The Holocaust was a genocide that took place during World War II, in which approximately six million Jews were systematically murdered by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. The Holocaust is also known as the Shoah, a Hebrew word that means "catastrophe."
The Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler, rose to power in Germany in 1933 and began implementing policies to marginalize and persecute Jewish people. This included the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, which stripped Jews of their citizenship and basic rights. As the war began in 1939, the Nazi regime began to implement their plan to exterminate the Jewish people, which they called the "Final Solution."
Jewish people were rounded up and transported to concentration camps and extermination camps across Europe, where they were subjected to forced labor, starvation, torture, and execution in gas chambers. Other targeted groups included Romani people, people with disabilities, homosexuals, political dissidents, and others.
The survivors of the Holocaust faced numerous challenges in the aftermath of the war, including displacement, trauma, and the loss of their families and communities. The Holocaust remains one of the darkest chapters in human history and serves as a reminder of the dangers of hate, prejudice, and genocide.
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