The Holocaust all began because Hitler blamed the Jews for Germanys defeat in World War I. He also blamed the Jews for all the problems Germany had at the time such as poverty, unemployment, starvation and disease. In early 1942, Hitler decided to carry out what he called "The Final Solution," which he hoped would bring an end to the Jewish population. He ordered millions of European Jews to be arrested and deported to special camps. This is how concentration camps became death camps.

When the Nazis invaded Europe, they came from country to country gathering up Jewish People. When they came into different cities, they would separate the Jewish people by making them wear Jewish stars on their clothes, to classify the

There was hardly any food, and many people starved. When the people were fed, they gave them a little cup of soup and sometimes bread. Food wasn't given daily and because of all the hardships, hard work and labor, many people eventually got sick. There were a lot of diseases going around. No Bathrooms or showers, everything was very dirty and unsanitary. About 340,000 people died from sickness alone.

Many people have written books about how the Holocaust and Concentration Camps changed there lives forever. Elie Wiesel in the book "Night” gives in-depth information about how life was like where he was sent. He was on ordinary teenager and then the Nazis brought him and his family to a Ghetto. Then they were sent to a train, and they didn't know where they were being sent. When they got to Auschwitz, his family was separated the women and children on one line, and the men and boys on the other. He never saw them again. When he was in the Concentration camps, He thought he was going to die. All he saw was death all around him. Babies were thrown into ovens and the children were digging holes for their own graves. Elderly people being burnt and shot. He and his father stayed together. They were very lucky because this was very rare. He went through many various stages while at the camp. He watched his own father get beaten when he was sick and he couldn't do anything about it. He saw people change so fast. Everyone was giving up. And he almost did too. Elie's

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