The Holocaust: A Detailed Historical Overview
The Holocaust: A Detailed Historical Overview The Holocaust was one of the darkest chapters in human history, representing the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1941 and 1945. In addition to Jews, millions of others, including Romani people, disabled individuals, Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, and other groups deemed "undesirable" by the Nazi regime, were also targeted. Historical Context The Holocaust occurred during Adolf Hitler's rule in Germany, a period marked by the rise of the Nazi Party, which came to power in 1933. Central to Nazi ideology was a virulent form of anti-Semitism that portrayed Jews as the source of Germany's problems. The Nazis advocated for the racial purity of the "Aryan" race and considered Jews an existential threat. Their policies evolved from discrimination and segregation to systematic extermination. The Road to Genocide Pre-Holocaust Di...