The Holocaust: The Horrors Of The Holocaust
We are all aware of the unspeakable things that happened in the Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the worst mass murderings in history. On the day of january 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler announced the Final solution. This stated that all Jews were to be sent away to concentration camps. The biggest of which was Auschwitz. Auschwitz was originally a camp for Polish political prisoners. Then it shut its doors, but little did anyone know it got reinstated. The camp of Auschwitz was soon to be the site of the most mass murderings ever in the history of mankind. The camp was rebuilt three times before it was reinstated. Bigger and badder each and every time. The camp had 3 major camps in the middle of the camp and 36 sub camps on the outer skirts of the camp. The camp was soon to be piled full of innocent Jews. All of the Jews, after the Final Solution, were forced to board trains and cars to be sent off to these camps. The Jews would often be packed into trains the worst of the tranportations of all. They were packed into to tiny cabins like sardines in a can. They would stay there for days and maybe even weeks on end. They could not sit or go to the bathroom. Once they got to the camp(s) they were treated like complete animals and got only one to two beds each room and no toilet or no windows. The Nazis thought of the Jews as if they were dogs, poorly
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They were worked to death by the Nazis, literally, there are cases of Nazis putting Jews to work days on end with no food sleep or water. The Jews, if not doing the appropriate thing, would be tortured and even killed. One of the many tactics the Nazis used to kill Jews was Zyklon-B gas which was released into the air and the victim who breathed it in would die in short notice. They would call the Jews in for a shower and put the in these mini containers packed with the gas and they could kill up to 100 at a
They were worked to death by the Nazis, literally, there are cases of Nazis putting Jews to work days on end with no food sleep or water. The Jews, if not doing the appropriate thing, would be tortured and even killed. One of the many tactics the Nazis used to kill Jews was Zyklon-B gas which was released into the air and the victim who breathed it in would die in short notice. They would call the Jews in for a shower and put the in these mini containers packed with the gas and they could kill up to 100 at a