Effects of the Holocaust Paragraph

The Holocaust had nothing but a negative impact on the world. As a result to the Holocaust the Jewish people lost their rights and extermination camps were established. When German soldiers first invaded Jewish areas, they would take their rights away. The German soldiers would first force them into an unpleasant living situation, ghettos. Ghettos were established throughout 1941 and 1942, and held Jews until they were deported to the concentration camps. While living in ghettos Jews were not aloud out on the streets after a certain time. As well as living in ghettos, Jews were forced to wear a yellow badge that was in the shape of the Star of David. Theses badges marked Jews in public. Some even died before deportation, starvation and disease lurked in every ghetto. When the time of deportation came, all rights were taken away. Jewish people were deported to concentration camps. In 1933, with the cooperation of local authorities, the Nazis set up camps as concentration centers within Germany. At these camps prisoners would be tortured or killed. The conditions of the camps were unbearable. The most famous concentration camp was Aushwitz, located in Poland. Up to three million people were killed in Aushwitz. During the Holocaust a totaly of six million Jews were killed. That number was about seventy-eight percent of the 7.6 million Jews living in Europe at the time. However, Jews were not the only group executed during the Holocaust. Soviet POWs, Ethnic Poles, Romanians, the disabled, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, and gypsies were also victims. In conclusion the results of the Holocaust affected the rights of Jewish people and the establishment of concentration camps.