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By: Lauren Davies
THE IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
THESIS STATEMENT
The Holocaust was a tragic event that effected the victims physical state, physiological health, and the world as a whole.
IMPACT ON THE VICTIMS PHYSICAL HEALTH
Lice-(Irritation) Disease-(overcrowded barracks and poor sanitary leading to
death) Starvation/malnourishment-(Weakens immunity, shortage of
vitamins, low protein levels, osteoporosis/thinning of bones, slow heart rate, and in women menstrual periods had been delayed/stopped)
Death- (6 million) Poor clothing in cold winter weather Overworked-(leads to sickness/
illness) Gas chambers- (Death)
MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED ON JEWS
Practicing new treatments for injuries/illnesses to help cure and prevent future health problems for the German military
Practicing bone-grafting experiments Inject poison into victims to see what the effects would be Sterilization experiments to prevent the reproduction of Jews Painful/deadly to the victims
IMPACT ON THE VICTIMS PHYSIOLOGICAL DAMAGE
Separation from family/loss of homes “Survivors guilt” Issues with food Anxiety Sleep Disturbances
IMPACT ON THE WORLD
United Nations establishes the Genocide Convention/Genocide Awareness Arab-Israeli Conflict Refugees
CONCLUSION
Lead to many deaths Physiological damage Led to poor health/nutrition World impacted
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