but also gypsies, the homeless, homosexuals, the mentally challenged, and anyone else that did not fit into Hitler's view of his perfect society. His choice of groups to be exterminated said a lot about Hitler's own insecurities. Jews were …

…saw the horrors say that they cannot close their eyes without seeing the conditions that those innocent people were forced to live in. Everywhere in the camps people lie half dead, starving and injured. When the Nazi's had lost power many of the SS guards had fled the camp, leaving their prisoners no means of escape. The Holocaust was finally over but it still has not stopped affecting those who were persecuted and their descendants.