How can you deny history? History isn't always beautiful, but nothing will change that. The Holocaust was one of the most devastating things to ever happen, but it happened. Denial of this piece of history should be illegal. There is no denying this event and the vital impact it had on the world. Denying that the Holocaust happened should be illegal because it affected millions of people, there are facts to back this up, and learning about the Holocaust will help prevent it from happening again. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, “The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators” (1). Six million of people were killed because they were not deemed worthy of living. This does not include the number of people who survived this tragic event. It is difficult to consider the survivors of this period lucky because a concentration camp victim was treated in such a way that death seemed. a relief. A famous thirteen-year-old Holocaust victim, Anne Frank, had kept a diary while she was alive, so people could one day read it and see the tragedy from her point of view. Anne documented the events of her life during the time when she and her family were in hiding, graphically expressing terror, fear and the light of hope Anne said: We have missed so much here, so much and for so long. I miss it as much as you do. I am not speaking of external things, for in this sense we are well provided for; I mean the internal things. Like you, I long for freedom and fresh air, but I think we have been more than compensated for their loss. On the inside I mean… in the middle of the paper… I am surprised because your questions have been asked since the day we became people” (Wells 139). It seems that Jews weren't even considered real people until millions of them were murdered. The Holocaust was a tragic, devastating and unforgettable event. You should never deny what you have never personally experienced. Works Cited Frank, Anne. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc, 1995. Print. “Introduction to the Holocaust”. Holocaust Encyclopedia. June 10, 2013. Web. December 4, 2013. Orenstein, Henry. I will live: survive against all odds. 1939-1945. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc., 1989. Print.Toland, John. Adolf Hitler. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Print.Wells, Leon, W. Shattered Faith: A Holocaust Legacy. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. 1995. Print.