The Holocaust

546 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Essay on ww2 genocides

Introduction
A destruction of a people, led by one man, Adolf Hitler, and the Nazi Party of Germany. The world Holocaust d holókauston, refers to an animal sacrifice offered to a God in which the whole (olos) animal is completely burnt (kaustos). Adolf Hitler’s goal was to rid the world of the entire Jewish race. This time was the most successful genocide in world history. The Holocaust had no economical or political reasons and was carried out by average civilians.
Adolf Hitler
This mass extermination was led by one man, Chancellor of Germany and leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, Adolf Hitler. He was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria-Hungary. After the death of his brother young Adolf became detached and introverted. After his father advised him to study business Adolf decided to go to art school. He was rejected twice from the same school.
After his failed dream he decided to join the army where he became a decorated war hero. During his service he was recruited to join the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), where he personally designed...

Show More
Related

  • Adolf Hitler's Decisive Role Essay

    1423 Words  | 3 Pages

    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

    Read More

  • Research Paper On Adolf Hitler

    2081 Words  | 5 Pages

    Did you know what hitler wanted to go to school for? He wanted to be an artist. Hitler was the leader of germany from 1933 to 1945. On September 1, 1939 he started World War I. In this paper will cover his early years (Like school, home life, mother, and father). His homeless years in Vienna. What was World War I like for him, and After World War I. The purpose of this paper is to show why hitler did what he did and how became what he was. The reason for this paper is to tell more people about hitler and how his childhood and things that happened as an adult and made him like he was.

    Read More

  • The Holcaust And The Holocaust

    756 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Holocaust was the mass murder of over ten million European 'undesireables' between 1941 and 1945 by the Nazi regime. Hitler and his Nazis established a large number of labor and death camps throughout Nazi occupied countries. A holocaust, by definition, is a mass human slaughter caused by fire. These events Hitler authorized were categorized as a holocaust because after the prisoners in the camps died, or, if they were at a labor camp, close enough to death that they were no longer of any use to the Nazi guards stationed at the camp they were at, the guards would burn the bodies in mass. The purpose, center and essence of the Holocaust lies within one man, Adolf Hitler.

    Read More

  • The Holocaust: Superiority And Discrimination In The Holocaust

    1039 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Holocaust was the mass killing of all of the Jews in Western Europe during an event referred to by the Nazis

    Read More

  • Holocaust And Holodomor Genocide Essay

    1593 Words  | 4 Pages

    Genocide is defined as the systematic extermination of a people, in whole or in part. The Holocaust was centered on destroying any “unwanted” races. The Nazis, who believed that they were the master race, or the Aryan race, which were pure and the originals of the world. They attempted to rid their country, Germany, of any non-master races, which included in majority the Jewish population. Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, religious believers, handicapped individuals, and any race that wasn’t German.

    Read More

  • What Caused the Holocaust?

    2793 Words  | 6 Pages

    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.

    Read More

  • Adolf Hitler Research Paper

    644 Words  | 2 Pages

    Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria-Hungary, he was the fourth of six children. After his father retired the family was moved to Linz, Austria. Adolf was good in school up until he reached high school. His father Alois was not pleased with the way Adolf preformed in school and always had wanted Adolf to become a civil servant and pressured him to do so. However, he had always had a passion for art and when his father died in 1903, he dropped out of high school and spent his days drawing, reading, and daydreaming. At the age of 20, Hitler decided to move to Vienna in hopes of pursuing his dream of becoming an artist. He applied to two different art schools, and unfortunately was denied from both. Shortly after being denied his mother passed away from cancer. This had huge impacts on his life. He later wrote, “The death of my mother put a sudden end to all my high-flown plans. It was a dreadful blow, particularly for me. I had honored my father, but my mother I had loved. “

    Read More

  • The Holocaust And The Holocaust

    843 Words  | 2 Pages

    The word “Holocaust”, originated from the words “Holos” meaning whole, and “kaustos” meaning burned. To Adolf Hitler, Jews were an “inferior” race. After years of Nazi rule, Hitler’s “final solution” came under the cover of World War II, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps. Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roman Gypsies, Priests and Pastors, homosexuals, and black children were all victims of the Holocaust. Most of the victims left were from other countries.

