The Holocast is the name of the Geonocide, or mass murder of Jews, Romas(gypsies), Slavics, communists, socialists, Jehovas Witnesses, homosexuals, and people with medical handicaps. This geonocide, led by Adolf Hitler, who was the chancellor and future dictator of Germany, resulted in the death of six million Jews and thousands of other innocents. The Holocaust is arguably the worst thing that has happened in our history. In our modern world we still have racist and religious problems accross the world particularly in the Middle East and Africa. By studying the Holocaust we can learn many things and gain a perspective on our lives.
Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi political party and Fuhrer of Germany was born in Austria. In 1933 he became chancellor of Germany and Germany's future dictator. Hitler's plan called the "Final Solution" was a plan devoted to destroying the Jewish people living in Europe at the time. We study this part of our history so we know that the prejudice, racism, and the abuse of power that Hitler used which led to this mass murder and should never happen again. The Holocaust has also made us learn to appreciate, respect and value human life.
Adolf Hitler was the instigator of the Holocaust. This event in world history occured from 1933-1945 and involved the mass murder of 6 million Jews. During this period Jews were stripped of their citizenship rights by the Nuremburg Race Laws. They were taked from their homes and forced to live in concentration camps. In these camps jews were treated horribly. They were killled, brutaly injured, died of sickness, and lived like cattle. In these concentration camps prisoners' individualistic human characteristics were removed. Captives head's were shaved, they were all f...
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In conclusion the Holocaust and the events leading to, during, and after were a mass of horrific and terrible events. The number of people killed during this time period is unimaginable and makes us respect human life. It teaches us that the abuse of power that Hitler demonstrated should never happen again. The Holocaust was a time of racism, discrimination, and prejudice in our history. We have learned that staying silent while others are hurt is unnaceptable. We study the holocaust to learn about the cruelty of Hitler and the pain he put throught multiple groups of people. The Holocaust has taught us to accept diversity and individualism. It also makes us grateful that we were not alive during this period in our history. We have learned that this cruelty should never have happened and nothing like it should ever happen in the again.
The Holocaust was an extraordinary event that affected the lives of millions of people, including Elie Wiesel, and led to the death of many innocent lives. It all began when Adolf Hitler became Germany’s dictator in 1933. Hitler praised the German population and seemed to ban all other competing races, specifically the Jewish population in Germany. This hatred toward the Jews led to extreme discrimination. Hitler’s main goal was to lead the Jewish race out of the country through the establishment of harsh laws against them (Barrett). After having little effect, Hitler decided to force the Jews into political imprisonment which led to the creation of the first concentration camps in 1933. However,
Adolf Hitler, born in 1889, is an Austrian born man who is known for his instigation and participation in the Nazi Political movement, or genocide, known as the Holocaust. Throughout his later life, Hitler spent the majority of his time organizing discriminatory laws that prevented Jewish citizens’ basic rights and ultimately their demise. However, before he advanced such laws and politics, he served as the Head of State, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, until he became the Fuhrer of Germany’s Third Reich which began in 1933 and ended in 1945 (Jewish Virtual Library). His actions were fueled by an unrelenting and strict hate for the Jewish community, better known as anti-Semitism, much like the vast majority of Eastern countries. Both
During the end of the 1930’s, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose into action. Hitler is commonly referenced and linked with World War II, and has become famous for his brutal dictatorship in Germany. Adolf Hitler began the persecution of Jews with the belief that they were insignificant to the human race. Along with Jews, he believed that handicapped, mentally ill, and elderly people did not deserve the right to live. This horrifying genocide killed over 2/3 of the Jewish population in Europe. 6,000,000 Jews were murdered in concentration camps and mistreated by the Nazis.
Adolf Hitler was a Nazi German Leader who attempted genocide and was part of one of the worst wars, WWII. Hitler took up the role of initiating the Holocaust which ended up In the death of numerous Jews.
Adolf Hitler's rise to power was just the start to a horrifying 13 years. Hitler became Chancellor Hitler of Germany in 1933, knowing what his goal was and what he wanted to do, which he called "The Final Solution." According the The Holocaust: An Introductory History, published by Jewish Virtual Library, Adolf Hitler's "Final Solution" plan was to exterminate the entire Jewish population, and all of the other undesirerables. Every group of undesirerables is listed in the Nuremburg Race Laws. The Nuremburg Race Laws took away some of the Jews political rights, didn't let Jews marry anoyone of the German desent, and didn't focus on peoples' religious beliefs. Instead of focusing on their religious beliefs, they defined people as a Jew if they had three of four Jewish granparents, whether the individual defined people as a Jew or no...
