The Final Solution in Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

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On April 20, 1889, what many consider to be the most evil person to ever walk this Earth was born. His name was Adolf Hitler. Although he was born in Austria, he seemed to admire the German culture in some way, as evidenced by the fact that he fought for the Germans in World War I. He was extremely upset when he heard that Germany surrendered. He was so upset that he tried to overthrow the German government. This did not go well, and he was sentenced to five years in prison. While he was in prison, he wrote a book called Mein Kampf (German for My Struggle). In this book, he laid out what he called the "Final Solution." According to Hitler, Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists, and other "undesirable" groups were a liability that needed to be exterminated. His book was extremely popular, and nine months into his prison term, he was released. His popularity grew, and in 1933, he became chancellor of Germany. Hitler's rise to power started a series of events now known as the Holocaust. During this horrific period in history, eleven million people belonging to the "undesirable" groups laid out in Mein Kampf were murdered in one of the most inhumane ways imaginable. They were taken to death camps, labor camps, and concentration camps, where they were malnourished, sleep deprived, and forced to do very strenuous labor. By the time the camps were liberated, 73% of those that were sent to them had died. Although Hitler rose to power in 1933, some would argue that the Holocaust did not really begin until 1935, when the first of the Nuremberg Race Laws were passed. The Nuremberg Race Laws were a set of laws designed to "Aryanize" Germany. Hitler's idea of an Aryan race was people who are tall, strong, fair-skinned, blonde-haired, and blu... ... middle of paper ... ...d in the Annex died around that time, weeks or days before liberation. Otto Frank, Anne's father, was the only one who survived. In conclusion, we study the Holocaust to prevent it from happening again. According to Edmund Burke, "Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it." Unless people understand why such a terrible, tragic event happened, they will not know when something similar begins to unfold. Groups such as the Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan still exist, and we need to stop these people when they start to rise to power. According to Edmund Burke, "The only thing necessary for the trimph of evil is for good men to do nothing." One of the main reasons the Holocaust got as bad as it did was that no one did anything to stop it. Unless someone tries to prevent genocide, or any other inhumane action, when it happens, it is only going to get worse.

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