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Hta 211/311 Europe At War
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HTA 211/311
EUROPE AT WAR
Assessment task 2
During the 1940's, Europe was a continent that was plagued by mass devastation. Conflict between countries was rife, most notably was the conflict between Germany and many other European countries. Germany set out to strike back against the reparations and war guilt that was forced upon them at the treaty of Versailles after World War one. However, the most notable violence that was occurring during these years was not the waged war against other countries, it was happening within the very heart of Germany. German armies had 'laid waste to the continent, murdered millions of people, waged ideological warfare upon the nations of Europe, and undertaken a horrific plan to exterminate Europe's Jews'.1 This was known as ' "The final solution of the Jewish problem", which was a code-name for Germany's plans to exterminate the Jews of Europe'.2 This massive campaign of terror is now discussed historical as 'The Holocaust'. The holocaust was 'a policy of systematic and universal extermination'3, a German project that ultimately saw the killing of six million European Jews.4
Of all the examples of injustice against humanity throughout time, the Holocaust is
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