If I wrote the textbook

If I were to write my own textbook, I would have combined the Holocaust and the World War II into one chapter. The way that the book has it now, splitting the two into different chapters, makes it confusing to read and makes the content seem more factual than analytical. When the events are not in chronological order, the only way to write them would be to write directly what happened in facts. When they are surrounded by the events that came before and after, analysis between why what happened when and how is easier to make. If I were writing the textbook, I would put all of World War II, including the Holocaust, in chronological order. There is no reason to isolate the Holocaust because it is not a separate event. World War II happened because of rises of different Fascist regimes in Europe. World War II mixed with these different regimes and the mindset of the European people led to the Holocaust. Everything that happened in Europe had effects on the people and the rulers that led to the next events that occurred. They all happened because of each other and are all connected

The Holocaust is also a very hard to absorb part in history. It may seem like isolating it, by giving it it's own chapter,  shows the importance and weight of the event. But because, even with a large understanding and knowledge of the Holocaust, it can be difficult to understand why it happened and how anyone could let it happen, the only chance and hope that any students can obtain a remote understand of the Holocaust, is to have thorough knowledge of the circumstances of when it happened. By surrounding it with all the events that led up to it, it makes it seem as understandable as possible. Even though there is no remotely acceptable and logical explanation for the Holocaust, surrounding it with the circumstances that led to it is the closest way to giving it a logical explanation. I would call my combined chapter "Nazi Germany's Impact on the World from 1939-1945" Nazi Germany is at the center of every conflict and circumstance of both the Holocaust and World War II.