World War II was a time of tragedy; one of the most memorable ones was the unhuman isolation and murder of over 6 million innocent people. This event in history is known as the holocaust meaning the “burning of people”. Many people today think that the jews were the only people affected by the holocaust, but in reality anyone who was against Hitler's rule, gypsies, homosexuals, and people of all color suffered as well. My interest in the holocaust came from the many times researching with my teachers over the years. In January of 1933, the Nazis came to power in Germany. They thought that the Jews were a sort of threat to the “racially superior” Germans. The concentration camps were running from 1941 to 1945, “and many people lost their lives or were forced to work in concentration camps during these years” (Lichman).
The Holocaust was a horrible event in history and it will never be forgotten, especially because the impact the event gave was felt worldwide. “As World War II came to an end and the dust began to settle, over the years it became clear that changes had to be made in order to address the failures that had allowed something like The Holocaust to have happened” (Greenberg). Some of the changes were changed and “international” agreements
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It will forever be known as a horrific event and one that no one should want repeated. It has changed many terms of moral and legal protection to people who are caught in the middle of conflict and war. Remembering these events and even knowing that they happened is sad, to think that our world needs such protections as the “Genocide Convention”; however, at the same time encouraging that at least the people know of these horrible events in hopes that they can be prevented. Since the world took notice it has taken measures to make sure that genocide “on this scale” never happens again and if it does that there will be