Six million men, women, and children were murdered from 1939-1945. An attempted eradication of the Jewish people has left a permanent scar on the hearts of many. A scar that travels through time and generations, a scar that many would say is the single worst crime in human history. Genocide, mass murder and ethnic cleansing are not terms that can be associated solely with Jews. Systematic executions of ethnic, religious and racial groups have been ubiquitous throughout history. While there is no denying that the holocaust was particularly heinous, dark period in human history, I believe there have been other events in world history that parallel in motivation, magnitude, or both. In America, The judicial system tries a murder case on intent as well as the act. This derives from the idea that the compelling force to kill is just as cruel as the act itself Merriam-Webster defines motivation as “a force or influence that causes someone to do something.” So then what was Hitler’s motivation? Anti-Semitism is the hatred of the Jewish people and Hitler is guilty of that. He accused the Jews of treason and stabbing Germany in the back, which ultimately led to the demise of Germany during World War I. His hate turned into obsession as a close friend of his, Albert Speer wrote, “The hatred of the Jews was Hitler’s driving force and central point, perhaps even the only element that moved him.” Hate is a destructive disease that corrupts an individual to the extent of leading them to
From small random acts of kindness to large charities and organizations who aim to help and aid others, humanity has been able to thrive and flourish showing all that we can achieve and accomplish. Sadly things are never as good as they seem because we can also infer that humanity is very much capable of horrific things. Throughout the long and violent course of mankind, there have been many genocides and atrocities that have occurred. The crusades, world wars, and some government enforced genocides are some examples of the horrid events that have taken place in our history, each event being accountable for millions and millions of lives. Out of all them, the most discussed and taught about atrocity is World War II, which took place mainly in Europe from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945. Led by the infamous Adolf Hitler, one of the goals of Nazi Germany was to rid Europe of Jews. Hitler's perspective on the Jews was that they caused all of Germany’s problems and even held them responsible for the loss the country had in World War I. By doing so, Hitler made a big enemy.
Genocide is one of the worst inventions man has made. More formally known as massacres before the early 1900s(Cooke-welling 69), they have always been very harmful to an ethnicity or religions’ growth. The word itself originates from latin roots. The words “whole” and “burned” in latin morph to make the word “holocaust” A few of the worst ones in history have happened in just the past century. One that is very familiar is The Holocaust. It was the genocide of the Jewish faith during World War II by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party(“The Holocaust”). Hitler believed that the aryan race was germans with specific beliefs and features. Jews did not fall into this category and were thought to be harmful in the process of making a perfect race, so
The Holocaust was one of the worst and most horrific events that took place in world history, the largest attempted genocide ever. The Jewish Holocaust has to be one of the largest events that has ever violated human rights. The Holocaust began in 1933 with Adolf Hitler leading the anti-Jew campaign which ultimately led to the torture and murder of over six million Jews in Germany. Hitler’s campaign not only affected the Jews but others would be labeled as “undesirable” as well. Gypsies and homosexuals as well as political and religious opposition would also be eliminated. The Holocaust is taught as a mass genocide of the Jews, but more than five million others would undergo
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.
