The Holocaust

Dr. David Silberklang

We have already discussed how policy against the Jews was determined as one of the main principles of the ideological “New World Order” that the Nazis tried to establish and that it accompanied each stage of the war, at times even serving as a driving force for the war itself. The essence of Jews, as perceived and presented by Nazi ideology, was evil and could spread endlessly. Consequently, there was no place for them in the “New World Order”. Thus, between 1933 and 1945, ever worsening anti-Jewish policies were formulated, culminating in the decision to actively exterminate the Jews living either directly under Nazi rule or the rule of their allies. The result was the systematic murder of six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators.

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