The Holocaust

Part I of Essay
One of the toughest questions we are asked at History Project is when someone says "tell me everything you can about ." It is difficult because we know that this person wants to know about , but does not yet know enough to ask the right questions. There is so much informa ....

Part II of Essay
.... It lasted until 1941. During this period, while Hitler built his power, Jews were persecuted and brutalized but there was no organized effort to systematically murder them. In late 1939 Hitler invaded Poland, beginning the Second World War. In mid-1941 Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. At about the same time - historians do not agree on exactly when - Hitler also decided that there should be a "Final Solution" to "the Jewish question." The "Final Solution" was the murder of the Jews and was mainly carried out by a military group known a ....