The Holocaust was one of, if not the worst mass murder in history. The Nazis did one of the most horrifying things you could think of, killing so many innocent people. Many different groups of people other than jews were also victims of this tragic event. Some of those other groups were: LGBTQ individuals, the physically and mentally disabled, slavs, and members of opposing political groups. These groups of people were ripped from their homes and put into concentration camps. The Nazis would either separate them from their family or they would keep them together and they would have to watch the Nazis torture their family and friends. During this very tragic point in history, more than six million Jewish lives were taken, in total there were over 12 million victims of the Holocaust. Not only did this affect the survivors it also affected families of the victims, survivors and anybody else that was connected through this tragedy. The Nazis, came to “power” in January 1933, which was during a time Germany was going through an economic hardship. They believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, were "inferior.” Adolf Hitler played a very big factor in everything that went down. Adolf Hitler was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party and was also known as the dictator of the Holocaust. The Nazis did have others that were Hitler’s “army” and they took orders from Hitler to do awful things to the victims and they were commonly known as
The Holocaust destroyed over six million Jews; half of the Jewish population disappeared. Honestly there is not a human act as brutal and fatal as the Holocaust that has happened in the
For the past 300 years, the world’s society has displayed lots of unbelievable human cruelty. For example, slavery in the 18th and 19th century, African Americans were forced into harsh work labor because of their skin color. Then in the 20th century, a determined dictator, Adolf Hitler, murdered and tortured eleven million lives. This horrifying event was called the Holocaust, it occurred in 1933 but ended in 1945. Adolf Hitler was angered about the result of World War 1, so he blamed Jewish people, the disabled, and other groups. During the holocaust, the eleven million lives were forced into harsh work labors or was put into gas chambers and was killed instantly. People described the Holocaust as inhumane act, and the people that survived it, could really say it was a scarring memory.
One of the most sorrow thing that human would ever have been through is to be treated inhumanity and brutally abused. Like the quote clearly stated, “Band-Aids don’t fix bullet hole”, Holocaust had given the Jews a deep scar that would follow them until they buried down under the ground. The nightmare began when Hitler took over the control and targeted to assassinate 6 millions of alive Jews who were living in Germany. They were all murdered in different ways, it could be starving till death, forced to do overwork or got whipped as a punishment for not working hard. Overall life was tough for them, they were forced to work long hours and lived in a poor conditions. Jews were born to be the target for Hitler and the Nazis to discriminate
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 one of the first giant acts of genocide. It brought light to the horrific acts of racism that the world still faces today. The Nazi’s were not only trying to destroy Jewish people, they were trying kill all of the Polish and Roman people as well. (HARFF 6) They believed that these types of people were evil and did not deserve to live on the same earth with them. Acts of hate have steamed from the Holocaust and still continue to be an issue today. The Holocaust is often compared to civil rights movements, terrorism, and other acts of hate against a certain group of people or a race of people.
The atrocities that the Jews were subjected to during the World War ll are by far the most unjust and unjustifiable crimes in human history. Ellie Wiesel’s testimony is heartbreaking. Seeing Auschwitz’s camp through Elie's eyes is very different from seeing it in any other way. It still seems unbelievable that an entire nation was sentenced to death just because they did not have blue eyes and blond hair. The cruelty that was used to remove the jews from their homes is terrifying. Additionally, removing their identities and dehumanizing them were steps in confining the Jews to a faith that resembles animals waiting to be slaughtered. Finally, the killing that is happening day and night in the gas chambers is beyond the most disturbing and scary
The Holocaust was one of the first giant acts of genocide. It brought light to the horrific acts of racism that the world still faces today. The Nazi’s were not only trying to destroy Jewish people, they were trying to kill all of the Polish and Roman people as well (HARFF 6). They believed that these types of people were evil and did not deserve to live on the same earth with them. Acts of hate have steamed from the Holocaust and still continue to be an issue today. The Holocaust is often compared to civil rights movements, terrorism, and other acts of hate against a certain group of people or a race of people.
Genocide. What is it defined as? According to the Holocaust Encyclopedia, genocide is defined as any crime committed with intent to destroy, in whole or part, a national, ethnical, or religious group. The Holocaust, during WWII, is one of the largest acts of genocide in human history resulting in an unfathomable amount of deaths of the Jewish race(Holocaust Encyclopedia). According to the Holocaust Museum Houston, over 5,800,000 Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Communists, trade unionists, socialists, and gypsies are just some of the many groups also affected by this horrific event(Holocaust Museum Houston). Many unanswered questions still remain today about the Holocaust. Perhaps
The Nazi slaughter of European Jews during World War II, commonly referred to as the Holocaust, occupies a special place in our history. The genocide of innocent people by one of the world's most advanced nations is opposite of what we think about the human race, the human reason, and progress. It raises doubts about our ability to live together on the same planet with people of other cultures and persuasions.
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