The Holocaust was the mass murder of around six million Jewish people and millions of people from other groups over the course of a mere 12 years. A time of intense hate that occured because of anti-semitism and hate towards other minority groups was being ingrained into the people of Germany for years. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party created the Holocaust; moreover, their control over Germany as well as their actions were among the primary reasons World War 2 (
WW2) occured. The end of WW2 would be the end of Nazi Germany. The U.S play a significant role in ending WW2; therefore, ending NAzi Germany as well. However, they did not immediately intervene in the battle. While detailing what the Holocaust was, this essay will demonstrate its severity, how it ended, and the role of the U.S.
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A number of laws like the ban on health insurance for Jewish people began to emerge and after 1934 when Hitler became Fuhrer, more laws swiftly came (Holocaust Timeline, 1997). Among Jewish people, some of the other groups targeted during the Holocaust were people from the Soviet Union, homosexuals, people with disabilities, Polish people, and Slavic people. Nazi Germany labeled these groups as undesirables and believed they must be exterminated so that they would not taint the Aryan race. The goal was to completely erase these groups not only from Germany but from Europe as well. Being that Nazi Germany began to engage in war with neighboring countries and conquering them; for instance, Poland was the first country to be conquered. These groups would be attacked in the conquered countries as