ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

The Holocaust in Italy

The Holocaust was a very bad thing that happened during the Second World War. In Italy, which is a country in Europe, some really mean people who were in charge of the government and the army decided that they didn't like some groups of people who lived there. These people were called Jews, and they were identified by horrible rulers as enemies, although they had not done anything wrong.

The rulers made the Jews wear special badges, live in separate areas, and eventually sent them to concentration camps. They were treated very badly there, with little food, no freedom, and sometimes made to do very difficult work. The Italian Jews were also at risk, and many of them were taken to concentration camps like the one in Auschwitz, which was a really terrible place where many people lost their lives.

The Holocaust was a very dark time in history, and it is important to remember and learn from it so that it never happens again.