What was the Holocaust?

I will be posting information on the Holocaust since I have written a book about this horrible genocide, “Joel’s Journeys Discovering God’s Amazing Grace”.  that took place before and during World War II by Nazi Germany. The young boy in the book (Joel), is taken on a journey during the Holocaust and hears encounters from a young Jewish boy (David) who experiences firsthand what it was like growing up Jewish and living in Germany during the reign of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime. We must learn from History’s mistakes. The Holocaust was a true and horrific story that must be remembered so these events will not occur again. We can learn from the Holocaust and understand why it took place and how it represents oppression and inequality. It is the responsibility of the older generation to teach the younger generation our failures and successes.

The Holocaust was an unmatched genocide, total and systematic, created by Nazi Germany and its colleagues with the sole purpose of annihilating the Jewish race. The reason behind these crimes was the Semitic racist philosophy. Between the years 1933 and 1941 Nazi Germany followed a program that dispossessed the Jews of all their rights and property. This policy gained support in Germany and parts of occupied Europe. In 1941, the Nazi regime and their collaborators began an organized mass murder of the Jews. By the year 1945, almost six million Jews had been murdered.

The Jews had no place to hide. The murderers were not satisfied with just destroying their homes; they also traced each hidden Jew and hunted down each fugitive. Yet, some Jews were lucky to survive. Every Jew- the men, women, children, healthy, sick, old, young, rich, and poor were meant to suffer and die. There was no sympathy if you were a Jew. To Nazi Germany, the only good Jew was a dead Jew.
Most of the Jews of Europe were dead by 1945. A culture that existed for almost 2,000 years was now almost gone. Only a handful of survivors who had been scattered all over the world, managed to gather the remnants of their strength and honor to rebuild their lives. Each one would later have a story to tell of their experience during this monstrosity. These are stories that must be told. And the future generations must listen.

Here is one of their stories:

“And so, within seven months, I lost my father, my brother, and my mother. I am the only one who survived. This is what the Germans did to us, and these are things that should never be forgotten. On the other hand, we had our revenge: the survivors were able to raise magnificent families – among them myself. This is the revenge and the consolation.”

Zvi Kopolovich
https://www.yadvashem.org/holocaust/about.html #learnmore