How South Africa's Apartheid Relates to Key Events

Something that i found very interesting while doing my research was how other events in World History related so much to the conflicts in the South African, namely, the apartheid. The Apartheid was when racial discrimination laws called “apartheid laws” were implemented in South Africa in the 1940's. The laws prohibited things such as white people marrying non-whites, the authorizing of “white only” jobs, and only the white citizens were allowed to vote and take part in government, black South Africans were prohibited. The white people thought of it as "Miracle" and “clear proof that God was watching over his Volk”. Of course, this made for the whites to have better jobs, better healthcare, better schools, etc.
So while this was happening in South Africa, many other key events were happening at the same time that all are similar. During this time, India was being ruled by the British. While South Africa was finally being freed by the ANC, India was being freed by Ghandi. Another key event that relates to segregation that was happening in the 1940’s was WWII, when the Holocaust began, of course a result of racial segregation.