A National Genocide : Why?

In the article, it states “Hitler built on and used anti-semitic ideas that already existed. He was Austrian and grew up in Vienna where the mayor was extremely anti-semitic and where hatred of Jews was widespread” where he was from hatred of the Jews wasn’t uncommon, but why did he specifically hate Jews. There are many theories also to why he despises the Jews ranging from having a childhood friendship that ended with a Jew all the way to his mother was a Jew and that he was ashamed of her, but really I don’t think it was any of those. In an article, it states that “by giving the Jews the blame Hitler created an enemy” he used this as a tactic to win the election because he needed some kind of scapegoat to put the blame on. This got him a lot of support because it is easy for people to join into the herd mentality and just blame someone else for their own mistakes. Also, Hitler and the Nazis believed that Jewish race was “inferior” and did not even considered them people, so he needed a way to get them out of the picture to build his perfect Aryan race. I think Hitler just hated the Jews when he was born, so he just started a hate train towards them which also caused him to get elected into office, so for Hitler it was just a win-win and he really had no specific reason as to hating to the

Finally, many purely hated Jews because they were not Aryan. Germany was one of these countries. Hitler, the leader of Germany, has carried hate for the Jews since early childhood. Primarily, he blamed them for his mother’s death along with him not getting into his dream school, Vienna Art College. Also, they were blamed by Germany for defeat in WWI and as the cause for unemployment. However, mainly Jews were persecuted because of the way they looked. At the time, Hitler wanted a racially pure Germany. He believed that by adapting the Darwin theory of survival of the fittest, he would be able to create a stronger generation and kill those that are impure or disabled.

For years follow the Holocaust and still today, people find themselves wondering -- why the Jews? Why would Hitler target the Jews primarily of all other groups that could be found in the population of Germany? The number of Jewish people in this world currently amounts to about 14 million people which results in less than 0.2% of the overall population. Hitler’s reasoning for blaming the Jews wasn’t because they deserved to be hated, but instead that they were already dug deep into a hole that made others find it easy to hate this group of people based on hundreds of years of discrimination and false information.

Hitler hated Jewish people because he considered them to be less human than anyone else and blamed them for Germany losing World War I. Hitler also believed in the superiority of the Aryan race (blonde hair, blue eyes and pale skin). He wanted to use selective breeding and Darwinism to create a race of perfect people with no physical or mental weaknesses. Hitler’s Mother also died at the hands of a Jewish doctor and was forced on to the streets after her death. It is believed when on the streets Hitler was exposed to a lot of anti-Semitic content which formed his mind towards a hatred of Jews.

Elie showed me how cruel they were to the Jews even when seeing that most of them were very hurt. They even burned innocent children for just being Jewish. The Germans treated these horrible acts as if they were just everyday chores they had to do, like feed the dog or clean the house. Most of the Germans just ignored the Jewish people's emotions. Ultimately, the jews were oppressed in many ways and dehumanized to the point where they even hated themselves. Which in the end helped Hitler change the views of Jewish people to the German

Lastly, in the end of the book Elie’s faith and, sadly, his relationship with his father had both deteriorated. In Night a hospital mate of Elie’s said, “‘I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people’” (Wiesel 81). This quote, while not Elie’s words, is very certain, fear ridden, and powerful. My take from this quote is where Elie, in the memoir at least, does not respond to his hospital mate. This tells me that deep down Elie agrees and he knows that he agrees with the man. Also towards the end of the memoir Elie’s father dies. This quote shows the crumbling relationship between father and son, “I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have

The world turned a blind eye to Hitler’s dehumanizing way of destroying the Jews as a whole. They isolated Jews: socially, finically and legally. Kristallnacht “the night of broken glass” is where the synagogues were destroyed. The Nazi party rated there shops and took their money and many Jews were forced violently to concentration camps. The Nazi party was so anger at the Jews because they blame the Jews for losing WW1.The raise of the Nazi party was to isolate Jews and run them out of the country. The Nazi party installed ghettos, where the Jews had to live in over crowed, unsafe and non-sanitized environment. The Nazi doctors experimented on the Jews to try and create a perfect superior race .The Jews were transported from the ghettos to the camps in cattle cars stored away worst then animals. Men, women and children’s bodies were tossed around like they meant nothing, not handled with

I think one reason somebody chooses to hate is reed. When Hitler killed the Jews it was because of greed. Greed can drive people insane. One example of greed in the holocaust is telling the Jews to pack some clothes and bring it but then they just take them away. Another example is when Hitler almost cleared out the whole race of Jews and kills them because of greed.

