Images of the Holocaust

There are millions of images of the Holocaust that have been captured on film and kept by many families, historians, memorial groups, and museums. These photos depict a time that no one wants to remember, but they also can't forget. The Holocaust is one of the biggest cases of genocide in history, affecting the lives of millions of families throughout Germany and Eastern Europe. The pictures that have been taken of this event come in all types, including photographs of Nazi leaders, Jewish families, and even the mass graves and murders that were taking place during this time. 
 
Some of the images of the Holocaust that are available are quite disturbing. It is hard for people to look at what actually happened because of the graphic nature of the photos. However, they do help offer a firsthand account of the sheer terror that people experienced. Photos are easy to find online, giving you a glimpse of exactly what happened and what it looked like. This often does more to help people understand the Holocaust and its reality than reading a history book or a secondhand account of what happened, which is why images of the Holocaust are so popular.
 
During the years of 1933 to 1945, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis systematically murdered more than 11 million people in Europe. About 6 million of them were Jews, who were directly singled out for 'special treatment'. According to the Nazis, 'special treatment' was a nice way of saying that all Jews needed to be found and killed because they were the problem that was keeping Germany from being a strong, powerful country. This event rocked history and affected the lives of millions of people. It went on for 12 years before the Allied forces finally invaded Germany and removed Hitler from power.
 
The Holocaust started out as simple discrimination, but it quickly evolved into systematic murder of Jews and other inferiors that were not up to the standards of the Nazi ideal of the Master Race. As you can see in images, concentration camps and mass killings were commonplace during this time, as a way to 'rid society of the problem'. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Auschwitz Museum, and other Holocaust memorials and centers have thousands of photographs of the events that took place during this time, serving as a constant reminder that when the wrong man has power, it can be very dangerous.