“All that was left was a shape that resembled me. My soul had been invaded and devoured by a black flame” (Wisel). The Holocaust was a very traumatic and scary event for many people. Hitler and his idea of the Aryan race drove his acts of violence throughout the Holocaust. It was mass killing motivated through racism towards mostly Jews. Not only were Jews targeted, over 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. The Holocaust left an impact on many people around the world. Besides Adolf Hitler, German citizens and SS officers were the most responsible for the Holocaust because the German citizens watched their neighbors get killed and did not do anything. The SS officers should be held responsible for their violence and coming up …show more content…
In addition, SS officers were violent and took many Jews lives with their “final solution,” they should be responsible for the deaths of Jews, and others involved in the Holocaust. Their violence and cruel ideas are shown clearly here, “These paneled trucks had exhaust pipes reconfigured to pump poisonous carbon monoxide gas into sealed spaces, killing those locked within. They were designed to complement ongoing shooting operations” (Final Solution Overview). The SS officers should be blamed for the Holocaust for the violent ways they took Jewish lives. They were already taking several lives and still came up with a more violent way to eliminate more people. The violence that the SS officers caused was a big part of the “Final Solution.” The violence of the SS officers is incomparable in “Final Solution Overview,” which states that SS officers and other officers in the Holocaust took over 2,700,000 Jews lives. They took their lives with the gas poisoning, shootings, and even killing centers they made. These final solution tactics they came up with were very successful and took so many Jews' lives. The ways they killed the Jews were vicious and