In 1933 Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany. He wanted to wipe out the Jewish population and conquer the world. At this time there were about three million Jews living in Germany. The Nazi's believed that the Germans were superior. They mistakenly saw Jews as a specific race, therefore claiming them to be inferior and a prime target for killing. "Holocaust" is a word that means widespread destruction. Hitler's hatred for the Jews and his need for total power definitely created widespread destruction in Germany.
             The Holocaust first started out as the persecution of the Jews in Germany and other places ruled by Hitler in 1933. There were many laws and restrictions imposed by the Nazis that robbed the Jews of their rights and their possessions, leaving them with nothing. Jews could not own property or businesses. They could not attend public school or go to college. The Jewish people could not go to theaters, cinemas or vacation resorts. They could not even walk in some parts of Germany. To further rid Germany of this "inferior" race, the Nazi's subjected 350,000 people to a type of radiation that would prevent them from having children.
             Then, suddenly on the night of November 9th 1938, the Nazi Party members went on a rampage for about 48 hours and killed dozens of Jews and sent approximately twenty to thirty thousand other people concentration camps. These camps were for political prisoners. The prisoners lived in horrible conditions in the concentration camps and therefore many died of disease and starvation. Their synagogues and businesses of Jews were destroyed throughout Germany. This particular night is known as Dristallnacht, which means " the night of broken glass."
             Prisoners at concentration camps were worked to death as slave laborers and were murdered in gas chambers. Other methods of killing the prisoners consisted of beatings, hangings, and using pri
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