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Do you think its fair, which in 1933-1945; 11 million people lost their lives just because of their race and religion? Do you think its right, for other countries just to stand by and not care for the survival of the people in concentration camps in Germany and Poland? Even before the holocaust, people were killed due to racism and prejudice. As we look back on those days, we know how bad the Holocaust was. People were killed in many brutal ways such as shootings, gas, and being burned alive. It’s terrible to think of the horrors people faced in their final moments in the holocaust. Now let’s fast forward to today, a world where information can get to peoples fingers with in a second. How could this happen today with all the information …show more content…

In history, we learned about WW2 and The Holocaust. In 1932, Hitler rose to power as chancellor of Germany. As soon as he became ruler, he started creating anti-Jewish laws. In 1933 the first concentration camp was created, and they were active until 1945. Hitler believed that the Aryan people (Aryan people are Christian, German people with blond hair and blue eyes) disserve rule the world and the only people holding them back was the Jewish population, this made all Aryans believe that they are superior and that they should hate the Jews. Nearly anyone in Germany who was non Aryan was sent to concentration camps and a lot of them were killed. But the people who were wise enough to tell that this wasn’t right were afraid of Hitler; they believed that if they were to stand up against Hitler they would be killed. Germany finally lost the war in 1945 and Hitler suicides before he can be captured by Russian troops. Just around this time, Russian armies started liberating concentration camps. Because of the un-bravery of German citizens, 11 million non Aryan people lost their lives. I think that one of the most important reasons this happened was because many people did not have the courage to stand up to there government. If something is being done that isn’t right, and you don’t agree with it, why wouldn't you stand up for what is right? I think, that if enough people were to stand up against Hitler, we would have never have been learning about the holocaust and

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