Holocaust and genocide equal millions dead. We should have used the Holocaust as a learning moment to not let genocide happen again because of the horror that happened, and all those unnecessary deaths. In order to keep the Holocaust from happening again we need to go back and look at our past mistakes and learn from them to keep it from happening ever again.
Hitler didn’t have a high education level, yet he still got very far with his plans. “With a mixed record as a student, Hitler never advanced beyond a secondary education.”(1) Which means that he learned everything as he went. He shouldn’t have been smart enough to come up with his very strategic moves to get him the power he needed to eventually do what he had always intended to do. If
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“As an army political agent, he joined the small German Workers’ Party in Munich (September 1919).”(1) The German Workers’ party was like a small private club that met in secret to talk about different things. Which sounds like they were up to no good. “In 1920 he was put in charge of the party’s propaganda and left the army to devote himself to improving his position within the party, which in that year was renamed the National-sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Nazi).”(1) That group was the start of something horrid. It was the start of the Nazi regime. Hitler worked his way up the chain of command in the group. “In July 1921 he became their leader with almost unlimited powers.”(1) It only took around two years to become the leader of that group. Which again shows that he can weave his way to the top from being nothing. “With his charismatic personality and dynamic leadership, he attracted a devoted cadre of Nazi leaders, men whose names today live in infamy—Johann Dietrich Eckart (who acted as a mentor for Hitler), Alfred Rosenberg, Rudolf Hess, Hermann …show more content…
“The Nazi Holocaust 1938-1945 6,000,000 Deaths.”(2) That many deaths in a 7 year period is just horrific. “It began with a simple boycott of Jewish shops and ended in the gas chambers at Auschwitz as Adolf Hitler and his followers attempted to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe.”(2) Hitler obviously hated the jews he blamed them for everything. He blamed them for all of germany’s problems. “The first mass arrest of Jews also occurred as over 25,000 men were hauled off to concentration camps.”(2) Then the Night of Broken Glass happened and Jewish shops and synagogues were all burned. “The Night of Broken Glass (kristallnacht) occurred on Nov. 9 & 10 after a 17yrd. Herschel Grynszpan shot and killed Ernst Vom Rath, a German embassy official in Paris, in retaliation for the harsh treatment of his Jewish parents had received from the Nazis.”(2) This was not a smart idea because what happened after he did that was horrendous. The Germans retaliated in a big way. “Ninety Jews were killed, 500 synagogues were burned and most of the Jewish shops had their windows smashed.”(2) Innocent people died and their stores had smashed windows, they must have been terrified. “Spurred on by Joseph Goebbels, Nazis used the death of Vom Rath as an excuse to conduct the first state-run program against jews.”(2) If boy wouldn’t have done what he did all the tragedies that happened afterwards probably
The Holocaust was a period approximately in the same period of the Nazi Party’s power in Germany, and around the length of World War II. It began with just a simple persecution of a minority, but eventually in the later stages of the war it became something much more horrific and detestable. The Nazi Party sent Jews from all of Europe that it controlled into brutal death camps to be exterminated in one of the most bone-chillingly effective attempts at exterminating a people in all of human history. The dehumanized people in those camps died en masse, and the Jewish people are still recovering from the effects of this genocide. In the utterly grave situation during the Holocaust that people found themselves in, it is ironic that this was how
“From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me.” -Wiesel. The Holocaust, the killing of ;Jews, homosexuals, other races, and prisoners of war had horrible conditions that people went through, and how much hatred one person could have. The Holocaust was the mass murder of more than 6 million Jews, the Nazis killed more 11 Million people. One thing that I learned is that Hitler thought the Jews were the ones who caused World War I. He thought that if he killed people who he thought caused World War I, there would be more money to go around Europe.
