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The defenition of Holocaust is destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war. Quick Overview of the Holocaust
"In 1941, the Nazis’ persecution of the Jews became a genocide . In just under four years, millions of people were deliberately murdered at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators. This mass murder became known as the Holocaust."
why did the Holocaust happen?
"Prior to the start of the Second World War, Jews, Roma and those viewed as ‘ a-social ’ by the Nazis faced escalating persecution in Germany and its recently incorporated territories.
More than four hundred antisemitic laws were enacted by the Nazis between 1933 and 1938. In November 1938, the situation worsened, as hundreds of Jews were tortured and arrested and thousands of businesses were destroyed in a targeted pogrom known as Kristallnacht .
The persecution of Jews intensified as the Nazis invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 at the start of the Second World War."
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