What does World War 2 have to do with the Jews?

Answer 1

Those Jews that are familiar with history and what happened in WW2 are more likely to recognize the early signs of persecution, hatred, oppression of Jews when it appears. They are more likely to recognize the importance of resisting those nations or people that engage in anti-Jewish activities. The new reestablished state of Israel came about in 1948 because of the emigration of Jews out of Europe. Jews no longer believed that their non-Jewish European countymen would act to protect the rights and lives of Jews when confronted by evil, as had become clear in continental Europe during the Second World War. Jews began to believe that they must unite together to protect themselves.

Answer 2

Adolph Hitler hated the Jews. He came up with a plan to eliminate the Jews he called the Final Solution. He murdered 6 million Jews from Germany and many other countries. Those he did not kill he used for slave labor. He put them into concentration camps where they usually starved, thirsted, got very ill and often died from all that without Hitler having to kill them in gas showers or brick ovens. He also allowed "mad scientist" medical experiments to be done on them.