Considered a major mistake in world history, the Holocaust cost the lives of more than eleven million people, including six million Jews. Initiated by Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, the Holocaust gradually denounced Jewish rights and severely restricted the lives of Jewish people through numerous anti-Semitic decrees. Additionally, other groups of people, such as Gypsies, Slavs, disabled people, homosexuals, communists, and socialists, were also mistreated in Nazi Germany because they were considered "racially inferior." At first, only the rights of Jews were limited, and they did not have the same rights and privileges as German citizens. However, over time, the treatment of Jews worsened and concentration camps were established throughout Germany and Europe to house Jews and anyone challenging Nazi supremacy. As Nazi Germany conquered countries across Europe, such as Austria, Poland, and France, it created more concentration camps, where many Jews were mistreated, starved, and worked to death. Additionally, in 1942, Nazi Germany developed the “Final Solution,” or the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews living in Nazi-occupied Europe. However, during these catastrophic events, the international community did not exert much effort to help the Jews in the concentration camps. The Allied countries would eventually help the mistreated Jews in Germany, but their temporary silence caused the deaths of millions of Jews. Although the Allies had sufficient evidence of Nazi crimes and even obtained information about Nazi Germany's "Final Solution", the international community did little or nothing to respond to the Holocaust and end the massacres perpetrated in Germany. ..... middle of paper ......olocaust. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, nd Web. April 8, 2014. “The United States and the Holocaust.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, June 10, 2013. Web. April 6, 2014. “United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1941-1952.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, June 10, 2013. Web. April 8, 2014. “The United States refrained from bombing Auschwitz in order to “prevent the influx of Jews.” » Israel Faxx 22.23W (2014): 12. Newspaper Source Plus. Internet. April 8, 2014. Vanden Heuvel, William J. “America, FDR, and the Holocaust.” Society 34.6 (1997): 54. MAS Ultra - Academic edition. Internet. April 6. 2014.