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What was the impact of the Holocaust on Jews?

Your response should should include references to the primary sources and address the following topics:

explain why Jews were persecuted
describe the Jewish experience during the Holocaust
describe the United States’ response to the Holocaust
explain the effects of the Holocaust on those who were liberated

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The impact of the Holocaust on the Jewish people was immense. They were targeted by the Nazi regime as they were a minority that was easy to target. By targeting this minority the Hitler administration was able to unite the German people with a common enemy. They were also easily chosen as the common enemy due to the stereotype that they were good with their money, and Germany was in an economic depression at the time Hitler rose to power.

The Jewish experience was vile and horrific, they were hunted for sport by prejudice people. In the labour and death camps they were sent to, they were robbed, beaten, murdered, and SA'd cruelly under the idea that they were less then. Often times they were used for cruel entertainment; put in human zoos, forced to fight one another, even killed for the camp officers entertainment. They were also sickly experimented on for no real medical advancements.

North America was not without their own prejudice to the Jewish people, they denied boatloads of Jewish people when the war in Germany first started as they didn't want Jews in their country, however after being made aware of the cruelties taking place in the camps the US did everything in their power to destroy and liberate the camps. The American red cross also took part in helping Jewish families reunite after the holocaust.

The effects after the Holocaust left the people who were subjected to it with array of issues. Many Jewish people suffered from a lack of faith, health issues, ptsd (and other mental health issues), and a lack of faith in their governments.

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