Why is the Holocaust central to the post World War II concern with Human Rights?

The massive scale of the genocide that was known as the Holocaust was something that the whole world could not ignore. This caused a renewal or sudden uproar for Human Rights because of the horror from this, Shoah. The Nazi party used the Jews, among to others they discriminated against like gypsies and homosexuals, as escape goats for all the German’s problems to help take control of the German government and country’s people. These people that had to endure the Holocaust were put through what can only be described as Hell. With the events that happen during World War II, the Holocaust, all Human Rights were thrown out the window and not even second thought about.

After the war, the United Nations was created based off the previous organization, the League of Nations. However, the United Nations will not be the same because of the horror of the Holocaust. These events changed the view of Human Rights around the world. The Holocaust did not just include people of one state but people of an entire continent. This brings a new look on Human Rights in many different ways, no longer will Human Rights be considered on the state level but more on the global or universal level. So many Human Rights violations occurred that they are countless, even to the point where individual humanity was stripped from people.

Genocides have occurred in history before, but few were on this scale and there world was not as small as it is today, word of the Holocaust spread like wildfire all over the world. Another reason the Holocaust is a central point to the concern of Human Rights is the mind set of people today, or society. People today have a bigger since of rights and equality than centuries before. This event would not have the same effect on the world 500 or so years ago as it did 60 or so years ago. This event, Shoah, help set in motion the Human Rights laws or treaties or conventions that are around today. The Holocaust forever in our memories, Human Rights will grow and evolve to shape the world into something new.