The Holocaust was an terrible event that happened from 1933 to 1945. Approximately eleven million people were killed by the Nazis. A genocidal policy was passed by Adolf Hitler after he became the leader of Germany in 1933. His goal was to get rid of all the Jews in Europe and those who are considered in his "undesirable" list. As countries such as Italy, Japan, and Austria units with Germany and became the Axis Powers, they started invading and taking over other countries around them in Europe. I believe there are reasons that can explain why we still study about the Holocaust today.
The Holocaust was the genocide of approximately six million people of innocent Jewish decent by the Nazi government. The Holocaust was a very tragic time in history due to the idealism that people were taken from their surroundings, persecuted and murdered due to the belief that German Nazi’s were superior to Jews. During the Holocaust, many people suffered both physically and mentally. Tragic events in people’s lives cause a change in their outlook on the world and their future. Due to the tragic events that had taken place being deceased in their lives, survivors often felt that death was a better option than freedom.
The Holocaust was one of the biggest genocide in the world. Over 17 million people died in it mostly Jews. There where more things to The Holocaust World War 2, Hitlers rise to power, and Anne Franks Diary. These events all happened at the same time reflecting on one another. The Holocaust was one of the worlds worst events in history.
The purpose, center and esence of the Holocaust lies within one man, Adolf Hitler. There was really nothing special about him, he started out as just a kid who liked art. Who would have thought that this man could have almost succeded in world domination world domination. In 1921, Hiter gained control of the National Socialist German Workers Party, who later became known to be the Nazi party. In 1923, Adolf Hitler was arrested and sent to prision for an attempted Coup d'etat, or illegal overthrow of government. He was sentenced to five years in jail, but since the German government was weakened due to World War I (WWI), he only served nine months. While he was imprisoned, he wrote a book, Mein Kampf, or My Struggle, as it is translated to in English. In his book, he talked about his thoughts for a 'perfect' Germanic race. This race is known as the Aryan race. The Aryan race consisted of people with fair skin, blue eyes and blonde hair. Since he pictured a surperior race, he thought there were weaker races as well. He wrote about a group of people he categorized as 'undesireables', which consisted of people of the Jewish religion, Communists, ...
The Holocaust was one of the biggest disasters the world has ever seen. More than 1.5 million children were murdered 1.2 Jewish children, along with thousands of gypsy children, and thousands of handicapped children. The effects of the Holocaust can be felt today, not only by what we learn and read, but by those who have endured the pain of the Holocaust and saw their friends and family being tortured and killed. They victims will never forget, they will always remember.
The Holocaust was the great plan to make Jews to become instinct and other people that Hitler considered inferior to him. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Germany led this great plan from 1933 to 1945. Approximately twelve million people had their lives taken, half being Jews. Everything changed and became impacted all around the world when Hitler took over Germany, he had a strong prejudice against the Jews. His goal was to create the perfect race of human, blonde hair, blue eyed Germans. The soldiers in Hitler’s camp was his followers, the Nazis, which did all of his dirty work for him. There were also many other people that contributed to his massive event. There became different clans and groups of people going out on their own and doing the killing also, not only Jews. For example, the doctors that ran test on people and experimented on the people didn’t care about their patients wellbeing or health
The Holocaust could best be defined as the mass killing of about 6 million Jewish people during World War II. A lot of events led up to the Holocaust, during the Holocaust, and even after the Holocaust. Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi party and was held most responsible for this terrible genocide. The Holocaust was a terrible time in our world’s history.
The Holocaust was an extremely horrific period of history. Millions were killed and lost everything, including money, family, and dignity. However, it has taught many lessons. We can study it today to make sure nothing like it ever happens again.
It was Hitler’s ability to make group identity salient within the Aryan German population, the transformation of his ideas to ideology, and his deep hatred for the Jews that ultimately led to the Holocaust. Although Anti-Semitism was already present within German society before Hitler rose to power, he was the actor that enacted policies against Jews and what ultimately led to the Final Solution
The Holocaust was one of the most tragic and trying times for the Jewish people. Hundreds of thousands of Jews and other minorities that the Nazis considered undesirable were detained in concentration camps, death camps, or labor camps. There, they were forced to work and live in the harshest of conditions, starved, and brutally murdered. Horrific things went on in Auschwitz and Majdenek during the Holocaust that wiped out approximately 1,378,000 people combined. “There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.” –Fidel Castro