Argumentative Essay On The Holocaust

Not a lot of people have heard about the holocaust, but it was a time when six million Jews were murdered by Germans during World War II. There were millions of Jewish people that were affected by the Holocaust they were punished by Germans, forced to live in concentration camps, and struggled to stay alive. The result of Germans hurting the Jews had problems such as “racial ideology, and political, economic, and social factors.” (“Yad Vashem”). The Germans created the Holocaust to hurt the Jews, but years later the Jewish population had their revenge as Zvi Kopolovich stated, “And so, within seven months, I lost my father, my brother, and my mother. I am the only one who survived. This is what the Germans did to us, and these are things that should never be forgotten. On the other hand, we had our revenge: the survivors were able to raise magnificent families – among them myself. This is the revenge and the consolation.” In 1933 -1941 the Germans started a policy where Jews had no rights or property. It slowly spread and most Germans supported this decision either out of ignorance or fear.

It may not have been a crazy punishment for the Germans, but at least they could be with their families. Prior to this, if anyone kept a Jew from getting captured was found, those people would get the same punishment. Germans used humiliation as a way to bring Jews down and show that Germans had power. The Germans Nazis had three goals. To make the Nazi victims feel bad or hurt them. They wanted people to know that if they betrayed them, there would be consequences. Lastly, they would mistreat their victims so they know they were not on their side (Holocaust