The Holocaust was the cause of death of over 4.1-6.0 million Jews and 5-6 million non-Jews (McFee) in only about 7 years time. The years that the Holocaust took place were from 1939-1945 (McCarthy). There were several different causes of death during this time. Many babies were thrown in the air and shot while older persons has to stand in front of a pit before they were shot and fell backwards into their grave (Wiesel 5). Other deaths were caused in concentration camps from gas chambers, crematories, and starvation (Schnabel). Some concentration camps only considered a person sick when their temperature reached above 104 degrees and even then, the sick were not properly taken care of and eventually died (Jacobson). Even though the Holocaust caused a great change in the population, it caused an ever greater change in the minds of its survivors. …
