As the Germans and the rest of the world focused on World War I, many innocent people experienced a different kind of nature. They were publicly humiliated, shaved and branded, and placed in tormenting concentration camps. Persecution and Emigration, Origins of the Holocaust, Fight Back, and Anne Frank are all important roles during this period. No one will ever know exactly the trauma people faced or how many people were actually killed. During the Holocaust, Jews were not the only victims of murder. Homosexuals, communists, mentally handicapped people, Gypsies and Slavs, Russians and Poles. The massacres began between 1941 and 1945. Jews were afraid of leaving their families and being separated and sent to concentration camps. (Persecution and emigration 5). They had no idea what was going to happen to them. There were 22 main concentration camps and 6 extermination camps. Gas chambers were the most common means of massacring Jews. Another way to kill them was to gas the trucks; they were choked by exhaust fumes. Another method was also mass shooting. People unable to work were sent directly to the gas chambers or shot. Those who were able to work were eventually sent as well, but while they lived they helped transport bodies to crematoriums or search for valuables. In the extermination camps, the men were the first to be gassed. Women were made to have their hair cut before being killed. (“The killing machine”). The estimated number of Holocaust survivors is 350,000. A commonly known survivor is Otto Frank, he was sent to the concentration camps with his family but he survived...... middle of paper .... ..s to be tormented and killed because of their race and what they believe in each is unique in their own way. Works Cited Downing, David. Fight back. Wisconsin: World Almanac Library, 2006. Downing, David. Origins of the Holocaust. New York: Gareth Stevens, 2006. Downing, David. Persecution and emigration. Wisconsin: World Almanac Library, 2006. “Holocaust Encyclopedia.” Introduction to the Holocaust. 2013. April 4. 2014.www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?Moduleld=10005143 Rosteck, Mary Kay, Linda Schmittroth. “Anne Frank.” Holocaust people. 1998 ed. Rosteck, Mary Kay, Linda Schmittroth. Holocaust people. Detroit: An Imprint of Gale, 1998. “The Killing Machine.” The Holocaust, a call to conscience. 2009. April 4. 2014 http://www.projectaladin.org/holocaust/en/history-of-the-holocaust-shoah/the-killing-machine/concentration-camps.html