I guess everyone knows what the Holocaust is, and what had happend in the Holocaust. People were treated as they weren’t human. About 6 million people died because of one dictator. Why did Hitler kill millions of people? Lets find out.
On the left, you can see a picture of Jews lying in a pile. This was a scene you could see after the Jews were killed. After the corpses were piled together, they were buried. When they finally had no space to burry the dead bodies anymore, they were burned.
In history class I have learnt that Jews were hated, not only by Hitler, but also long before the World War too. For example, in the Renaissance time period, Jews were hated because they had a different religion. Christians blamed them for killing Jesus, which wasn’t true. During the Renaissance time period, Jews couldn’t get any job, except working at the bank. Only the Jews could have this job, because Christians weren’t allowed to lend money to other people. It was against their rule.
As everyone knows, Jews were blamed after World War l and during the World War ll. I thought that Jews were blamed because Germany needed something to blame on, and Jews were there to be blamed on. However this wasn’t the only reason. Maybe the fact that Hitler was a Christian explains some things. He must have disliked the people who had a different religion. But if this is so, I don’t get why he killed so many people even though he is Christian. This question is not only dedicated to Hitler, but also the popes and other people who are famous for killing people although they are Christian. In their bible, it says that killing is bad. Then why did they kill people? They just could have talked to them. I really don’t understand.
When I compare these two time periods, they are very similar. During the Renaissance, popes sent Crusaders to the Middle East to fight against the Jews. Popes hated the Jews at that time. They killed many people too. After many years, Hitler did the similar things. He killed lots and lots of Jewish people. In my opinion, these two events are similar.
This is why history is fun. You can compare new things of what you have learned to old things! I think I am really starting to like History 
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