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HOLOCAUST The Holocaust is probably the worst part of history. Nazi's persecuted anyone who dared oppose them. These people were the disabled, Gypsies, homosexuals, and Slavic peoples; their main target, of course, were the Jews. After the Nazi's took power, they took away the German Jews established rights (Nuremberg Laws). Among this there were many other cruel things that the Nazi's did to belittle the Jews. On November 7,1938, a young Jewish refugee, Herschel Grynszpan, shot and killed a German diplomat in Paris. This was his way of revenge for the persecution of Jews. Hitler was infuriated. He ordered his minister of propaganda to stage attacks against the Jews that would seem like a spontaneous popular reaction to news of the murder. November 9. 1938, the plan played out in a spree of destruction. This night came to be known as Kristallnacht, or "night of the broken glass," because broken glass littered the streets afterward. The next morning, more than 90 Jews were dead, hundreds were badly injured, and thousands more were terrorized. The Gestapo arrested at least 20,000 wealthy Jews. They only released them if they agreed to emigrate and surrender all their possessions. After this all took place, the Jews tried to refuge to other countries without success. When they came to America some weren't allowed in because the United States had a limit on how many immigrants were allowed each year. On January 20, 1942, Nazi leaders met at the Wannsee Conference to determine the "final solution for the Jewish question." They finally came to a decision. They would take the Jews to concentration camps where they would work until they either died from exhaustion, disease, or malnutrition. The elderly, the infirm, and young children, would be sent to extermination camps where they would be executed in massive gas chambers. Now it was time for America to enter. media type="youtube" key="c8CGsxL4UZE" height="403" width="500" align="center"