Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

The Holocaust was a despicable event that had dimmed the light of societal humanity throughout from the early nineteen thirties to the mid nineteen forties. As the years passed, historians scanned through the remaining evidence from this era in order to reveal the details of this sickening massacre to the public's eye. Teachers throughout the nation have made certain to cover all aspects of this event in history class. However, students would often dutifully question this continuous effort. Why should we study the Holocaust if it had already passed long ago? After all, the past is in the past. Shouldn't we be focusing on the future ahead of us instead? In the end, the confusion among the students may never be resolved to the best conclusion. What many fail to realize is the inseparable connetion between what had already passed, and what is doomed to follow in the future.

It would simply be impossible to discuss the Holocause without also mentioning the mastermind behind it at all. The very man that was to blame for the series of events leading up to World War II is none other than the infamous Adolf Hitler. Hitler was just like any of his other peers when he was young. He had the same dreams that many of his friends would have, and had a family that loved him very much. However, what separated Hitler from simply any other kid trotted alongside the street would be the unsettling despair in his heart throughout his unfortunate childhood as heart-breaking events continuously occurred within his family. He was the fourth child in his family, but was also the oldest surviving one, since his three older brothers all deceased at infancy. Contributing to that, Hitler's father died when he was only at a very early stage in his life as wel...

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...ery old age in his life. It is only a matter of opinion as to whether or not Mr. Frank had made the correct choice to put the family in hiding. Would they have lived a better life and would all survive if he hadn't? No one knows.

Historians are often very eager to dig out whatever evidence they could from the Holocaust, because not only was it directly related to World War II, but it was also a crucial event in history that we can not afford to forget. Studying the Holocaust helps us understand better what could happen to society, and the strong influence that simply one man could have on the entire world. The knowledge of these occurrances and how they came to be gives us the important knowledge as to how to prevent such a thing from repeating once more. The Holocaust is simply something that should not ever be forgotten, no matter the pace that history moves in.