How do interest groups and lobbyists influence legislation?

Lobbyist work to influence legislation to benefit a group or business. They present legislators with research, case studies, testimonials, and other information to support the case and causes benefiting the organization that hired them, with the ultimate goal of persuading these legislators to vote in their favor.

The mass murder of Europe’s Jews took place in the context of World War II. As German troops invaded and occupied more and more territory in Europe, the Soviet Union, and North Africa, the regime’s racial and antisemitic policies became more radical, moving from persecution to genocide. Explore a timeline of key events during the Holocaust and World War II.