It is said that “history repeats itself”. It is our job as the people of the modern era to pass down our knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust to those of the next generation. By reviewing the major factors which caused the Holocaust, we will have a much brighter chance of preventing future holocausts and/or genocides. The factors which caused the Holocaust can be “broken-down” into 3 major factors, anti-Semitism, dictatorship, and lack of opposition. Understanding of these factors is crucial when our future is at stake.
In this topic Anti-Semitism can be used as another term for prejudice. A majority of the German population in the 1930’s were anti-Semitic or prejudice towards other races, specifically Jews. They believed that their race, known as the Aryans were superior, while the Jews were a race that “lived off’ the other races and weakened them” (Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust. pg.12). This was based off the theory of social......

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Title: Holocaust Remembrance
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