“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are... officials ready to believe and act without question. This quote is from Primo Levi (Holocaust Quotes) The Holocaust was a genocide aimed at the Jewish people. They would take them and put them in concentration camps and eventually kill most of them. The rest of the world was in a world war because of the Holocaust. It is important that we know and learn about genocide because it is part of the history of our world. It makes children understand that genocide is a horrible thing. What drew me to this topic was learning more about it. I have always found it very interesting to learn more. Even though it's a terrible subject to talk about, it's also very interesting. I love learning about all the different races and religions this has happened to. The genocide is horrible and there was no reason to harm these people. People just want someone to be blamed for their mistakes in the world. Many Europeans believed that Jews posed a threat to their country. The Holocaust was a kind of genocide. The Germans took Jews to concentration camps and killed them. (World War II: The Holocaust, p. 1) The Jews did nothing to deserve this. (How and Why the Holocaust Happened, p. 1) Everyone wanted someone to be blamed for their economic woes. (Norton, James p. 4) In the concentration camps, Jews performed slave labor and had to do whatever the Nazi soldiers told them to do. (The Holocaust p. 1) Some Jews died of starvation because in the concentration camp they had no food. Others died when Nazi soldiers told them to come shower. What was actually going to happen to them was that once the whole group of Jews, we...... middle of paper ......th Holocaust ≡." The Holocaust. Np, nd Web 01 April 2014. “How and why did the Holocaust happen? | South African History Online. "How and why did the Holocaust happen? | South African History Online. Np, nd Web. April 1, 2014. "The Holocaust and the Second World War: Timeline. " United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, June 10, 2013. Web. March 31, 2014 “The Jewish Population of Europe in 1945.” Holocaust: A Turning Point in the 20th Century.” The Holocaust: a turning point in the 20th century. Np, nd Web. March 30, 2014Norton, James R. The Holocaust: Jews, Germany, and the National Socialists. New York: Rosen Pub., 2009. Print. “Second World War: The Holocaust.” The Holocaust Np, nd Web, March 30.. 2014