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God does not intervene in the way that the question seems to imply. With the Fall man became responsible for his actions, and God does not suddenly step in when things go wrong, even

as disastrously wrong as in the Holocaust

Could God have prevented the Holocaust?

Yep. However, God also gives man the freedom to make his own decisions. Man let the Holocaust happen, every single person who decided to stay "neutral". The Holocaust is another example of man's rebellion to God, and also is a warning for future generations of what can happen when a country astrays from The Bible.

"Why does God allow suffering to good people?"

For His glory! Everything happens for a reason. I must also add Israel became a country after WWII.

Here are three stories, of the many millions, of God's miracles.

Corrie ten Boom was a strong Christian woman who was sent to a concentration camp for helping Jews. In the camp, she started a prison ministry telling numerous people about Christ. Her time in a concentration camp strengthened her faith tremendously, even after her sister Betsie died in the camp. After liberation, she dedicated her life to telling others of what Jesus did for her. A popular quote by Corrie: "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."

Corrie and her family were "good" people before the Holocaust, but her experiences in a concentration camp made her closer to God then most of us will ever experience. "You never know that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have."

Diet Eman, a young Dutch Christian was also sentenced to prison. Although she was active in the Resistance (against the Nazis) she was arrested for a false visa. In her memoir "Things We Couldn't Say" she mentions how God blessed her through all of her trials and tribulations.

Louis Zamperini, the son of Italian immigrants, started out life as a "One Boy Insurgency" and later became an Olympian. When WWII broke out, he became a lieutenant and was captured as a POW. After the war he became an alcoholic. On the brink of divorce, his wife Cynthia went to a preacher, Billy Graham, and was saved. Louis ended up becoming saved, stopped drinking, and dedicated the rest of his life to Christ.

Trials bring out the best and worst in someone. If the Holocaust never happened, you probably wouldn't have heard of any of the above three, or famous people like Oskar Schindler, Irena Sendler, or Claus Von Stauffenberg and how courageous these people were, and those stories help us learn from others mistakes and wisdom. Their stories are proof that God is not dead, He's always working in mysterious ways.

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