The atrocities that had occurred during the holocaust are something this world is never going to forget. Innocent lives were taken for an immoral cause. This bloodshed and terror that had rained upon the Jews is something society must never let happen again. During this period of time people were treated as numbers, tools, and most importantly dissociated from society. It was a time where because of race, religion, and beliefs segregation was deemed okay. The pain and suffering that this world continues to burden due to these conditions is something people must take the time to mourn over. Malice can form even in the most good hearted men and is found in every person. It is terrifying to think that this same malice overcame a man named Hitler who had the power to exterminate an entirety of people because of their race. From this immorality the Jews had lost their independence and were subjected to suffering a horrendous state for who they were.
The Holocaust was a dark time in humanity’s history; a time that should be looked back on in shame. People lost their compassion and empathy towards one another. These emotions are essential in keeping peace and harmony throughout the world, and give mankind a natural kindheartedness towards one another. Having the innate sense to feel for one another and understand the trials and tribulations others go through is what truly makes us human. This is what was lost during the Holocaust. The inherent good that humans are born with, was taken away by Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich. It led to the deaths of entire cultures and millions of innocent peoples’ lives were changed for the worse. However, the Nazis did not carry out the mass killings of
The Holocaust was a bad event from our history that leaves scars all over on humanity due to the results of so much loss. The Holocaust should be acknowledged so we can learn from our mistakes and analyze what we can do differently to prevent this from happening again. One thing we can teach kids today is to collect more knowledge by getting opinions of others, and trying to get different perspectives on things before acting on just your opinion. One great example that we need to take a look at is the people. The people of Germany. Well, was he right? Did they think he was right? A lot of people did for they let him reign over them and let him move forward with the plans. The people that followed him had a biased opinion about the topic of the Jews because of Hitler. People can be wrong sometimes. Even if you think they are right about everything, they aren’t. But the people
Holocaust was one of the most terrible events that happened in history. This event occurred during World War II when Hitler was the leader of Germany. In 1933 the Nazis took control of Germany. Hitler had no right to do any of this stuff to them since they didn't do anything to him. Jewish people didn't have a fun time when all of this was happening since everything was happening to them. Over six million Jewish people were murdered by the Nazis at this time. Hitler and the Nazis army used fear to gain control of the government and the German people. Hitler took over Jewish men, women, and children's lives. Hitler was that mean that everyone that opposed what he said had to go to concentration camps even if they weren’t Jewish. Hitler didn’t
A fact which we all have to emit is that humanity existence always creates conflicts and fighting which we call "WAR". In war, people kill each others for many reasons ---- resources, personal benefits, territories, powers, revenge, etc. In war, one becomes a hero for killing human lives and eventually he gets honored and well-known in people 's heart. The Holocaust, according to Germans, was the war between Germans and Jews. Approximately six million Jews included 960,000 innocent children died during Hitler 's regime called Nazism. Unlike the "hero(s)" whom people honor, the Holocaust was a hideous crime and the participants were bloody murderers. Today people are taught about the Holocaust
The holocaust was a time when six million jews were killed by the Natzi’s because they considered themselves a surperior race and the jewish an inferior race(www.ushmm.org). The Germans had killed 1.5 million children out of the 6 million during the holocaust (www.wikipedia.org). It was the deadliest genocide by the Germans to the Jews(www.wikipedia.org). To Natzi Party leader Adolf Hitler, jews were an “alien” threat to German Racial Purity and Community(history.com.) It’s Important to understand that the Holocaust and the mass murdering didn’t occur all at once, It was carefully planned. It started with laws that required the jewish to be separated from the general population. Concentration Camps were also created).Concentration camps are
The Holocaust was an integral part of the history of the 20th century and caused the world to open their eyes about the horrors that happen to civilians during war. Over six million Jewish people were murdered by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party or the Nazi Party. The Jewish demographic along with gypsies, homosexuals, the disabled and many others that did not fit into the perfect race the Nazi Party were trying to create were seen as inferior to the Germans and were therefore a threat to their society and livelihoods. With the Jewish population standing at over nine million before World War II, it is easy to see how decimating the crimes the Nazi Party committed were to the Jewish people. While the evidence of these crimes are easy to find, there are people in the world who think that the Holocaust was just a publicity stunt by the government in order to promote Jewish
