The Causes And Contributions Of The Holocaust

The obliterate event of the holocaust in 1933. The Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. Most of the Jews lived in the countries that Nazi Germany would occupy or influence in World War 2. By 1945, Germans and their collaborators killed nearly two out of every three European Jews as the ‘Final Solution’ the Nazi policy to murder the Jews of Europe (Introduction to the Holocaust). The cause and effect of the holocaust was due to racism, prejudice and stereotyping since, Jews were isolated in their communities that caused distrusted and discrimination against the Jews in Europe.(Cause and Effect of Holocaust ). In the boy in the striped book, when Gretel and her brother Bruno looked out the window to figure out what the hut were in the distance at the time Gretel said ‘’ it’s a countryside. This is our holiday home’’. Then Bruno said’’ i don’t think so’’. After this Gretel discriminates against Bruno saying’’ your only nine years old, how would you know ( The Boy in the Striped Pajamas pg.34 John Boyne). Adolf Hitler and the Nazi operation on the anti-semitic racist beliefs that germans are superior people with the ideology, using World War 2 as their primary to achieve their goal. The Nazis targeted the Jews as main enemy, killing six million Jewish men,

What happened when Germany conquered its neighboring territories? They caused a whole war to take place. This paper will discuss the Holocaust; why it took place, what happened during, and the effects.

As Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel once said, “To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice,” that is why we are called to remember. Many movies, novels, and story representations of the Holocaust have been created in order to spread the memory of the past. An important part of remembering is learning, and therefore not repeating the same mistakes once again. Movies may find it difficult to represent the Holocaust accurately, while also giving it meaning and artistic expression. The writer, Edwin de Vries, and the director, Jeroen Krabbé, strive to represent the legacies of the Holocaust and Jewish culture in the film, Left Luggage (1998), based on a novel by Carl Friedman through a portrayal of the daily lives of Holocaust survivors and their children in late 1960s Antwerp, their direct confrontations with their memories of the Holocaust, and character development. The film shows us many examples of the legacy of the Holocaust as it is passed through the children of survivors, and how it continues to affect their daily lives. The audience understands the intentions through depictions of muteness and the necessity to remember.

Horror struck on January 30, 1933, when Germany assigned Adolf Hitler as their chancellor. Once Hitler had finally reached power he set out to complete one goal, create a Greater Germany free from the Jews (“The reasons for the Holocaust,” 2009). This tragedy is known today as, “The Holocaust,” that explains the terrors of our histories past. The face of the Holocaust, master of death, and leader of Germany; Adolf Hitler the most deceitful, powerful, well spoken, and intelligent person that acted as the key to this mass murder. According to a research study at the University of South Florida, nearly eleven million people were targeted and killed. This disaster is a genocide that was meant to ethnically cleanse Germany of the Jews. Although Jewish people were the main target they were not the only ones targeted; gypsies, African Americans, homosexuals, socialists, political enemies, communists, and the mentally disabled were killed (Simpson, 2012, p. 113). The word to describe this hatred for Jewish people is known as antisemitism. It was brought about when German philosophers denounced that “Jewish spirit is alien to Germandom” (“Antisemitism”) which states that a Jew is non-German. Many people notice the horrible things the Germans did, but most don’t truly understand why the Holocaust occurred. To truly understand the Holocaust, you must first know the Nazis motivations. Their motivations fell into two categories including cultural explanations that focused on ideology and

After WW2, there was a thing called the holocaust. There were many concentration camps all over Germany where many Jews were killed in different ways. It happened between WW1 and WW2, 1933-1945. My position on why this happened is that Germany was going through a rough time, so Hitler wanted their country to resemble power. Read on to learn more about the causes and ways the Holocaust could have been avoided.

Power, could there be too much of it? Or not enough? In the wrong hands, too much power lead to millions of innocent lives being taken away. One of the world’s most famous dictators takes power and has control on whether you live or die. He may not like the color of your hair, skin or what you believe in and for that, the price you pay is your life.

Six million people wiped off the face of the earth like they were never anything more than a whisper on the wind. The holocaust took the lives of millions of innocent people and the blame can be pointed in numerous directions, but Hitler and the german citizens are the most responsible. After them is the soldiers who ran the camps and collected the people. Next is the people of neighboring cities and nations that sat back and either were not able to do anything or didn’t do something soon enough to help those being torchered and killed. The jewish people, Yahweh, and U.S. citizens are not responsible for the Holocaust. Responsibility for the Holocaust relies on a bunch of people and groups, this is my perception.

The Holocaust was one of the most despicable acts of crime committed in history. It was the slaughtering of six million Jews along with other minority groups. Anti-semitism was on the rise in Germany due to one man, Adolf Hitler. The Nazi leader is known to be one of the most infamous dictators that were able to rise to power. Leading Germany, Hitler improved the economy, started World War II with the idea of Lebensraum, and exterminated Jews due to youth anti-semitic influences.

