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LaoEvery last war has always been the worst.
Though, objectively, World War II was really a huge war. It involved more countries than ever before, spanned a larger area and claimed more deaths.
The roots of this aspect of the Holocaust lie in the first world war, which was the first war to see considerable violence against non-combattants, or regular people, rather than soldiers against soldiers.
In the second world war, that aspect of warfare was taken to new and very much unprecedented heights. Both sides used tactics aimed exclusively at civilian populations, with large bombing campaigns on cities and towns to try and demoralize the population. Which never really seemed to do more than boost the suffering people's morale, and their anger.
The Holocaust is yet another step above that. It is one thing for soldiers engaging soldiers in combat, which is normal warfare, and another for soldiers targeting civilians, which is a crime by any definition. But when an organized apparatus moves into a newly occupied territory and specifically targets a certain group of people, with the clear intent of not only killing all they can find, but simply killing all in existence, that is all but unfathomable.
The Holocaust was the darkest page in human history because of its size, its systematic, bureaucratic and very well documented approach to killing people. They had scores of lists (read about IBM's history to find out about that aspect) detailing names, places of birth, addresses of those they sought to kill. And kill them they did. Of the estimated nine million Jews present in the occupied territories, only three million survived... That in itself warrants the title of 'biggest tragedy in history'.
Though there are others. The rape of Nanking, for example.
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Why is the Holocaust recalled with such horror?
The Holocaust was so shocking because Hitler and his Nazis shouldn't have done that to Jews. Jew's are the same as other religions and beliefs. It was also so shocking because of how many Jews they killed on a daily basis, it's like they lived for killing them. The final reason it was so shocking is because of how many people now-a-days think that the Holocaust was made up, which brought the topic of it up and it was more and more shocking everytime, there is living, breathing, and historic places to show you that the Holocaust actually happened. That's why the Holocaust was so shocking.
Are bystanders as guilty as perpetrators in the Holocaust and four reasons why?
Considering most of the world were bystanders to the Holocaust, this would excuse the actions of those who perpetrated the Holocaust and those who enabled it. So no, you cannot say that they were.
Did Elizabeth Lintzel survive during the holocaust?
There is no widely recognized historical figure named Elizabeth Lintzel who is known to have survived the Holocaust. It is possible that there may have been individuals with that name who survived, but without more specific information, it is difficult to provide a definitive answer. Survivors of the Holocaust are typically documented and their stories are often shared through various sources such as testimonies, memoirs, and historical records.
What did relocation mean during the Holocaust?
well to "relocate" is to move some where else, and during the holocaust they had starvation camps and such so most likely they would be sent to a different camp
Did the holocaust and slavery kill the same amount of people?
There was a lot of slavery in the Holocaust. But slavery has been around for thousands of years and it is still ongoing, so it depends uopn how you which to count.
