Why and How the Nazis Persecuted Jews
The persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany is concerned with the
holocaust, a word that today has a certain aura about it. And rightly
so, in that period, where Hitler was at the height of his control, 5 -
6 million Jews were killed while in captivity, subjected to torture
and starvation, in German death camps. The word Holocaust comes from
the Greek: holo meaning "whole" and caustos meaning "burned", in a way
this word is quite fitting to the whole situation, Hitler's singular
desire to literally burn the whole of the Jewish race off the face of
the planet. In this essay I shall now discuss firstly why the Germans
persecuted the Jews and then how this developed.
Persecution of the Jewish race and anti-Semitism was not a new
concept. Many people still harboured ill feelings towards the race
believing that they were solely to blame for the death of Jesus
Christ. Although at the time I cannot see this been the first thing on
the mind. However there was an historic racism towards the Jews and
many already felt that they were not German but foreigner coming to
steal there had earned wealth off them. For this many felt that Jews
should be got rid of, not necessarily killed but pushed out of the
country.
There was also a certain amount of jealousy among the Germans directed
at the Jews. Whilst the rest of the country had been suffering in the
depression the Jews did not do nearly as badly. And this was in what
seemed to man as there own community, witch spoke its own language,
Yiddish, and had there own political party.
Hitler used the Jews as scapegoats, at of the depression the time
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...hey thought
were showers but really released a deadly gas. All 2000 would be dead
within 3 minutes. This was the final part of the persecution of the
Jews and without the end of the war they would have killed all of the
Jews in the areas they controlled without hesitation.
The persecution of the Jews was simply down an historic prejudice and
jealousy coupled with the want to blame someone else for their
problems. This was used to start a boycott against Jewish stores. And
from here it moved up to the death camps witch killed around 3 million
Jews. They did this gradually so as it could be accepted by the people
and the most horrific stages in the persecution such as death camps
and the Ghettos were hidden from the public. They did this highly
effectively and with disgusting effects from little more than
jealousy.
of the famous stories was of St. Louis. St. Louis was a ship full of
The Ways the Nazis Tried to Eliminate all Jews in Europe The Nazis used many methods to eliminate all the Jews in Europe from 1941 onwards. They used concentration camps, ghettos, death camps. Auschwitz Group (murder squads) and the Final Solution. The Final Solution was the plan to annihilate all the Jews out of Europe.
Why the Nazis' Treatment of the Jews Change from 1939-1945 Jewish discrimination was prominent in Germany, and was vastly spreading to nearby countries. Yet the Nazi treatment of the Jews immensely changed during the years of World War II. When Poland was invaded by Germany at the beginning of September, Britain and France finally realized that Hitler would have to be stopped. They declared war. Hitler had built up a powerful and efficient German army.
capable of killing tens of thousands of Jews in a few days and the gas
The Nazis thought of the Jews as a race that they needed to get rid
The Change in the Nazis Treatment of the Jews Why did the Nazis treatment of the Jews change from 1939-45?
Nazis' Ways of Eliminating the Jews During the Holocaust In 1941, America and Soviet Russia allied with Great Britain and France to fight the Nazi forces in the Second World War. Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazis, knew he faced the most powerful nations in the world and was not ready for a long conflict. They needed to destroy the "evidence", the Jews, of the holocaust before the allied forces closed in from the west. Up to this point, the Nazis had used slow, stressful and inefficient methods of killing Jews and Hitler wanted a faster way of getting rid of them.
Jews have been persecuted throughout all of history. A deep seated hatred has existed in many nations against them. Throughout history Jews could not find a resting place for long before they are thrown out of over 80 countries including England, France, Austria and Germany (Ungurean, 2015). Deicide is one of the reasons why Jews are hated. It is said that Jews are the responsible party for the killing of Jesus. The gospels describe Jews delivering Jesus to Roman authorities while demanding that he be crucified and his blood be on their children (Schiffman, n.d.). As a result Jews are held accountable for the death of Jesus and they are hated by many.
Anti- Semitism didn’t start when Hitler came to power. Anti- Semitism has lasted for more than 2,000 years (AntiSemitism: The Longest Hatred). Christians and Jews have fought for years because Christians think that Jews only think of themselves and do what betters them. Since anti-Semitism already exist it posed as an effortless target for Hitler. The most extreme case of Anti- Semitism is the Holocaust (Anti-Semitism). “Anti semitism exist not because of the Jew alone, nor because of his neighbors alone, but because of social conditions (Lazare).” Lazare said
Six million innocent Jews died “simply because they were Jewish” (Whitcock, 30). The author Whitlock was referring to the Holocaust in the previous quote. The Holocaust, one of the most tragic events in the world, would have not been possible with anti- Semitic beliefs. Anti-Semitism has a deep history all the way back to the beginning of the Christian era and was spread with biased Nazi propaganda (“Nazi Propaganda”). The worst part of anti-Semitism was its effects.
In conclusion, there were many groups besides the Jews that became victims to the persecution and murder by the Nazis. There were motivations in creating a master race, and occupying new land to create space for the German people, protecting and watching out for any political parties or cultures that may have gone against Hitler or damaged his master race, and he wanted to rid his country of those unhelpful to it or going against religious traditions.
So Hitler’s Plan of a “Perfect Race” never was able to hit the land and roll into play, how he wanted. He targeted the Jewish, along with many others because he didn’t like them, But soon it led to Hitler’s death and the freeing of the Jewish and along with many others including, The Gypsies, Gays, Blacks, and The Mental and Physical Handicapped, By the English and Russian troops.
Every religious group has suffered a time when their religion was not considered to be popular or right. Out of all of these religious groups that have suffered, no one group has suffered so much as that of the Jewish religion. They have been exiled from almost every country that they have ever inhabited, beginning with Israel, and leading all the was up to Germany, France, Spain, England, and Russia. Not only have they been exiled but also they have suffered through torture, punishment, and murder. Thus, because of the history of the religion, the Jewish people have become a very resilient people. They have survived thousands of years carrying their religion with them from one country to the next and never loosing their faith. They have traveled form Eastern Europe, to the United States and have finally managed today to settle comfortable all over North America. The Jewish religion has suffered tremendously throughout the centuries, and unfortunately it did not become any easier for them during the twentieth century.
as the Dead bodies are assumed as the Jews - the victims of this war.
In WWII Germany was controlled as a fascist totalitarian state under the rule of Adolf Hitler. In 1933, the president of the Weimar Republic appointed Hitler as the chancellor of Germany. He continued gaining support from Germans by telling the Germans what they wanted to hear. He blamed problems on the Jews and promised to solve problems from the depression. Hitler gave the working class more jobs by destroying Jewish companies, the unemployed workers were given jobs of construction of building more works, and farmers were offered higher wages for crops. As chancellor, he controlled the media and censored comments against the war. As a fascist state, extreme nationalism was displayed and gained support through propaganda against Jews. Hitler wanted a larger military for territorial expansion. Eight countries were conquered by him: Poland, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the ...