Holocaust: Who is responsible for the Holocaust?

Holocaust is a "Greek word meaning, 'destruction of an entirety; a whole'" (Berry Notes). The Holocaust usually refers to a time in Germany when Adolf Hitler was Chancellor, and he and his many followers killed around six million Jewish people, as well as around six million others. We can see the beginnings of Hitler's theories in his book, Mein Kampf, which means "my struggle", in which he talks about the master race theory, where all …showed first 75 words of 662 total…

…showed last 75 words of 662 total…things are still occurring in the present day. Perhaps it is because they don't understand the reality of the Holocaust, or the present - day terrorism. It can't be put into words, and perhaps we will never understand it, but if it could be put into a quotation, it would be this: "Six million. Behind each digit, starting with the number one, was a pair of eyes, a face, a living, vital human being" (Chaikin 135).