What causes conflict? Well, conflict is caused when there is a disagreement or miscommunication. The Holocaust was a huge and bloody disagreement that led to World War II and was a horrific event that took place in the 1930-1940’s. A man that we’ve probably all heard of, named Adolf Hitler, came into power and participated in the slaughter of nearly 6 million jews, 250,000 disabled, and 196,000-220,000 Gypsies (according to the National Holocaust Memorial Museum website). These deaths were all over the European continent that were under German rule. My position on the main cause for the Holocaust was that the end of World War I left Germany in poverty. With the government in corruption, the people were desperate for change, so they allowed Hitler into power with the belief that others could control him if he did something bad. This obviously wasn’t true.

The holocaust had a major effect on Judaism as a whole. This conflict between tragedy and faith is not new. Jewish history shows us that the jewish people have undergone the most terrible persecutions and genocide at the hands of many oppressors. Whether it be about the pogroms, crusades, destruction of the Temples, the jewish people have been at the brunt of the most terrible atrocities, and yet this does not shake their faith,Anti-Semitism was nothing new. This became even more evident with the unmasking of the holocaust.The philosophical question of “Shall the Judge of the earth not do justice?” applies just as much to the seemingly useless suffering of an individual as to that of six million individuals. If it could be dealt with on an individual basis before the Holocaust, why couldn 't it be dealt with in the same way afterwards? The difference is one of quantity, but the quality of the question remains the same.

Next things next, obviously if there is a cause to an issue or situation, then inevitably there is an effect. Since there are multiple causes, multiple effects can occur as well. For each of the causes given, there is not one specific effect designated for those causes. Each of the causes have multiple effects. Therefore, a list of the possible effects is necessary in order to understand what can occur when those causes are present in reality. One possible effect is that certain groups of people may be ostracized. If an individual does not stand up for his or herself about what he or she believes and follows what the commander orders, then a catastrophe such as the Holocaust could occur. In the Holocaust, millions of Jews were scrutinized by Hitler and Germany and later massacred anonymously with people discovering this years after it had been taking place. People were hurt because of people not recognizing the difference between right and wrong. Saul McLeod, a Psychology Tutor at the University of Manchester, discusses of an individual who did not recognize the wrong in a command given to him. That individual was Adolf Eichmann who was told by a higher authority that his duty in the Holocaust was “planning of the efficient collection, transportation and extermination of those to be killed” (McLeod). Eichmann stated, according to McLeod, that “he had merely obeyed orders, and surely obeying orders could only be a good thing” (McLeod). Eichmann, obviously did not recognize the magnitude of the effect when he thought obeying orders was necessary. He probably wanted to make his leader happy so he followed the command. I guarantee that deep down inside, Eichmann thought that what he was doing was unethical but the satisfaction he received from pleasing his leader just outweighed his conscious. Because Eichmann followed orders, millions were murdered and later Eichmann himself was executed for his role in the Holocaust. Erich Fromm, who once was a psychoanalyst and philosopher, wrote an article entitled “Disobedience as a psychological and moral problem”. In this article he makes a point relative to that of Eichmann and the Holocaust. Fromm argues that “if mankind commits suicide it will be because people will obey

The legacy of the Holocaust is a legacy of remembrance of those who lost their to cruel and inhuman acts of punishments. Although we all know Hitler had a major contribution to the Holocaust, the German population themselves are often left out to blame. The German people had helped the killing of the Jews by obeying the Nazi Party's rules and regulations of what to do a Jew when they are not obeying the law. I think they are to blame to a huge extent because, Hitler did not kill of the Jews himself, he ordered the Germans to do most of his dirty work. Now, I know if the Germans did not listen to him, then Hitler would feel disrespected and have the need to punish or put to death those who are not following his orders. So, the Germans are put

Throughout the endless history, there were lots of important and influential event. For example the Dark Age, Enlightenment, Civil War, World War I and II and the Cold War. Over all of these event, there was one event that deeply influence the world and the Jews today, it was the Holocaust. Holocaust, a term that people use to describe the horrible event that happened during World War II which kill millions of innocent citizens. The Holocaust started at January 13, 1933, when Hitler became the leader of Germany. It continued until the V - E Day, which happened on May 8, 1945. 6 million Jews, and 5 million non-Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The causes and effect of the Holocaust was Hitler’s racism, poor economic conditions, and the death of 6 million Jews which led to the creation of the nation of Israel.

During the Holocaust many Jewish individuals did what they could to save each other.While these rescue efforts were initiated by other Jews most would have had little success without the help of non Jews.Those who did aid the Jews were motivated by opposition of Nazi racism, most rescuers that were willing to help out the Jews came from a religious background providing Jews with shelter but they put themselves at tremendous risk could be punished with death.

Known as one of the most horrific events in history, World War II (WW2) caused tremendous adversity and suffering amongst the lives of people across the globe. However, what is most concerning about the war, was what happened behind closed doors, specifically within Germany. The Holocaust is still considered one the worst ethnic cleansing attacks in the world. Although there is an endless amount of research and hard evidence of the Holocaust occurring, certain groups of individuals strongly reject it. Known as “Holocaust Denial”, this conspiracy theory has always been personally intriguing due to several reasons and will be analyzed more thoroughly.