...The Holocaust Deanna Gimmi World Civilizations II Eric Fox March 18, 2012 The Holocaust With Germany in turmoil politically and economically after WWI, the German people were ripe for a charismatic leader. They found that in Adolf Hitler. Hitler joined the German Work Party in 1919. The party embraced right-wing ideology which suited Hitler’s views. Adolf Hitler was a captivating speaker and he encouraged national pride, militarism and commitment to the Volk (people) and a racially “pure” Germany. Hitler changed the name of the party to the National Socialist German Worker’s Party, shortened to the Nazi Party. He hated the Jews and promoted anti-Semitism. There are many stories as to why Hitler hated the Jews, but it is commonly thought that it was because many Jews were merchants and financially successful, when many workers struggled during the depressed economic state of Germany. He had actually developed his dislike for Jews long before he became a soldier. Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933 and since he had the support of approximately 400,000 Nazis, he was able to overthrow the democratic government and on March 23, 1933 became the dictator of Germany. As dictator, he could then turn his attention to the driving force which had propelled him into politics in the first place, his hatred of the Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals and his idea of a racially “pure” Germany. This paper will examine Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and how the greatest persecution...
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...The Holocaust was a very tragic event that happened during the 1900’s, that unfortunately murdered many innocent people. Although Adolf Hitler caused the Holocaust to become more tragic, Nazi soldiers and the German army murdered the people and put them into concentration camps. In these concentration camps people would get separated from their family and looked and lived in horrible conditions. In addition, other countries also affected the Holocaust because they did not allow innocent people into their country and instead watched them get brutalized and murdered. The other countries could have saved lives and prevented these tragedies from happening if they would have tried to help the victims that got targeted. Beside Adolf Hitler, Nazi soldiers, and the German army who persecuted and murdered innocent Jews, and other countries were most...
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...maybe, it was a lack of knowledge. In events like the holocaust, post 9/11, and McCarthyism & the red scare, similar theories can explain the causes.This presents, that the reasons for the Salem witch trials are those same reasons for “witch hunts” throughout history. The belief in evil had a major role in the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials. After just one person in the village became ill and the doctor who evaluated that person said that it was not a sickness,...
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...According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Holocaust is defined as the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War 2. The Holocaust was a thing that people, mostly Jews, would be brought there and murder them and one way they killed them was gas chambers. Think of it as if you were Jewish and you were the person that was murdered for being innocent and did not do anything. Also imagine if you were starving and had no clothes and had one small blanket to sleep with, how you would feel. The way you feel is the way that the Jews feel. Besides Adolf Hitler, Nazi Soldiers and German Army and SS officers were the most responsible for the Holocaust because they both plotted and maliciously murdered the innocent Jews....
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...Have you ever wondered what it would be like during the Holocaust or how it would feel to live every day with fear? Adolf Hitler’s Lifestyle or way of life was full of hatred and cruelty including injustice. Adolf Hitler was no human being, therefore he was a monster. Responsible for at least killing 6 million Jews, made him a very cruel man. He was a man who only wanted perfect people in the world because of 2 racist authors. Not to mention Adolf was a very manipulative person and wanted everybody that wasn’t under his liking wiped off the face of the earth. It’s truly sad how Hitler turned compassionate by cruel people. Both authors put very harsh things into Hitler’s head about Jewish people and they just bring destruction...
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...The Holocaust: Suggested Reading There is a wealth of information about the Holocaust. So much has been written, in fact, that it can be difficult to determine where to start. This reading list is collected from recommendations from other members of The Holocaust History Project. It is not a complete bibliography but represents our opinion as to what are the most useful starting places for research. Since this list concentrates on works that are easily available and useful to a person unacquainted with the history of the Holocaust, many excellent books which are rare or out of print are not listed. Another class of books that are not included is works that are controversial because of their contents or the unusual theories they propose. Some of these are excellent works, others are not. But we feel that the reader for whom this list was compiled would not have the knowledge needed to evaluate these discussions of the legitimate controversies about the Holocaust. Just as a medical student must learn anatomy before he or she is taught surgery, someone studying the Holocaust must know the factual background before some of the more technical studies can be understood. As well as general works we have included books of specialized interest concerning the matters about which we at The Holocaust History Project are most frequently asked. Many of these books deal with more than one subject, but in the interest of brevity we have not cited a book more than once. General history of the...
