One of the darkest periods in the
history of Europe and the world, the Holocaust is the systematic killing and genocide of the Jews under the government of the Nazi Germany. While the Jews may have been the prime target of this state-led persecution, other minority groups in Europe and Africa also became the poor victims of this inhuman and senseless carnage. Estimated number of victims is six million both Jews and non-Jews
Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, the Nazis came to power in Germany in January of 1933. With the believe that the Germans are the superior race and that the Jews are the inferior race, the state organized programs to exterminate every possible Jew. In addition, the Nazi regime also sponsored the
Euthanasia Program where some hundred thousand people with physical and mental disabilities were murdered.
At the heart of the holocaust are the concentration camps under the Camp System and the extermination camps. Concentration camps where the people were confined places people under harsh conditions without regard to humane considerations. On the other hand, the extermination camps serve as the Nazi's slaughter house where millions have been mass murdered usually through poisoning by gas as well as by shooting.