Adolf Hitler was a failure at his young age, where he couldn’t keep up with school, or pursue his dream as a painter. Hitler was really a pauper, he did manage to sell few of his paintings, but the worst part was he slept on the benches and ate from the soup kitchens. He was helpless. So then he decides to forgo painting, and joins the military during World War I, Hitler’s prowess earned him 5 medals, of those five, two were the iron cross medals. He was also blinded by a gas attack at the end of the war, but he recovered. After World War I ended, Germany’s economy had collapsed. Hitler thought the Jews were responsible for the Germany’s defeat. He believed that the nation had been “stabbed in the back” by the Jews (history learning site). After World War I ended, Hitler stepped into the politics. He joined the German’s workers party; he later changed its name to National German Workers’ Party or Also known as the Nazi party. But after the uprising act in Munich, it sent him to prison for nine months. He wrote the book “mein kempf” meaning “my struggle”, which sold about 5 million copies. He attained a lot of fame after writing that book. He used his failed revolution and the book he wrote to seize power legally. At this time Hitler had a huge impact on the Germany, he was such a indefatigable speaker, he gave speech after speech, called in meetings after meetings, and The mind of Adolf Hitler
The Holocaust is a uniquely terrible dark stain on human history. The perfect storm of racism, a desperate country, and a charismatic leader with ill intentions that led up to the Holocaust are unrepeatable. The world has learned not to let a group of people or political party expressing ill intentions towards another to grow in the magnitude that the Nazis did. The world has recognize the horror of the Holocaust and taken preemptive action. Many countries have instituted laws to prevent similar prejudice fueled actions. The world is a much more connective place than it was back in the 1930’s. The spread of information and visual confirmation would induce action at even the smallest steps towards a second Holocaust. Despite many arguments saying
Over 80 years ago one of the worlds biggest tragedies occured. The Holocaust was a horrible event that will shape history forever. Over 11 million innocent people were killed due to one man's hatred. The deaths of these people should not be forgotten. This is why the Nazi war criminals should be prosecuted for their crimes.
In 1919 he had become the leader of that party and tried to overthrow the government that was in place at the time. This treason was the reason he had landed in prison for many years, in which time he created his autobiography which was called (My Struggle). He was released in 1924 and was starting to regain his popularity in Germany going after the treaty of Versailles and he also had started to promote the anti-communism with Nazi propaganda. As time had passed Hitler had started to become more and more popular with the people which intern helped his influence in the government grow and allowed him to give that extra push on being able to demolish communism. This also had given him and his party that he created the chance to become more powerful and greater political pull. This is the reason why they many propaganda against their opposing political parties who they had referred to as “the weak Weimar government and the Jews whom the Nazis blamed for Germany 's ills.” From this phrase you can tell how they think that anyone that does not flow their politics is no better than the Jews; who they think of as inferior, and see them as the problem to all the wrongs that happen to Germany. This is when the Nazi started using propaganda as an assault against the Jews. The most major propaganda tool that they used was the “weekly Nazi newspaper Der Stürmer (The Attacker)” Every week the
“I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur; think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.”- Miep Gies. The Holocaust is an event where millions of Jews were murdered. People think it can never happen again but mistakes could be repeated. Even though the Holocaust events have been described, it could still reoccur through by standing and propaganda that spreads deceit, but there is a chance the Holocaust can never happen again.
Throughout history, the world has seen many horrible acts committed against its people, but of all these acts none are as horrendous as the Holocaust. This event led to the prosecution and execution of millions of people just because those from the Nazi Regime felt they were superior. The Nazis invaded Poland because of this assumed superiority over the Jewish population, and since Nazis thought that the Jews were beneath them they sent them to concentration camps to be worked like animals and to die. The entire world saw this as inhumane, but unlike the Polish and German Jews, the entire world did not experience this great atrocity first hand.