When Did The Holocaust Happen? When people think of the Holocaust, many people think of the extermination camps in which over six million Jews were killed. However, this “Final Solution to the Jewish Question” was involved in the oppression of Jews only from about January 1944 onward. The Holocaust is an event that began with the establishment of Nazi Party power in Germany in the early 1930s and ended in 1945 when the camps were liberated by U.S., British and Russian forces.

The most dangerous part of the Holocaust for innocent people was possibly the period from 1944 to 1945. This was the time when millions of people were deported from Germany and occupied territories in order to be gassed, shot, or worked to death in camps such as Auschwitz.

The truth is that there is no one answer to why the Holocaust started. The Holocaust was a slow process at first, and it is one that was made up of many different factors. All of them came together to create a series of horrible atrocities, the likes of which had never been seen before – and must never happen again.

As the realities of World War II begin to recede into history and those who survived the worst atrocities of the Holocaust leave us one by one, it is more important than ever that people stand up to ensure that nothing like the Holocaust will ever happen again.

One of the most prominent Holocaust survivors in the world is Elie Wiesel. As of the time of this writing, Wiesel is still with us today. As a young man of barely fifteen, he was snatched from his community and was deported to live in a series of Nazi death camps, including Auschwitz.