JUDAIC 386 Lecture 2: History 386 Lecture Two notes
8 Sep 2016
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History 386 lecture two notes: definitions and conceptions of the holocaust, the holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of european jewry by nazi germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Jews were the primary victims six million were murdered; gypsies, the handicapped and poles were also targeted for destruction based on racial, ethnic, or national reasons. a. i. The holocaust refers to one specific historical event. This definition asserts that we need to use other words for different atrocities. a. ii. This event was officially sanctioned by the state. This indicates that the government did not try to stop the violence. In nazi germany, every single level of government supported the extermination of the. Jewish population including mayors, leaders of the church, etc. a. iii. Systematic means that there is a huge bureaucracy behind the violence that is compiling lists of every jewish person in that country. Nazi germany would use these lists to find the jews and kill them.
