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The Holocaust began during World War II between the years of 1939 and 1945. The Holocaust was the most complete extermination of Jews in Europe. Germany's Nazi party was headed by Aldolf Hitler and at the hand of him almost 5.9 million Jews. This event was the most tragic and most devastating in history. The Holocaust led to international laws against human right violations. During the Holocaust Jews were not the only victims of the Nazis. Many Germans who were mentally impaired or physically disabled of deformed seemed to be wanted to be exterminated just as much or even more along with the Jews. Homosexuals were harmed and sentenced to death Soviet Soldiers.
For many centuries before the Holocaust, anti-Semitism was extremely popular in Europe, especially against Jews. To anti-Semites, Jews are mythical and mysterious creatures that held are power and play a sinister role in world history. Many stereotypes have been formed against Jews such as the blood libel which also means......

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