I hope that everyone is healthy and managing well during this difficult time. I apologize this is being posted so late. Just before we left for spring break we finished up studying WWII. One aspect of WWII we did not focus on was the Holocaust. As you know from our studies of WWII, the Holocaust is a term given to the Nazi/Hitler attempt to rid the world of persons they considered "undesirables." These undesirables includes Jews, Slavs, Poles, Homosexuals, and many other groups of people. The Nazis believed in a radical racial philosophy which led to one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the world. Roughly 14 million people were killed in what Hitler labeled the "Final Solution" to the problem of having these undesirable people in the world.
ACTIVITY 2 After WWII the United Nations is formed to replace the failed league of Nations. The United Nations (U.N.) aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations. It was evident to all involved that the Holocaust was wrong. The people leading the death camps, however, had done nothing Illegal. How could the Nazis be put in prison/punished for actions which they were commanded to do? To help solve this problem, the U.N. passes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document declares that human being have certain rights they are entitled too regardless of what country they are born into. Look at the document and consider the questions at the end of the text. Universal Declaration of Human Rights Comments are closed.
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