The Holocaust was the most horrific event in the history of modern civilization. From 1933 to 1945 more then 6 million Jews were murdered. This figure represented about 1/3 of all the Jewish people in the world at that time.

From the beginning of the Nazi Party leader Adolph Hitler’s rule, Germany became a dictatorship not to be criticized. With his authority, Hitler established the first concentration camps, which started as political prison camps for anyone who was suspected of not supporting the regime. These concentration camps eventually were filled with Jews simply because Hitler believed they were inferior to the German race.

In July of 1938 32 countries met in Evian, France to discuss the refugee problems created by the Nazis, but since they could not conclude, Hitler took it upon himself to begin the mass killing of those in the camps.

When Germany started WWII in 1939, the imprisonment of additional Jews in conquered nations continued, along with a systematized destruction of the people.

There are worldwide memorials to this horrific event to remember the loses as well as remind mankind to never let these inhuman acts be repeated.