The Aftermath of the Holocaust: A new beginning
In 1945, when American and Soviet troops finally arrived at and entered the concentration camps, they discovered mounds of corpses, bones, and human ashes as testimony to the Nazi mass murder of the Jews. Some groups of troops also found thousands upon thousands of survivors Jews and even some non-Jews suffering and dying from starvation and deadly disease. For the few survivors, the prospect and idea of rebuilding their lives was daunting, and seemed near impossible.
After their freedom, multiple Jewish survivors were afraid to return to their old homes because of the antisemitism or hatred of the Jews that persisted and continued on in many parts of Europe. They couldn't handle anymore violence after the trauma they had suffered. Some who did return home worried and feared for their lives. After the war in Poland, for example, there were a large amount of pogroms or also known as violent anti-Jewish riots. The largest and most violent of these happened in the village of Kielce in 1946 when Polish rioters killed and massacred at least 42 Jews and painfully beat many others.
The holocaust has had one of the biggest impacts on our history ever. It showed how one voice can influence the minds of many others, to do treacherous things. Even things as bad as taking away the natural rights of a human being. Adolf Hitler was that voice, he influenced thousands upon millions of people to hate and despise the Jews. His voice brought people to thinking it was right to take away the rights of human beings and kill them just because of their ancestral background. The holocaust will forever haunt the Jewish population, for those who survived it and even the future generations who didn't live it. But can still feel the pain of their family, they can still feel the pain of their ancestors. The holocaust has shaped a large part of our generation and way of living now.
After their freedom, multiple Jewish survivors were afraid to return to their old homes because of the antisemitism or hatred of the Jews that persisted and continued on in many parts of Europe. They couldn't handle anymore violence after the trauma they had suffered. Some who did return home worried and feared for their lives. After the war in Poland, for example, there were a large amount of pogroms or also known as violent anti-Jewish riots. The largest and most violent of these happened in the village of Kielce in 1946 when Polish rioters killed and massacred at least 42 Jews and painfully beat many others.
The holocaust has had one of the biggest impacts on our history ever. It showed how one voice can influence the minds of many others, to do treacherous things. Even things as bad as taking away the natural rights of a human being. Adolf Hitler was that voice, he influenced thousands upon millions of people to hate and despise the Jews. His voice brought people to thinking it was right to take away the rights of human beings and kill them just because of their ancestral background. The holocaust will forever haunt the Jewish population, for those who survived it and even the future generations who didn't live it. But can still feel the pain of their family, they can still feel the pain of their ancestors. The holocaust has shaped a large part of our generation and way of living now.