... is not any better, only worse. The event has become known as the largest racist horde of crimes to occur in the twentieth century. For the rest of time, no morality can be adequate enough to grapple with its significance and its utter waste. Looking at the horrific event, ... makes the Holocaust immoral? And how can anyone claim it slightly moral? A main pillar of Jewish belief is that nothing happens in a vacuum. Meaning everything happens for a reason and has an underlying meaning itself. History has a meaning, oppression has a meaning, and suffering has a meaning. They are people wh...

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... concentration camps were set up in 1933. In the early days of Hitler, concentration camps were places that held people in protective custody. Victims for protective custody included those who were both physically and mentally ill, gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah Witnesses, Jews and anyone against the Nazi regime. Gypsies ... their deportation destination. As they were being transported, the soldiers kept telling the Jews to have hope. On the trains, Jews were starved for days. Many people did not survive the ride to the camp. When the camps were finally opened, most of the families who w...

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... would be useable. On May 4, 1940 Rudolf Hoss officially established it as a German concentration camp. Hoss was Auschwitz's first commandant. Auschwitz was originally intended for Polish political prisoners and other Poles. In June of 1940, the first load of prisoners arrived. 728 Poles and a handful of Jews. Soon, though ... extermination camp. Thereafter cattle cars brought in ship loads of Jews monthly. They were brought from all over in these filthy cars, going for days without food, water, or washing facilities. Many times these cars were so crowded that people were simply crushed to...

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