Holocaust

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we have a better understanding of what it was like if you weren’t in a camp and were running for your life.

Hitler hated the Jews because most of the banks were run by people with Jewish descent and they were rich. He was scared that the population of Jews would grow and grow and eventually take over. Adolf Hitler also said that the Jewish people were the reason for the unfair defeat in the first world war. The Germans believed that they were superior and they thought that the Jew race was a threat and they needed to get rid of them. It was mostly targeted at Jewish people but also at homosexuals, people with mental and physical disabilities and anyone else of a different race basically. The Jewish people were made to wear a yellow star, also known as the Star of David with the word ‘Jude’ in the middle, to identify them out of a crowd. It was meant to humiliate them and if they were caught not wearing the Star, the Nazis would either tax them or put the in prison or shot ...

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