During World War II, one of the greatest horrors of war was occurring. The mass genocide not only of the Jewish people but also of Russian prisoners of war, Gypsies, Poles and Ukrainians (Wistrich, 2003, p. 3-4, a). The horror also included the German people themselves. The disabled, the mentally ill, homosexuals, some religious people, union members, and political rivals were all part of the Holocaust (Berenbaum, 2011, a). On March 20, 1933, Hitler opened the first concentration camp near Dachau in Germany (Landau, 1998, p. 136, a). From there, the German government began sending people to concentration camps to work and die. Who they sent, why they sent them, and what happened there, that's what will be examined so that we know what the Holocaust is all about. The answer we seek is that the German people knew what was happening during the Holocaust and nothing was done to stop it. First, we will look at the German government that was behind the Holocaust. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed German chancellor (Henig, 1985, p. 3, a). Hitler controlled the government and those in the government did what he wanted. Hitler believed in the purity of the Aryan race and considered others inferior, especially the Jewish people (Henig, 1985, p. 12, b). Hitler wanted to protect his people from anything he considered unclean, he banned marriage and sexual relations with Jews, he also declared that the only people of Aryan blood could be German citizens with full rights (Henig , 1985, p. 14, c). ). Even before Hitler became the leader of Germany, he expressed his hatred towards the Jewish people...... middle of paper...... ProQuest Document ID: 1655731651. Retrieved from http:// proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1655731651&Fmt=3&clientId=74379&RQT=309&VName=PQDStackelburg, R. (1999, aka). Hitler's Germany: origins, interpretations, legacies, Routledge, retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ashford/docDetail.action?docID=10054907United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, (2011, ap). Auschwitz, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved from http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007718Wayman, Z. (2006, ae). Writing the Holocaust: testimony, representation, Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ashford/docDetail.action?docID=10271537 Wistrich, R. (2003). Hitler and the Holocaust: A Brief History, Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group, retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ashford/docDetail.action?docID=10041326