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...The Holocaust The rise of the Nazi Party began in 1930 when Adolf Hitler’s National Social party gained 107 seats in the New German Reichstag (Rogasky 20). Over a period of a few years the Nazi Party received enough votes so the government had to take it seriously and offer it power. Many believed Hitler and the Nazi Party was like any other political party, so on January 30, 1933 Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany (Nelson, English.illinois.edu). Shortly after Hitler assumed the role as chancellor, the wheels began churning to begin a terrible tragedy. This tragedy, known as “The Holocaust”, targeted a variety of people. The Nazis persecuted anyone who dared to oppose them as well as the disabled, African Americans, Gypsies, homosexuals and Jehovah’s Witnesses; they reserved their strong hatred for the Jews. Many people cannot grasp how such a tragic phenomenon, like “The Holocaust”, could occur. In order for one to truly understand the Holocaust, one must understand how Hitler rose to power and killed so many people in such little time. Within a year and a half, Hitler and the Nazis Party had taken absolute power of Germany. It became possible to arrest opponents of the regime and lock them up with no charge filed, no warrant and no real evidence. The first concentration camp Dachau was opened in March 1933 to hold all the prisoners (Wood 42). In August 1933 Hitler declared himself both president and chancellor of the Third Reich and commander-in-chief of the military...
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...| How and why did the Nazi treatment of Jews change between the years 1933 and 1945? | Curran De Braganca | How and why did the Nazi treatment of Jews change between the years 1933 and 1945? Most of us have heard of the Nazi party’s horrific, genocidal regime on destroying the Jewish race, but what events led up to their dire judgement? In this study I aim to uncover the events, reasons and changes which led to the Holocaust and the further changes in the treatment of the Jewish race by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. In the aftermath of the First World War, Germany is under the Judgment of the Allies as a result of Allied victory Germany is being blamed for most of the war, The Treaty of Versailles stated that they: * Are to pay compensation to the Allies: £6.6 Million, which was well over Germany’s financial capacity at the time. * Portions of Germany’s land has been claimed and will distributed under Allied power to form new nations and also will be given to allied nations who lost land during the war. * Germany’s army will be reduced to only 100,000 men plus their naval vessels have been limited to 6 capital ships. The west of Rhineland had been Demilitarised and occupied by Allied forces. * Germany was not allowed to join with Austria to boost its economy. These were only just a few of the terms of the treaty. In Germany, many people were ‘pointing fingers’ and putting the blame on others, one group of people however, is taking...
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...people suffered from economic instability, massive inflation and a very high unemployment rate which had worsened during the depression following the New York stock market crash in 1929. The Nazi party had made its mark and taken advantage of the political unrest in Germany, gaining an electoral foothold. The Holocaust, also know as the Shoah, was the heinous and despicable genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party between 1939 and 1945 throughout German occupied territory. Although there are a number of parallels between Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, their personal political views became known to the public at very different times; Hitler published his views well before he came in to power, where Mussolini waited until he was the dictator of France. Following World War I, Hitler struggled with his disbelief in Germany’s defeat and was consumed with extreme, revolutionary views regarding German nationalism. In 1919, around the age of 30, Adolf Hitler became a member of the National Socialist German Workers (Nazi) Party which back then was a small, somewhat insignificant, fanatic organization. Hitler was nothing less than a genius when it came to his oratorical skills and, as a result, he quickly assumed an...
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...Propaganda: Selling Social Policy How was Hitler able to use social policy and propaganda to manifest support for the National Socialist Party Hitler’s radical antisemitism? by James C HIST2** Professor: Judith S****** The name Adolf Hitler, will be forever synonymous with one of the most oppressive and destructive eras in human history. Often regarded as the worst anthropological disaster in history, World War 2 was responsible for the deaths of millions of soldiers and civilians alike who. This would mark “...the first [war] in which civilian populations became systematic, strategic targets.” (Merriman page1049) Driven by his intolerance or perhaps hatred, towards the Jewish people Hitler was able to turn a largely personal vendetta against Jews, into an issue of public policy, and ultimately one of the largest genocides ever documented[1]. How did one mans ideas, Hitler’s anti-semitism, evolve from the hurtful words of Mein Kampf to anti-Jewish laws in Nazi Germany and ultimately the biggest recorded savagery in the History of mankind? Although the blood of over 6million Jews stains his hands, Hitler was not alone in his actions; he required support. This essay examines various theories regarding the conception of Hitler’s antisemitic values and asks how Hitler was able to use social policy and propaganda to manifest support for his would be genocidal Nazi regime. Central to comprehending policy decisions made by Hitler, is an understanding of his antisemitism...
