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“All Jews were unclean, subhuman, like maggots in a rotting body.” claimed the leader of the Nazi party (The Holocaust Camps 13). Adolf Hitler came to believe this by his early encounters with the Jews in Germany. These interactions lead Hitler to believe that all of the Jews were the cause of Germany's problems. The events of the Holocaust go beyond just inhumane acts; This inhumanity was shown from the Jews being treated like animals, physically abused, and mentally scared for life if they get the chance to survive.
Hitler laid full responsibility for World War 1 on the Jews. The blame for all of Germany's problems went to them. (The Holocaust Camps 10). Hitler stripped the Jews down and left them with nothing. He took them away from their families; it did not matter if they were infants, elders, or married couples. After being separated, you would never know when the next time would be that you would get to see your family again, if they ever did get to see them again. He took away their lives, their homes, basically their reason to be living. Without giving a second thought, Hi...

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