answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The Holocaust began in the 1930s when Hitler started controlling and discriminating against Jews, Romanies and several other ethnic groups. It intensified after the outbreak of the war in 1939.

It was stopped in 1945 when the Allies moved through Germany and Poland at the end of World War II.

_____________________________

It is generally accepted that the Holocaust was the intentional destruction (extermination) of Europe's Jews.

This did not start until 1941. But yes, the Holocaust did happen during World War Two.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

No. The cause of World War 2 in Europe was German expansion by military force (aggression), not its treatment of Jews or dissidents. (Similarly, the cause of World War 2 in Asia and the Pacific was Japanese aggression).

Even though Nazi Germany began arresting political prisoners and forcing many "un-desireables" into concentration camps the Germans did not begin exterminating them until after WW2 began. Even after the war began, Germany kept the holocaust a secret to the outside world. As the truth began to leak out, many people did not believe it---most people had no clue until the truth was revealed by the news after the war and during the Nuremberg war crime trials.
The holocaust did not start World War 2, no one knew about the holocaust until the war was over.

___

When World War 2 started in 1939 the Holocaust in the sense of systematic mass killings of Jews hadn't even begun.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

The Holocaust took place during World War 2 and using the 'cloak' of the war, but the two are not the same thing. German conquests in World War 2, especially in Eastern Europe (Poland, the Soviet Union) and the Balkans greatly increased the number of Jews under Nazi control, and so increased the Nazis' self-inflicted "Jewish question [problem]". However, the two were separate. Germany fought in order to expand - not because they were in global hot pursuit of the Jews. Similarly, not one of the Allies went to war against Germany in order to save Jews. (There is an awful lot of nonsense circulating about this, as if the US went to war in order to save the Jews: the US went to war against Germany because Germany declared war on the US). To cap it all, the Allies did not take reports about the Holocaust seriously till 1944. The motives for the Holocaust remain a matter of debate among historians. Please see the related question.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

16y ago

WWII.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

yes

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

Yes!!!

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What war did the Holocaust happen during?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Did the Holocaust and World War 2 happen at the same time?

the holocaust was in the duration of world war II, ___ Yes, the Holocaust took place during World War 2.


Where did the holocaust happen during World War 2?

The persecution happened all over occupied Europe.


Was the holocaust in World War I or 2?

The holocaust was during World War 2


What happen in Germany during the world war 2?

The most obvious answers would be the reign of Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust.


What war began when the Holocaust began?

No war 'began when the Holocaust began'. The Holocaust took place during World War 2 but was not one of the causes of the war.


The Holocaust begin in 1940 after World War 2?

The Holocaust was during World War 2


What international conflict was going on during the Holocaust?

The Holocaust took place during World War 2.


Why was holocaust war happen?

There were a multitude of reasons. It would be misleading to promote the political reasons before the practical, but best to say that the conditions during the war and the political ideology at the time combined with the history and percieved history of the region came together to create an atmosphere that allowed the Holocaust to happen.


What would have happened in the holocaust if the world war 2 didnt happen?

the Holocaust would not have happend without World War II.


Was the Holocaust before after or during World War 2?

During.


What happened to the US during the holocaust?

Nothing specific, the US was fighting a war for most of the time during the Holocaust.


What war was it during when Nazis carried out the Holocaust?

Nazis carried out the Holocaust during and just before WW II