Holocaust:Why it happened, how people should understand it, & why people in denial are in the wrong.

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Welcome to my web-site. I am here to inform you about the representation of the Holocaust; more specifically why it happened, how people should understand it, and how the people in denial are wrong because first hand evidence can be found to prove them wrong.

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Adolf Hitler was the man in charge for all the sinful acts that were put on. But what exactly motivated him to do what he did to the innocent people?

Some say Darwinism evolution had a great influence on why he did what he did. After all, Darwinism believed in a "superior race" and eliminating the "inferior race." In order to do that, Hitler believed he had to isolate all Jews from further contaminating the Aryan population.

Others say it was due to the food shortage during the winter from 1918 to 1919. During this time, Jews either owned or operated most of the stores that sold food. But most of the time, their shelves were empty. And when they did have food on them, they were sold at high prices, but the reason for that was because the suppliers were charging high prices. So in order for the Jews to keep their stores open, they had to mark their foods with high prices. Because of this, Germans accuse them of being rich, but the Jews just were trying to keep their business.

Along with those two reasons, some even say it was being of Germany losing World War II. Rumors went around saying that Jewish manufactors of guns and other weapons had priced their supplies at such a high price that they are to be blamed for the lose of German soldiers.

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Reported Deaths in the four Aktion Reinhard camps

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Telegram from deputy commander of Aktion Reinhard, listing number of deaths in the extermination camps. Translation:

Letter and 14 day report year-end report

Camp i.d. 
                                                       to 31.12.1942                 1942 total
                                             L – Lublin              12761                          24733
                                             B – Belzec                  0                         434508
                                             S – Sobibor               515                         101370
                                             T – Treblinka           10335                         713555 (*)
                                              total:                 23611                        1274166

(*) note - the original appears to say 71355, but probable typo as 771355 gives correct total

(found at Image:Hoefletelegram.jpg, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

MORE EVIDENCE FROM THE HOLOCAUST

..... empty containers and hair .....
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empty poison gas canisters and a pile of victims hair

"But the Holocaust? It's different. The Nazi goal wasn't to take territory from Jews. It wasn't to take resources from Jews. It wasn't to destroy armed opposition to the German government. There was no underlying reason for it; the goal was to wipe out Jews. Worse, it was such an important goal for the Nazis that even while fighting a continental war for their regime's survival, resources were diverted away from the war effort to continue the Holocaust."

-David Nieporent

"How can such a monstrous crime as the Holocaust occur? It begins when people start thinking of themselves as "us" and of others as "them." But there is no "us" and "them." There is only "we."

-Ted Gottfried

There are many people that are in denial of the Holocaust. Even though there are records stating that did happen, death books that kept records of people being gassed, records of medical experiments that took place, and even receipts to the ovens in which the bodies were burned in. There are many documents being found that confirm the Holocaust as being a genocide by German firms, like I.G. Farben. Along with those, there were photographers and cameramen who have pictures and short films of the mass mounds of dead people, the barrels of gas, and the piles of victims hair.

But those aren't the only evidence to prove that the Holocaust really did occur. I interviewed my step grandfather, Paul, who survived the Holocaust. He was a young boy at the time and had to live with losing his mother, father, and siblings to the Germans. He got through a lot because he was young, strong, and had skill and talent. He escaped into the woods where he was hiding for two years. He was about seventeen and had to make a living on his own, that meant stealing from local farms to get food. Eventually he got a false document from which he made it to the New York harbor, but only after being sent to about five different locations before he could actually come over. He was smuggled over and almost got caught, but gave the soldiers all his money and walked away. He didn't know if giving the money to them would work, but it did. He is now in America and still lives to tell of his experience with the Holocaust and how he made a living in the United States. 

Along with interviewing my step grandfather, i also checked out a few books from the library. One that was very helpful is Writers of the Holocaust, by Sherri Lederman Mandell. In this book I found countless experiences of Holocaust victims. Even though not all of them survived, they still wrote about their experience and what it really was like. They wanted the world to know what was happening to them. One you may know of is Elie Wiesel, author of Night. He felt great sorrow for the people who had lost their live in the Holocaust. In many of his books he explores the meaning of suffering and whatit meant to have a life after the Holocaust. There are many more writers in the book, including: Ida Fink, Anne Frank, Primo Levi, Arnost Lustig, and more. They all wanted to make sure the nightmare they witnessed would NEVER be forgotten...

Now those are a few stories that I have heard/read about, but another source would be the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. When I was about fourteen or so, I took a trip to Washington D.C. with my classmates. One of the places we visited was that museum. This museum is four stores high with different exhibitions on each floor. It begins with the Nazi Assault, which shows how the Nazis' used propaganda and terror to spread their ideology of antisemitism, racism, and nationalism all through the society in Germany. Then on another floor it talks about the Final Solution, so ghettos, concentration camps, etc... After that there is another floor that is about the Last Chapter. On this floor you can find the rescued documents and survivors' efforts to try and rebuilt their lives after this nightmare. This memorial is like a time capsule through the Holocaust experience. It is there for the public to reflect on and to remember...

As you can see, the deniers are in the wrong for denying that this horrible event ever took place. There are plenty of hard evidence that proves them wrong. They just refuse to accept the truth.... the Holocaust did happen and it is considered a GENOCIDE.

Geno= People or race

Cide= Murder

Hitler wanted to turn Germany Judenrein, which basically means getting rid of all Jews. By doing so the Holocaust occured and it became known as a genocide because he was bringing an end to a group of people.

 

Created by: Brittney, a student at De Anza College
Research Web-Page for the Holocaust
CLASS: English 1B

The Holocaust, 1933-1945