The Holocaust was the genocideđ of the European Jews during the IInd World War by Germanyâs Nazi regime.
These killings were carried out through mass shootings, gassingđ in chambers and other brutal ways.
The reason behind it was the hateđ towards the Jews for being responsible for the killing of Jesus Christ.
Also, there was a belief among the Nazis that Jews were their primary rivalsâ for world domination.
Backdrop of it
Holocaustâs roots may be tracedđ from the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Germanyâs Chancellor in 1933.
Around 1938, his Nazi regime stepped upâ its anti-Jew agenda by starting isolating Jews from the civil society.
They were forced to relocate to ghettos.
Jewish businesses were boycottedđ« and their buildings were ransacked and set on fire throughout Germany.
Camps of Horrors
By 1940, the Nazis who had đȘoccupied a substantial part of European territory built a network of concentration camps for Jews.
Soon thousands of such camps and other detention sites were establishedđ§Â across German-occupied regions.
Victims were brought in trainsđ from across Europe where they were subjected to extreme labour.
Even medical experimentsđšââ were conducted on thousands of camp inmates, as a result of which many of them died.
The rest were gassed to deathđą.
The most infamous of such camps was Auschwitz.
The killings continued until the defeat of Germany in May 1945đ.
Inconceivable Death toll
Between 1941 and 1945, about six million Jews were systematically murderedđż by the Nazis.
This figure was around 2/3rds of Europeâs total Jewish population.
Aftermath
After the end of the World War II, the victoriousâ Allied forces set up military tribunals to prosecute the Nazi political and military leaders responsible for this genocide.
These trials, called Nuremberg Trialsđ (they were held in Nuremberg) indicted many of them for crimes against humanity and đsentenced them to death.
