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Hitler 's Second World War II

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September 1, 1939: Silence in Europe is brought to an abrupt end! German forces storm the Polish borders, and break the Non-Aggression Pact laid forth over five years before (EyeWitness). The Fuhrer spoke of the Poles breaking down the peace talks, and of the atrocities committed upon the Germanic people by them (Hitler, Adolf), but these highly exaggerated claims veiled Hitler’s true intentions: Though Hitler’s primary goal was the conquering of Europe, hindsight shows that the removal of groups of people he disliked or thought of as ‘lesser’ were included in his plans from the start. Two days later, on September 3rd, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany: This was it, the Second World War had begun (EyeWitness).
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It has been my observation that the Germanic peoples have always had an affinity for battle and glory. Hitler plays into this with his constant use of propaganda, inspiring the German people to fight for honor, bravery, glory and all such related terms. Finally he concludes his short speech with a bout of Nationalism: “Long live our people and our Reich!” (Hitler, Adolf)
My next source is the Diary from the Years of Occupation 1939-1944, by Dr. Zygmunt Klukowski a Polish chief physician of a small hospital south of Lublin, Poland. His first entry is on October 11, after the Germans have settled in: he starts by stating the Germans are trying to clean up the city, but then details that they’re using the Jews as laborers for it. “Jews must sweep the streets, clean all the public latrines, and fill all the street trenches.” (Klukowski) He continues on to say that they must de-arm and finally adds that there is a police curfew in effect. Finally he surmises that “it seems most of the orders are aimed at the Jews.” (Klukowski) Another entry states that the Germans have been executing mentally ill patients from the nearby hospitals. “It is so hard to believe anything as terrible as this.” (Klukowski) October 21, 1942, he witnesses the beginning of the “so called German displacement of the Jews” (Klukowski) Here Klukowski speaks of the indescribable atrocities he witnesses and hears. The Jews were all either rounded up and brought to

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