How Did The Holocaust Have An Impact On The World

The Holocaust
Many events have happened throughout history, good and bad, that have influenced the world. The Holocaust was by far one of the most devastating times in history. The Holocaust was a period of time during World War II in which many innocent people were killed; the conditions of the concentration camps that were used during the
Holocaust were extremely harsh; the aftermath once the Holocaust and the war were over also left an impact on the entire world and many people’s lives forever.
First of all, the Holocaust began in late 1933 and ended in 1945, during World War II (Maria). Hitler became the chancellor of Germany, and Hitler and his Nazi regime killed nearly six million Jews due to their racial, ethnic, and national group
More than 11 million prisoners died during the Holocaust, most of them being Jews (p. 370). When the Allied forces invaded Germany, Hitler knew he had been defeated. He committed suicide in April of 1945; along with Hitler, many Nazis also committed suicide versus having to go through the torture that would have happened when they would have been captured (“The Aftermath of the Holocaust”). When the Holocaust had ended many Jews were afraid to return home. After the war, the Jews that survived in the camps, or in hiding returned home and were met by angry mobs. Many Jews also lived in displaced-persons camps since they had no home to go back to. Their communities were destroyed, and most of them did not have any loved ones alive. Many Jewish organizations worked to assist the Jewish displaced persons to help with clothing. In December of 1945 President Truman loosened the immigration quotas that the Nazi regime had on the Jews, so that they could also move into the US (“The Aftermath of the Holocaust”). After the liberation of these camps, people were able to expose the horrors of the Nazi regime and how mistreated the Jews were. The small percentage of prisoners that remained looked like skeletons due to the lack of food they had, being forced to do intense labor, and the many diseases that were spread. Due to the disease, many of the camps had to be burned down to prevent the spread of epidemics (“Liberation of Nazi Camps”). Allied forces took over Germany after the war had ended. Today there are many museums and mortuaries that serve as a remembrance for the Holocaust, such as the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, Netherlands and The Holocaust Museum. There are also concentration camps that can be visited to see what many Jewish people and others went through during the Holocaust. Clearly, the aftermath of the Holocaust was a devastating time for our world, and took people many