The Holocaust

The Holocaust

Pictures from the Concentration Camps

Corpses are burned in open pits during the summer of 1944.

Exiting boxcars at Auschwitz

Inmates fight for a piece of bread in the Krankenlager.

Nazis lit fire to buildings in the Warsaw Ghetto after Jewish rebellion to deportation from the ghetto

Can the Holocaust happen again?

Do you believe that a Holocaust could happen again?

Can the Holocaust happen again?
Yes: 3 votes (42.86%)
No: 0 votes (0%)
I'm not sure: 4 votes (57.14%)
Total Votes: 7

Holocaust Survivor Interviews

Map of Concentration Camps

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Define: Holocaust

hol·o·caust

   
[hol-uh-kawst, hoh-luh-] 
–noun
1.
a great or complete 
devastation or destruction, 
especially by fire.
2.
a sacrifice completely 
consumed by fire; 
burnt offering.
3.
the systematic mass 
slaughter of European 
Jews in Nazi concentration 
 camps during 
 world War II.
4.
any mass slaughter 
or reckless 
destruction of life.
(Source:  www.dictionary.com)

Anne Frank

Anne Frank is a Jewish girl who had to go into hiding during World War II to hide from the Nazis. 
 

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." --Anne Frank

Take a virtual tour of the house that housed Anne and her family in secrecy for two years.