When one thinks about the Holocaust, they will often associate all Germanic people with the actions of a single group. This group being Hitler, as well as the SS. As an outsider, one could make many assessments on the subject of the Holocaust; especially in the psychology of those who decided to hide people during such a trying time in history. There was a very serious risk that people took in the decision to hide those who were victimized by the Holocaust, and while they should have helped anyway, we now understand why it was not an easy decision. There have been many studies done of those who hid people during the Holocaust, proving that not all German people were partial to genocide. A few of them even went as far as to hide people, in an attempt to protect them from Hitler and the SS.

You might know a lot about the holocaust, but do you know why Hitler hated the Jews? Knowing the definition and explanation of anti-semitism, what had happened in Hitler’s life to draw him to hate the Jews, and what Hitler’s hatred led to may help you better understand the beginning of the holocaust.

Historically, the hostility against Jews was present in the ancient, medieval, and modern world following World War I. From the crusades to the Age of Enlightenment, hatred for the Jews was common amongst the diversity of European culture. The only action that was unprecedented was the death camps. Adolf Hitler is often seen as responsible for the Holocaust. Many believe that without Hitler, there would not have been a Holocaust. Adolf Hitler was primarily motivated by the lust for power and domination. To acquire this power, he needed to find a way to unite the disparaged people of Germany. He used the historical dislike and mistrust of Jews and blamed the problems of Germany on them. He accused the Jews of wanting to overrun German society and destroy the German state: "The Jew, whether consciously or unconsciously, whether he wishes it or not, undermines the platform on which alone a nation can stand."[2] With this preface, the only way for Germany to survive and thrive was to get rid of the Jews.

In order to understand the term genocide and how it works, one must understand the definition of it. Genocide, is a greek word, “geno” means people, race and “cide” means to destroy or to kill, so in other words it is defined as intended annihilation of a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. The indigenous people of America, came to this land many years ago, before than any Europeans. They settled their tribes in here and created a new home for themselves where they lived a thousand years. However, this did not last long, until Europeans settled in America. When Europeans were settled in America, they enslaved Native Americans, took their golds away, made them to convert to Christianity and introduced them to many disease. Everything

Did anyone ask the question, why the Jews? Hitler did hate the Jews with passion, but that wasn’t the only reason that Hitler would allow a genocide to take place. Hitler hated the U.S, France, British and anyone else on the allied side. Hitler didn’t order or allow a genocide against the Americans or the British. There were numerous of reasons why Hitler hated the Jews, and why Hitler was responsible with causing the Holocaust.

The Holocaust slowly evolved between 1933 and 1945.The event took place during World War II. This occurred because of the discrimination against Jews and also because Hitler blamed the Jews for the downfall of the economy and were the reason Germany lost the war. The Jews were taken from their homes, persecuted and finally murdered. In 1941 there was 11 million Jews in Europe, the Nazis killed 6 million of them and 1.5 million were children. They also killed and enslaved the mental or physical disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Trade unionists, political opponents, poles and soviets prisoner of war and Romas (Gypsies). This event a occurred because Hitler and the Nazis wanted to get rid of the rich and diverse culture.

Genocide, a dire event, has been recurring time and time again throughout history. In the past, there was the Holocaust, where Hitler exterminated over six million Jews based on his anti-semitic views. Elie Wiesel, a Jewish author, has become a very influential man in educating the world of the true events of the Holocaust due to his involvement in the disaster. Presently, a genocide is occurring in the Darfur region of southern Sudan, in which according to Cheryl Goldmark, “a systematic slaughter of non-Arab residents at the the hands of Arab militiamen called Janjaweed” has been taking place since 2003. (1) Not only is genocide a tragic historical event, it also continuously occurs today.