The conditions being so bad? i might be wrong
The correct answer is It expresses a hopelessness about life.
Gertrude Stein, who invented this term, used it to name a group of artists who were in France in the final years of the First World War, using the country as a refuge for their creative manifestations, philosophical discussions and literary creations. The Lost Generation became popular in a Hemingway novel called The Sun Also Rises and in his memoir, A Moveable Feast.
Although formed by several artists, the group was best known for the literary works that it produced in the period. On the list of famous authors of the Lost Generation are T. S. Eliot, John Dos Passos, Waldo Peirce, Sherwood Anderson, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. In addition to them, another personality mentioned as part of this generation is James Joyce, who has his novel Ulysses as one of the most important at this time. Within this generation, there is a lot of influence of jazz on literary compositions, as this musical style was emerging in the United States and influencing other countries.
It was through Propaganda and Silencing of people lead to people denying the fact that the holocaust was happening, and only rumors about concentration camps where among ally troops until they finally liberated them.
The holocaust was the mass genocide of jewish people by the nazi party so the so called "superior" german race could rule over Europe. Nazis beliwved jews were the rats that were investing Europe.
The Spanish-american war allowed the United States to connect the two coasts and establish themselves as a force on the new continent. The expansion allowed them to have allies worldwide who traded with the states and this enabled them to accumulate wealth. World War 1 was the cherry on top because it ruined the entire economy of Europe as well as European infrastructure, while US was free to produce and export since it had no economic rivalry with anyone.
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