The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the destruction of European Jewry by the Nazis through an officially sanctioned, government-ordered,
systematic plan of mass annihilation. As many as six million Jews died, almost two-thirds of the Jews of Europe. Although the
Holocaust took place during World War II, the war was not the cause of the Holocaust. The war played a role in covering up
the genocide of the Jewish people. How could this have happened? The answers can …
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…both physically and
psychologically. Trials were held in Nuremberg in 1945 at which top surviving Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes. Similar
trials followed, but thousands of war criminals eluded justice, and some even remain at large today. The State of Israel opened
its doors to all Jews and is a positive legacy of the Holocaust. Neo-Nazi groups today continue to spout hatred for Jews and
other minorities, and insist that the Holocaust never occurred.
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