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Essay on Sociopolitical Causes Of The Holocaust
Holocaust was almost absolute obliteration of Jews in Europe by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II (1939-1945). The leadership of Germany’s Nazi Party ordered the extermination of 5.6 million to 5.9 million Jews. Jews often refer to the Holocaust as Shoah (from the Hebrew word for catastrophe or total destruction). The word holocaust derives from the Greek holo (whole) and caustos (burned) and originally referred to a burnt offering, or a religious sacrifice that is totally consumed by fire. The Holocaust was the worst genocide in history. Those who carried it out methodically created the means to efficiently round up and kill millions of people. The Holocaust led to the establishment of international laws against human rights violations. Jews were not the only victims of the Nazis during World War II. The Nazis also imprisoned and killed people who opposed their regime on grounds of ideology; Roma (Gypsies); Germans who were mentally impaired or physically disabled; homosexuals; and captured Soviet soldiers.
The German Holocaust is a dramatic element of American history. People try to refute that the Holocaust ever happened, but in all authenticity there is more evidence then not of what has happened in Germany. The Holocaust is a straightforward example of the devaluing of human life. Nazi party rounded up all the Jewish people to take them to camps. Even if the Soldiers knew that it what they were doing was wrong, they still went and rounded these people up. The Nazi Soldiers did this because they were afraid of loosing their lives if they did not obey. The act of taking people, whole families, out of their homes takes away their freedom.
When the Nazi Soldiers took away the Jews freedom they devalued their lives. Devalued in the sense, that the Jewish people had no choice in the matter they had to go with the Soldiers or be killed......
