The historical event that most directly influenced the development of the 1947 UN partition plan shown on Map A is the (4) the Holocaust. The Holocaust, which occurred during World War II, led to the persecution and genocide of millions of Jews by Nazi Germany. The international community, shocked by the horrors of the Holocaust and the resulting displacement of Jewish survivors, felt the need to address the ongoing conflict in Palestine and find a solution for Jewish refugees. This ultimately led to the United Nations proposing a partition plan for Palestine in 1947.
