Mankind As A Problem

As tensions escalated in Europe until the point of the Second World War, another war raged beneath the surface, unbeknownst to foreign onlookers. Not only did Hitler and Nazi Germany start an unprovoked war that took the lives of over 50 million soldiers, they also exterminated millions of innocent people for no other reason than their religion. The Holocaust began in 1933, reached its peak during the Second World War, and came to an end with the war in 1945. Hitler used the Holocaust as a mechanism to purge his German state of any lesser people (especially those of Jewish heritage) that might be of some threat to his superior Aryan race. As a result of the Holocaust, millions of men, women, and children of various national, ethnic, and social backgrounds died or had their lives impacted forever.

This battle was the changing factor of the war and significantly changed the tide of the war for the Nazis. The Nazis had complete control of world war 2 and were simply unbeatable until their battle at Stalingrad. After that loss nothing went well for the Nazis and a chain of losses were caused. The battle of Stalingrad was easily one of the biggest blood bath in history with 841,000 German casualties and around 1,130,000 Soviet casualties adding to a total of 1,971,000 casualties; This is far greater than any battle. Strategically, Stalingrad was not very important for Hitler but It was more about personal redemption between t... ... middle of paper ... ...e German’s defeat at Stalingrad was the turning point of the action in the West.

There is plenty example of historical events in the past which are a proof that power-holders and absolute power-holders corrupt the social order. The most known event is the Holocaust, also known as Shoah. As mentioned before, 6 million Jewish were murdered by a powerful people, Hitler was a dictator so that he could make his army whatever he wants. This kind of huge power causes a lot of people death. Hitler is not only example for this kind of dictator, even in our modern world, there are plenty of leaders who made a lot of people suffer from them not only their nationalities.

Ultimately, Hitler was successful with the genocide of the harmless Jewish people in Germany, the council in Salem wasn’t as successful, the council tortured and killed many innocent people. The Jewish people were targeted, hunted, tortured, and killed, just for being Jewish, Hitler came to office on January 20, 1933; he believed that the German race had superiority over the Jews in Germany. The Jewish peoples’ lives were destroyed; they were treated inhumanly for the next 12 years, “Between 1933 and 1945, more than 11 million men, women, and children were murdered in the Holocaust. Approximately six million of these were Jews” (Levy). Hitler blamed a lot of the problems on the Jewish people, being a great orator Hitler got the support from Germany, killing off millions of Jews and other people, the German people thought it was the right thing to do.

The holocaust activated by Adolf Hitler, who be permeated with the vindictiveness of the Jews. After he created Anti-Semitism in Germany and killed most of the Jews in Germany. Afterwards he continued to spread Anti-Semitism all over Europe. He desired of power to rule the world, and had killed more than 20 million people during World War II. He had made the wrong decision ever, as he adjudged that all the Jews were trumpery, barren, and witless, hence he decided to extirpate the Jews all over the world.

By saying this Einstein is also telling one that the killing of another human should be punishable no matter what whether one is... ... middle of paper ... ...and nobody knows how much longer the world can take the beating it is currently getting. World War I, World War II, the Cold War, The Korean War, all these wars have played a huge part in the deaths of several humans, humans who could have saved this planet. Unjust murdering of innocent humans has been the essence of the life of the world; unfortunately, these carnages happen too often for example: Hitler and the Holocaust, Stalin and the purge of many farmers, and even the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. If the world as a whole wishes to live long and prosper as a unified people, these carnages, these pointless wars, and these ongoing hatreds between countries must end. With the current power most countries hold today, another World War could mean the end of life as one knows it, and with the way it looks, the world is on track for that.

This particular genocide ended with nearly one million Armenian dead. Many people were killed using different methods; they were killed by starvation, forced marches, exile, and mass acts of slaughter(Akcam). These bits of evidence make the Armenian genocide extremely similar to the Jewish Holocaust. This genocide was an extremely difficult time for the remaining Armenian people, but the rest of the world did not even acknowledge that the genocide occurred. With the world’s back turned on events such as these, Hitler realized that he could get away with something similar, with no interruption from anyone else.

Under the rule of Joseph Stalin, millions of people were killed. They were also tortured in cells called the GULAG and they were brainwashed to kill others. Stalin also killed many high-ranking officials and rivaling army members during his purges. Stalin struck fear in everyone around him and could not be trusted, but was so powerful that everyone respected him. They knew what he could do to them and they did their best to listen to all of his commands.

As a result, most of society is drug into the arrogant peoples’ beliefs. Even more, most of the people do not notice their actions as wrong until the arrogant person they are following orders from collapses from power (Rossmell). For example, people today view Adolf Hitler as one of the worst tyrants in the world’s history. They see Hitler as mentally insane and cruel hearted for attempting such a task as to take over the world. Even more, the thought of the Jewish genocide he ordered still puts many people to tears.

Britton Stokes Mrs. Williams World Geography Honors April 23, 2014 The Genocide of the Jewish Population of Europe Imagine if your family, your friends, your own life, and your very way of life was at risk of being sent to a camp or killed by the Axis Powers of Nazi Germany. Over six million people of the Jewish faith were killed in World War II. All if not most of the Jews killed were completely innocent, and did nothing wrong. Webster’s Dictionary defines genocide as “The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.” Genocides are a bane to the civilized world. Intolerance, evil political leaders, and blame bring them on.