    Read More

  • The Horrors of The Holocaust

    875 Words  | 2 Pages

    Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany during World War II and the Holocaust, was the mastermind behind this tragic event. He, at one time, actually attempted to overthrow the German government. This resulted in him being arrested. He was supposed to serve five years in prison, but ended up only spending about nine months in prison. While he was in jail he wrote an autobiography called Mein Kampf ("My Struggles"), about the struggles he faced in his lifetime. The book became widely popular and sold millions of copies worldwide. Once he was released from jail, he was actually accepted into the German government as Chancellor. With his place in the government he was able to change the law in a way that made him a self-appointed dictator. We learn about these events because it's important to know how it all started and how certain events lead to others, all leading up to the main event; The Holocaust.

    Read More

  • The Holocaust

    2615 Words  | 6 Pages

    It was in December 1948, when it was approved unanimous the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide at France which became the 260th resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations. What made the leaders of the 41 States create and sign this document in which the term Genocide was legally defined? This document serves as a permanent reminder of the actions made by the Nazis and their leader Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust where more than five million of European Jews were killed. In summary I will explain what were the events that leaded the ordinary Germans kill more than six million Jews in less than five years. To achieve this goal, I will base my arguments on the Double Spiral Degeneration Model provided by Doctor Olson during the spring semester of the Comparative Genocide class.

    Read More

  • The Night of Brocken Glass and The Krystal Naught

    677 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Holocaust could be best described as the widespread genocide of over eleven million Jews and other undesirables throughout Europe from 1933 to 1945. It all began when Adolf Hitler, Germany's newest leader, enforced the Nuremburg Race Laws. These laws discriminated against Jews and other undesirables and segregated them from the rest of the population. As things grew worse, Jews were forced to wear the Star of David on their clothing. The laws even stripped them of their citizenship.

    Read More

  • Holocaust

    922 Words  | 2 Pages

    6.5 million Jews were sent to concentration camps during the holocaust. Jews were put through a lot during the holocaust, from the time they got picked up to the time they were brutally killed. The holocaust has to be the most horrific and cruel true story known to man. The Nazis had no heart or sympathy for the Jews. The Nazis thought and felt they were better than the Jews and that they were a disgrace to mother earth. Germans put the Jews through Hell and back. The stages of the holocaust was that the Jews would be picked up, then sent to the ghettos, then lastly to the concentration camp to be tortured and/or killed

    Read More

  • The Holocaust

    450 Words  | 1 Pages

    back at me." This is said to show that Wiesel was on the verge of death from

    Read More

  • Holocaust

    709 Words  | 2 Pages

    Why didn't the non Jewish people fight for their friends, family, and acquaintances? If the non Jews would have collaborated then they would have had capitulate from the Nazis. Were they scared, or were they afraid that they could not do anything? Well, if enough of the non Jews had fought back they could have helped the Jews out of the Concentration camps and all of the torture that they were being put through. One reason that the non Jews should have fought back was if they were in the Jews predicament then they would want help too. The non Jews could have been triumphant. The non Jews should have had an aspiration for saving their friends. Hitler was putting them through the worst possible treatment. I know that I would want help. I would help it is the right thing to do and that the Jews have a right to believe what they want. Everybody has the right to believe what they want.

    Read More

  • Who Should Be Blamed for the Holocaust?

    756 Words  | 2 Pages

    Adolf Hitler was a Nazi German leader who attempted genocide and was part of one of the worst wars in history, WWII. Hitler took up the role of initiating the holocaust

    Read More

More about The Holocaust

Open Document