The Holocaust was a tragic piece of world history. It happened from 1933 to 1945 and it was mass murder and discrimination against people of certain races. They started with the Nuremberg Laws when Hitler became the most powerful. Hitler was a strange man who blamed the Jews for the fall of Germany. There are several reasons why we study the Holocaust, the most important being that we will never face something like it again. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria but later became a German soldier. He went to Germany after the death of both his parents and after being rejected from an art school. During World War I Hitler was wounded twice. While hospitalized, he discovered that Germany had lost the war and became angry. Once released, he joined the Nazi Party and attempted to overthrow the government. In the end he was only arrested, but while in prison he wrote his book, Mein Kamphf. Once released from prison he decided to take political command. He held speeches and once everyone started to like him, he was elected Chancellor. He changed the laws to make all his future plans legal, and once the headmaster of Germany died, Hitler became the most powerful. Everything he did there was legal. He made this plan called the Final Solution, where if any allied troops entered his strongholds, he would stand back and take everyone with them. This included the mass killing of nearly all remaining Jews. He only did this so he couldn't be accused of any crime and so there would be no witnesses, but that plan failed big time. A holocaust is a major destruction involving widespread loss of life, especially from fire. The Holocaust was a bloody event that occurred from 1933 to 1945, in which 11 million people were killed. It is well known that there were people in Europe who hated him. His "guardians" were not on the undesirable list, but were risking their lives for the Franks. It shows the loyalty of those people. In the end, the real big question is why. Why do we study the Holocaust? We study it for many reasons. We study it to remember all the tragic events, from the murder of the Jews to the liberation of the extermination camps. This defining moment in history also allows us to see how rasicim influenced everything. Not only in Germany with the Nuremberg laws, but also here with the Jim Crow laws. However, World War II helped us out of the Great Depression. But the most important reason we study it is so we know the signs, so it never happens again. No one should ever want this to happen again. It was tragic all around. That's why kids around the world will always study the Holocaust.