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The Death Of The Jewish People And Children Were Murdered From 1939-1945

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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

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