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How did oppression and discrimination lead to the Holocaust and how did

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights seek to protect the Jewish people and
the rest of humanity?

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The Holocaust was the culmination of a long history of antisemitism and discrimination against Jews in Europe. The Nazis used propaganda and discriminatory laws to dehumanize Jews, and then used this as a justification for their murder.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, sought to protect the rights of all individuals and groups from the kind of oppression and discrimination that led to the Holocaust. The Declaration recognised the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

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