What I learned about the Holocaust, Alysann Flower

1. 11 million people were killed during the holocaust, 6 million were Jews and 5 million were other races like gypsies, disabled, blacks, hispanics, etc. 2 out of every 3 Jews were killed during this time.
2. The Holocaust was the extermination of people not for WHO they were but for WHAT they were. The Nazis didnt care if the people they killed were great people on the inside, they just went off their looks and their beliefs.
3. Jews during the time of the Holocaust were forced to wear Yellow Star badges, symbolizing the star of David. They had to wear this so it was easier to identify them and also just to humiliate the Jews.
The Book Theif and the Holocaust relate to each other because in The Book Theif many shops had to have the Yellow Star outside of them so everyone knew it was owned by a Jew. During the Holocaust the Jews had to do this too.