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Posted on December 12, 2007 by Alphonso Sirtle... | Posted under History
Holocaust Facts - A Short History
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Certain circumstances led to Hilter�s rise to power in 1933. As soon as he got hold of total power in Germany, Hilter begun his policy of frightening and getting out of the way any opponents of the regime. He used a well organized military force to make his plans reality. The first concentration camp, Dachau, was founded near Munich and it served as a place for exterminating Jews. By using demagogy and blaming Jews for corrupting the Arian race in Germany, Hilter launched his real terror just one year after rising to power. Many Jews left and hid in other countries to get away from Nazis. The rest of the world reacted slowly to Hitler�s action. A reunion held in 1938 at Evian, in France, where representatives of many countries started talking about the problems caused by Hilter�s policy of exterminating the Jews, proved of no use. Hilter became more bolder and intensified his purging actions. Trustful in his own power, the Nazi dictator ordered the invasion of Poland in the autumn of 1939. He hunted every Jew in Poland and he gathered them in ghettos, where many people died of hunger and diseases. The thirst for vital space and power led Hilter to launch the attack against the Soviet Union. The policy of extermination continued in full force with mass executions that filled up common graves after another. In 1941, he began to apply the Final Solution to finish off the Jews and other people that were against his regime and he built up more death camps to serve this purpose. Many prisoners were held in the concentration camps and overworked until they died. The persons unable to work were simply killed. Millions of people died of horrible deaths in these camps, while they helped unwillingly to the German effort of war. During the whole duration of World War II, people died in concentration camps. The first concentration camp that was destroyed was Maidanek. This happened in 1944, when the Soviet Union gained terrain against the German forces. With Germany defeated, the concentration camps started to fall. One of the best known camps, Auschwitz, was liberated in January 1945. Six millions Jews fell victims to Hilter�s atrocious policy of keeping the Arian race pure. Only 200,000 people survived the harsh, non humanly conditions in the concentration camps. This is how the Holocaust is remembered today and it remained in history. About The Author: Alphonso Sirtle is the Editor and Publisher of Article Click. For more FREE articles for your ezine and websites visit - www.articleclick.com |
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