Genocide In The Holocaust

The Holocaust started in the 1933, when the Nazis and Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. The Holocaust from the Greek words “holos” (whole) and “kaustos” (burned) cause chaos and tragedy for Jewish people. At this time Germany was a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000 people. Nazis thought that they were the most inferior race and no other race was better than the Aryan race. This cause a lot of discrimination and hate against other people based on their beliefs and looks. The Nazis provoked the outbreak of World War II, when they invaded Poland. The Holocaust lasted 12 years and it end it on May of 1945.

Webster's dictionary defines genocides as the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group. Genocide has existed for thousands of years, and while there are many examples of these horrific events, some of the most well known are the holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda 1994. The United States’ responses to these killings as well as the way in which they ended were similar, but the driving force behind each differed.

The Holocaust was a mass murder of millions of individuals’ primary to and during World War II. “Only 54 percent of the people surveyed by the Anti- Defamation League (ADL) in a massive, global poll has ever heard of the Holocaust” (Wiener-Bronner). The Holocaust was from 1933-1945 and was run by German leader named Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a man who wanted to create his own race of people. Therefore to create this race, he wiped out anyone who did not have the specific descriptions that he wanted. For people to fit into his race, they had to have blue eyes and blond hair. This excluded the Jews and from then on Hitler slowly dehumanized them. In the concentration camp the first thing they had to pass was the selection test. The selection test was what the SS man (German soldiers) used to determine who was fit for work. Usually children, mothers, and elders were the first to die because they were not mentally fit for the work they were going to be given. People who passed the selection process either died of starvation, disease, fatigue, or assassination. It took twelve years before anyone intervened and by then it was too late for millions of people. Even though over twelve million people died during the Holocaust, genocides have still happened in Rwanda, Darfur and Cambodia.

Genocide is the destruction of an ethnic, racial, or religious group. The most famous genocide, conducted by the Germans, is the extermination of the Jewish population known as the Holocaust. There are other genocides such as the Armenian or Darfur genocide, but the Holocaust is the one talked about and studied the most around the world today. Museums exist in Washington D.C, Los Angeles, and parts of Europe that focus primarily on this dark time in history. Vast amounts of books, movies, and documents concentrate on the Holocaust. Why is this chapter, between 1939 and 1945, discussed and examined? The answer lies within people who experienced the Holocaust such as Elie Wiesel, Jay Frankston, and Franks Shatz. These men have gone through hell and back, but they believe in one thing. That is, the notion of never again. The goal is to educate future generations on what really happened, so history does not repeat itself. Never again should people of any race, religion, or ethnicity, go through the horrific past of the Holocaust. In their writing, Wiesel, Frankston, and Shatz do a great job using pathos, logos, and ethos to convey their message of never again for future generations.

What is a genocide? A genocide is when one ethnic, racial, or religious group tries to destroy and eliminate another. This extermination is usually done through cruel and brutal methods. It is our responsibility to learn about the genocides to help prevent them from occurring in the future. Genocides have been occurring for centuries and, unfortunately, still take place today. We are going to focus on two particular genocides: the Jewish genocide (more commonly know as the Holocaust) and the Armenian genocide.

The Horrifying event all started when Germany appointed Adolph Hitler as their leader. The Holocaust began January 30, 1933 and lasted through May 8, 1945 (History 1). The Holocaust affected numerous of Jews and killed approximately 6 million (History 1). To blame for this uncivil act is Hitler and also the Nazis. The Holocaust was a very traumatic event that was a big reality check on how cruel humans can be to each other.

The holocaust started when Adolf Hitler became Germany’s dictator, and they started the organization called the Nazis. They started by terrorizing the Jewish community in Germany, then eventually put them all into concentration camps. In one of the bigger camps, they experimented and took newborn babies away from the nursing mothers and they were seeing how long they would survive without feeding.

The atrocities of the Holocaust placed the German Jewish population in a quagmire of antisemitic persecution, but it also spread beyond Germany to affect Jews throughout Europe. Poland was such a country. The first nation invaded by Nazi Germany and the last to be liberated, the population of Polish Jews was nearly eradicated. How were the Nazis able to accomplish such a feat in a nation where antisemitism had not been as prevalent? Aside from forcibly introducing antisemitic policy into Poland, the Nazis relied on fear and self-interest to accomplish their goals. For the average Polish Catholic in 1943, a decision had to be made on where they stood regarding the “Jewish problem”. Should they sit idly by and do nothing, or perhaps even assist in the capture of the Jews? Or maybe they could risk everything by hiding and otherwise aiding the Polish Jews. If I were such a Polish Catholic citizen living in 1943 and the opportunity arose to help a Polish Jew, my conscience would prevent me from doing any less.

In 1933, one man, with the help of his many troops tried to wipe out an entire religion. This became known as the Holocaust. When Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany, he and his Nazi army tried to destroy the Jews. Over 11 Million people were killed, not just Jews, during this time. Jews were put into Nazi concentration camps, killed in gas chambers, and forced to do brutal physical labor. These concentration camps were meant to starve and kill these innocent people.

According to Google, a genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. The Holocaust and Armenian Genocide are both considered genocides. Both of these genocides compare in many ways. They both had a belief that a race was superior to another race and they were both starved. They are also different in many ways.

Genocides are the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. They are completely inhumane acts that kill mass amounts of people in brutal ways for no absolute reason. There have been several genocides that have occured in human history. The most well-known and arguably the most brutal genocide was that of Jews from Natzi Germany. The holocaust was used as a slaughterhouse for Jewish people and those who were not apart of Hitler’s “master race”.

Genocide is the mass killing of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. During World War II, Jews were blamed for the losses that Germany had by a man named Adolf Hitler. Hitler happened to be the leader of Germany, and the extremist group, the Nazis. Jews were punished and put in concentration camps and were eventually killed. Source A, or an excerpt from The Diary of Anne Frank, is about what Anne and the others of the Secret Annex suspect is happening to their Jewish friends. Source B is a website which shows the eight steps that lead to a genocide. Source C is apoem about not helping others and in the end being helpless. Finally, Source D is an allegory

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.

January of 1933 was the start of the Nazi’s gaining power in Germany. The Nazi’s were known as the culprits who committed the mass killing of Jews across Europe. The Holocaust started because Adolf Hitler felt that Jews were ruining Germany. He stated in his first letter of Anti-Semitic Writing, “the danger posed by Jewry for our people today finds expression in the undeniable aversion of wide sections of our people” (Hitler). Hitler used several facts to describe why he hated the Jews so much and why he wanted to wipe them out completely from society. The first reason he gave was that being Jewish was a race and not a religious group. Hitler also says that Jews are not Germans, because they live in Germany and use the language, “He doe not thereby become a German” (Hitler). The Jews were viewed as an alien race and weren’t able or wished to give up on their culture or tradition, but had all the rights of a natural born German. Hitler’s overall goal with the Holocaust was to remove all Jews from society. Hitler says in his letter, “The ultimate objective [of such legislation] must, however, be the irrevocable removal of the Jews in General” (Hitler). This letter shows

The killing of members within a group, causing serious injury or mental destruction, in some or whole parts of destruction, also preventing birth within that group, or transferring the people or children on to another group. There were many Genocides throughout history, including the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and the Chinese Genocide, etc. Overall, Genocide is one of the worst and inhumane crimes in the history of mankind, as it killed off many, many people.