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...War II many events happened such as the Holocaust and of course many important people were involved from Hitler, the president all the way to all the people who suffered in the concentration camps. I will tell you about 5 important people from the Holocaust and their importance, these people are: Adolph Hitler, Elie Wiesel, Sir Nicholas, Winston Churchill and Musolini. The first one I will inform you about is Adolf Hitler, which was the leader of the NAZI group, he was in charge of this group from 1934-1945. Hitler rose to power due to the fact when he came to Germany, it was under a great depression since they had an unstable economy and government, they had to pay reparations to the U.S. and their money value decreased. The people listened to Hitler and brain washed them which helped a lot to make “Germany a better place”. Hitler was the responsible one for the beginning of World War II and The Holocaust. He created a law called “Racial Hygiene” which consisted of a state policy that not everyone was equal and was treated different for their ethnicity, skin color, religion...
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...The Holocaust “There is no past, no present, no future, rootless, with no shadow.” This is a quote from a Jewish man who was a prisoner during The Holocaust. I believe that this quote explicitly explains how miserable the Jews were during this gruesome, unspeakable chapter in history. I can’t even imagine how it felt to be imprisoned by a group of people just because of my ethnicity. After World War II (WWII) was the beginning of this historically acclaimed event. Germany owed a number of nations money, including the United States (U.S.), for supplying the Germans throughout both World War I (WWI) and WWII with war supplies. The country soon found itself in an economic depression, and did not know what to do about it. A man named Adolf...
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...1933. Berlin, Germany. Seas of people surround their new appointed chancellor, Adolf Hitler. He stood, five foot eight, poised and sharp in front of the population. His words poured from his lips, first one by one, then all at once. His face would flush, slurring words with a fiery passion. People cheered, uttering the infamous words “Heil, Hitler!” Did they understand the concept of his “revolution” of which he spoke? January 30th would be the beginning of the end for undesirables who lived within Germany, including the handicapped, the gypsies, homosexuals, and, most devastatingly, the Jewish population. These mass killings only became more intricate and efficient from 1933 to 1945, and it is obvious to say that the blame should be pinned...
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...a speech that was delivered by Elie Wiesel in Washington D.C. It reflects about his time as a holocaust survivor. World War II took the lives of around 11 million people from 1939 until the last surrender in 1945. This was also the time of the Holocaust that was led by Adolf Hitler of Germany. If Hitler wanted something done it instantly became a plan for the German army. The Nazis forced families out of their homes, and took them to live brutal concentration camps to become slaves, or dead. Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, spoke at the White House to share his story. Wiesel’s used literary devices to reach his main point that was not to forget what happened in the past, but to not allow it to happen again. Wiesel’s tried to reach the emotions of the audience saying that “he was finally free, but there was no joy in his heart” as he started out his speech. Buchenwald was the camp Wiesel had been forced to live in during the war. He tells about the day he was set free from his concentration camp by the American soldiers, as he talked about remembering the look in the eyes of the American soldiers. He knew that soldiers saw what the people in the camp had suffered, and saw hope. Wiesel starts multiple phrases with the word “gratitude” to show his thanks to the...
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...TITLE Although Adolf Hitler is often credited as the Twentieth Centuries most evil man, there are others who could easily be seen as equally sharing this assumption. Undoubtedly, Hitler was an extremely evil man and was responsible for the deaths of millions of people during his time in power in World War Two, however there are other past world leaders who were responsible for the deaths of many more people. Through examining Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1929-1953, and Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1945-1976, it is clear that Hitler cannot accurately hold the title of being the most evil man in history. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20 in the small Austrian town of Braunau. In his early years Hitler excelled at school and was admired for his leadership qualities (history.com), however when he reached high school he found the work to be much more difficult. When Hitler was fifteen years old he failed his exams and was informed he would need to repeat that school year. Stubbornly, Hitler refused to continue with his education and dropped out of school. When he was eighteen years old his father, Alois Hitler, passed away. Hitler used the money he Logan 2 inherited from his later father to move to Vienna in hopes of pursuing a career in the arts. He applied to the Vienna Academy of Art and the School of Architecture, to which he was both rejected from. After this rejection Hitler turned his attention...
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