How is it relevant?

Although the Holocaust ended over 70 years ago with the liberation of the concentration camps by the allied forces, the lessons from this tragic event are still relevant today. Xenophobia still exists today, even after around 7 million people were killed, and the world agreed that this could never be allowed to happen again. For example, only two years ago in 2015, eight synagogues were attacked with messages such as “Death to Jews”. This example is only one of many that brings to light the concerning levels of anti-Semitism and hate crimes across Europe and the world. The atrocities of the Holocaust must not be forgotten, and many other genocides have occurred since then, such as in Rwanda in 1990 and Bosnia in 1995, thus showing that the world has not learnt from its past. From each story of an individual from the Holocaust, I hope to teach as many as I can about the atrocities of the event, and how the world must learn from this horrific event.