... seems to be spreading all over the world."1 The Holocaust has come to symbolize an absolute moral evil that some think to be unexplainable. For a long time the holocaust has defied human comprehension. "The sheer incredibility of the Holocaust did much to make it possible, drive it forward, and provoke both the denial and fascination that it continues to arouse."2 The first historians who tried to explain the holocaust struggled to understand the what, why and how surrounding the holocaust. Many historians thought that an attempt to understand the Holocaust would fail because the Holocaust was too unique and horrible compared to anything else. There was also a feeling that to try any type of comparison would devalue the experience of the victims. However, it is the historian's job to try to understand history. The Holocaust is an important historical event that needs to be understood especially to ensure ...

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