Question

Describe ‘Holocaust”

Answer 1

Instructions:
The answer will contain what is Holocaust i.e the events of Holocaust, why did it happen and what did it led to which will include the birth of Universal Human rights and a new state of Israel.

Solution:
‘Holocaust’ is used to describe the genocide of nearly six million Jews by the Germans during World War II. Hitler had a strong hatred towards the Jews and to annihilate them was one of his political agendas. This strong resentment towards the Jews was due to their association in the money lending business and many plays during that time are strong evidence towards that. During the Holocaust the Jews were deprived of there civil rights, there properties were confiscated and many were pushed to the remote corners of the cities. Finally, the Nazis came up with “Final Solution’ through which the Jews were sent concentration camps and subjected to inhuman living conditions, torture and horrible medical experiments. Finally they were killed in the gas chambers. This continued till the end of the War and was finally rescued by the invading Allied armies. The Holocaust led to many important events in the history. Universal Declaration of Human Rights was one of them which pledged to promote universal respect for and observance of Human rights and fundamental freedom for all. Another effect of this was the Birth of Israel as a new home for the Jews leading to continuous tension in West Asia with adjoining Muslim Arab countries.