Life of the Jews in WW2
The persecution of the Jews started in Germany in 1933. In 1933 about 522,000 Jews lived in Germany. About 304,000 Jews then immigrated because of the persecution. The persecution then got worse and worse.
In 1941 there was a decree that prohibited the Jews from using pretty much everything in the public. For example, they couldn't go to school, they didn't have jobs, and they couldn't even get married. The Jews also had to live in designated places known as "Jewish Houses". Germans required any Jews fit for work to do forced labor. Then Adolf Hitler made the decision to exterminate the Jews.
Extermination Camps started in 1943. Jews were forced to go to extermination camps (also known as concentration camps). Hitler made them do hard and often useless chores. The work days were usually 12-14 hours long. Some examples of the chores are, to move heavy sandbags from one place to another, to carry big stones, to dig a trench, or to bore a tunnel. They had to do these things as fast as possible and they were being beaten as they worked.
Sometimes they would work the Jews to death at the extermination camps. They would have mass killing in gas chambers or ovens. About 3,000,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis.
Done by Ella
It has always amazed me that anyone could have been convinced that it was ok to do that to other people. Scary!
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