Background Information About the Holocaust

The Nazi in Germany carried out a systematic national hostage campaign against the Jews and murdered 6 millions of them within few years. The word Holocaust originated from Greck word which means "Sacrifice by fire." But the word had it new meaning 1945, it the massive killing of 6 million Jews by the Nazis during world war 2. Throughout the history, Hitler and the Nazi are not the only group that are against the Jews. Back at ancient Rome, the Roman destroyed Jewish temple in Jerusalem and force them to leave Palestine. The whole Holocaust began when the Germans are being defeated in World War 1, like all the Germans, Hitler also blamed the Jews for the lost.