How would the world be different today if the Holocaust never happened?

Answer 1

The almost six million Jewish people who were annihilated in the Holocaust, which the Nazis euphemistically called "the final solution," would have lived, had families, and contributed to the world economy and fields of knowledge.

Many Jewish financiers, scientists, and other professionals fled to the United States, thus enriching our nation.

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Answer 2

Tricky question. The Holocaust was an awful event in human history, but the bigger event at the time was World War II, that literally involved every corner of Earth. Jewish people or anyone do not take offense but the WAR had greater repercussions than the Holocaust itself - here's why...
Estimates are that 6 million Jews were exterminated, worked to death, murdered in Europe. The end state was that Jews created Israel in 1948.
Now compare the number of Chinese, Russian (and Slavs of Eastern Europe), German, French, Japanese that died totaling in the hundreds of millions.
The Holocaust was spurned by a decision of the Nazis to rid Europe of Jews as quickly as possible. This decision (arguably) didn't have a huge bearing on how the Allies would fight the war and defeat Germany and Japan (unconditional surrender from the beginning).
Comparisons - how many tribes/people did Ghengis Khan crush rolling through out of the Asian steppe? How many north African tribes (originally from Europe) were wiped out by invading Arabs in the early Middle Ages? How many Chinese did good 'ole Mao kill or starve to death in the 1960s? How many Russians and Soviets died under glorious Stalin over a thirty year reign? (Both killed more people than Hitler)
My point is that no matter in what conflict, humans have always reached some level of absolute barbarism and lose total value in human life (more recently the Khomer Rouge (sp?) in Cambodia, Milosevic in former-Yugoslavia, Saddam in Iraq/Iran and today, Darfur).
Unfortunately, there aren't many positive LONG term effects to make much difference after human atrocities occured. At least not many difference makers that have been successful. The SHORT term goals are usually very good - criminal trials of the accused, memorials/museums to the deceased/fallen.
Bottom Line - World War II resulted in many global changes, lessons to be learned from the Holocaust have largely been forgotten...Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, China (over decades since), sub-Saharan Africa (Rwanda, Somalia, Darfur), Yugoslavia, former-USSR, Iran/Iraq War, etc etc...human atrocities will likely continue...

Answer 3

Well, WWII might not have happened. Might have, but maybe not. Don't think you could really divorce the Holocaust from WWII. Anyway...If so, then we'd probably have a tripolar world between US, Soviet Union, and Europe. With many more conflicts. Europe probably would have been much stronger. More conflicts with Soviet Union.
The current state of Israel wouldn't have been created. Much more violence and hatred toward jewish people.

Answer 4

Oh man. What a question. That's deep. You know what? I have no idea. It was such a huge event in history that it's hard to think of all the many things that would be different. One thing would be that many people would've still had their family members. Many would not have moved to different regions, leaving their homes and loved ones, never to return.

Answer 5

It's hard to imagine. I know one thing for sure... I wouldn't be here!