Holocaust 7
Anti-Semitism has been a problem for the Jews ever since the seventeenth century. The Christians, while trying to convert the Jews to Christianity, took strong measures against the Jews. They burned the Talmud, a book of civil and religious laws, and torched other holy writings. Jews have always been considered lower class and were classed as dirty. The Holocaust of World War two emphasizes the mistreatment and brutality towards Jews more graphically than any other historical event.The Nazis began the terror by passing a series of laws that massively discriminated against the Jewish race. Jews were forced from jobs, barred them from certain professions, excluded them from attending universities, and were segregated from the rest of society. In addition, they had to have their passports stamped with a "J", were forced to wear a yellow "Star of David" as a form of identification, and were forced to carry special identification cards. Jews weren't even allowed to use certain forms of transportation. The Jews were banned from trains, weren't allowed to own bicycles, and were forbidden to own or operate automobiles. Jews were also banned from a number of public buildings and events. Being excluded from drama theatres, movie cinemas
The Nazis did not spare the children.(www.holocaust.history/children.org) Two million children died of cold, thirst, heat, fire, abuse, crushing, piercing, disease, gunshot and gassing. At the final count, almost nine out of ten Jewish children alive before the war were dead after the Holocaust. The Jews from western Europe often traveled in passenger coaches to the camps. But the (Rossel, 1989) Nazis packed their Polish victims into freight cars and cattle cars. Vicious guards screamed at the passengers, hit them with rifles and shot many. Victims received no food or water. In the closed cars many died from heat and lack of air. The guards shot any passengers that tried to escape. When the transports arrived at the death camps, the passengers quickly realized what was going on. (Lewin, 1983) "The smell told us all, the horrible smell of burning human flesh. They were shouting orders. "Get undressed! Line up here." They were shaving off peoples hair.... The whole situation was so totally unreal, we were laughing and crying at the same time." Why didn't the Jews defend themselves? There were several reasons why the Jews seldom fought back against the Nazis. One of the reasons were fear of reprisals. They feared that the Nazis would take terrible revenge if the Jews would revolt. When a revolt did break out, the Nazis did not bother to look for those who caused it to punish them. Instead, they simply killed other jews by the thousands. Thus, many of those who wished they could revolt did not, hoping to save others from dying needlessly. Another reason was the belief that the anarchy would soon end. Others did not revolt because they were sure that the war would not last forever. So most of them kept working hoping that they would be useful to the Nazis and not be transported or killed. The need for food was also a reason why the Jews seldom fought back. Many of them had no homes. They slept in the streets and begged for food. Some even lost the will to survive, suddenly giving up and dying of hunger, cold, disease or a broken heart. Those who did not die had only one thought: to find food. Henc
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