How Did The Holocaust Affect The Jewish Community

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After the jewish prisoners were liberated, their lives weren’t going to get back to normal just yet. The Holocaust negatively affected Jewish survivors during World War II because hatred of the Jewish religion had risen, they experienced difficulty resettling, and many were left with debilitating health issues. Nazi propaganda raised hatred toward the Jewish community, which made their lives very difficult following their liberation. With little possibilities of emigration, tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors migrated westward to European countries liberated by Allies. Many people died slowly and painfully after the Holocaust due to disease and starvation. Because of these three things Jewish lives after the Holocaust were dreadful. Nazi propaganda raised hatred toward the Jewish community, which made their lives very difficult following their liberation. In postwar, Poland there were many Pogroms. In Kielce, Poland in 1946 42 Jews were killed and more were beaten. On the Holocaust Encyclopedia it states “The largest of these occurred in the town of Kielce in 1946 …show more content…

The main illness was starvation, starvation affected pretty much all of the Jewish survivors. “These prisoners were suffering from ... starvation and disease.” There were many illnesses from the Holocaust. This negatively affected the Jewish survivors because after the Holocaust they were still suffering from starvation and disease. To conclude the Holocaust negatively affected Jewish survivors. Nazi propaganda raised hatred toward the Jewish community, which made their lives very difficult following their liberation. With little possibilities of emigration, tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors migrated westward to European countries liberated by Allies. Many people died slowly and painfully after the Holocaust due to disease and starvation. Overall the Holocaust negatively affected Jewish