The holocaust The Holocaust was a catastrophic, cataclysmic event in history that took place over 55 years ago, but why is it still so important to us today? One of the many reasons it is still widely discussed today, is because of the many rights it violated for the Jews as human beings. The main goal of the holocaust was for Nazis to try and kill every Jewish person alive in Europe. Many Nazi leaders tried …showed first 75 words of 2676 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2676 total…the concentration camps. Those memories alone are enough to drive one to be crazy and not want to live on. Elie went on to be an accomplished writer and professor at Boston University and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Elie is a success story who made it through those tough years and became one of the most influential writers of the Holocaust. This was his story and how he survived and became a hero.