The Holocaust World War II erupted on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. It took mere days for Germany to emerge victorious, and the Nazis began to enslave the Poles and destroy their culture, deemed “subhuman.” The first step was to eliminate the leaders. Nazis massacred many university professors, artists, writers, politicians, and Catholic priests. Large groups of the Polish people were resettled to make room for the superior Germans. German families began to move into …showed first 75 words of 1640 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1640 total…to claim that the Nazis had a secret plan to win the war, even though the officials knew it was a lost cause. Majdanek was liberated by July 23, 1944 by the Soviets, and the other camps would soon follow, freed from troops by the United States, Canada, and France. Unfortunately many of the freed prisoners were so weak they couldn’t eat or digest the food they were given, and died shortly after liberation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**