Holocaust Research Paper: Holocaust SurvivorsThe Holocaust was the organized massacre of approximately 11 million people, 6 million of whom were Jewish; different groups of people were murdered by an association called the Nazis. The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the time when Hitler and the Nazis came to power. It started in 1933 and ended in 1945, when the war ended. The massacre of these people took place throughout Europe. The Nazis (National Socialist German Workers' Party) believed themselves superior to all other races and religions. Jews were the most targeted of all other ethnic and religious groups in Germany. Some of the other groups targeted by the Nazis were Gypsies, Poles, Russians, African Americans and the disabled were also besieged. Imagine being horribly abused, beaten and beaten for years. Imagine being in captivity for years and one day someone tells you that you are free. The feeling of freedom is exhilarating, overwhelming and sometimes even traumatic. My research essay is based on the experiences these people had as Holocaust survivors. Around 6 million Jews were executed throughout the Holocaust. Before the Nazi conquest of Germany, there were approximately 9.5 million Jews, or approximately 1.7% of the European population. There were different Jewish cultures in Europe. By the end of the Holocaust, only about a third of Jews survived, leaving only about 3 million people. By 1950, 1.5 million Jews were living in America to escape the horror that Germany had become. Jehovah's Witnesses were also eliminated, of whom around 30,000 were German. Only about 20,000 of them were still practicing during the Holocaust. About 90% of them survived the Holocaust. Homosexuals were also targeted at this time... middle of newspaper......sent to a concentration camp is unknown, maybe it was because he was black and they didn't think he would be Jewish or more likely because he had an American passport. A survivor once said, “For me, the Holocaust is not over. » Being involved in the Holocaust was a very traumatic experience, even for those who did not survive. Even if the children of survivors did not experience the Holocaust, it is sometimes traumatic because of what their parents had to go through. Works Cited • U. (nd). Survivors and victims. — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Accessed November 5, 2013, from http://www.ushmm.org/remember/the-holocaust-survivors-and-victims-resource-center/survivors-and-victims• Starman, Hannah. “Generations of trauma: victimization and perpetuation of abuse among Holocaust survivors.” History and Anthropology 17.4 (2006): 327-338. Historical reference center. Internet. November 16. 2013.•