Nazi Genocide
The Holocaust was a time period in which European Jews were racially discriminated and killed by German Nazis under the rule of Adolf Hitler. More than 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Many of the Jews died in concentration camps, some were hidden by non-Jews, etc. The life that these people endured was tough, but the Holocaust reminds us what a terrible thing a genocide can be.
What Happened?
Even before the Jews were sent to concentration camps, they were discrimnated against through different means. They were limited on what they could do. For example they got a new curfew, were forced into wearing the Star of David at all times, etc. Later on the Jews were forced into Ghettos, with terrible living conditions and restrictions to their old public and private lives. Around 1939-1941 Nazi soldiers had started forcing Jews to go to concentration camps. At their arrival to these camps women and children were killed immediately in crematoriums, people (mostly men) who seemed "fit" enough were forced into labor camps. As explained in the " Concentration Camps," tab, the Jews were forced to work. They were given bunk beds which they had to share with many unkown people, they were given little foods and lived with terrible conditions, they were mistreated, the lives of the Jews were terrible. This went on until May of 1945, the end of the Holocaust. All the Jews that were still alive were released, but by this time the Nazis had murdered more than 6 million people.