Could it happen to us? Of those not killed, Holocaust victims that could work were only given moldy bread to eat and dirty water to drink, if they were given anything at all. Some would have to drink their urine to keep from getting dehydrated. They also ate their own feces. These millions of victims were not bad people nor had they done anything wrong but they represented something that someone else hated. We did …showed first 75 words of 521 total…

…showed last 75 words of 521 total…That is what scares people. Therefore, why did the Holocaust happen? Because people let it. They were more enamoured with themselves and their dreams. How it happened is methodical. However, that a relatively smart society could accept the ideas suggesting that a human being could be considered other wise, after meeting a certain criteria, and exterminated like termites, that is the true tragedy. The holocaust was a mass killing of the human spirit and mind.