The Holocaust was one of the twentieth century’s greatest tragedies that was made possible by prevalent anti-Semitism. The holocaust was an example of mob mentality because of what Hitler was doing. He was creating an army, an army that was basically created for world domination. On January 30, 1933 the holocaust began. It was once said “The greatest revolutionary leader of the twentieth century was not Lenin or Stalin. It was Hitler.” (Buchanan, Patrick J. Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War. New York; Pg. 233). What is so significant about this quote is that it ties into every event that had occurred during the holocaust because Hitler did whatever it took to be at the top and to remain at the top, and he did so by being the greatest leader above Lenin and Stalin, who were also great leaders during this time. It just so happened to be that Hitler had a better advantage.
Hitler’s first goal was to gain absolute power. Propaganda played a major role in Hitler’s successful rise to absolute power. (Cps News 1)
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Main focuses on how Hitler’s first goal was to gain absolute power, how he developed anti-Semitic ideas, and on how Hitler had many theories going on during his reign. Each topic that was talked about had major effects and played significant roles during the Holocaust. “The greatest revolutionary leader of the twentieth century was not Lenin or Stalin. It was Hitler.” This quote is important because it is true. Hitler wanted to take complete control and he did so, he was a powerful man and did not let anything get or stand in his way. He revolutionized a whole country, and every event that had occurred during the Holocaust, you can tie this quote into because it is true. He is one of the most significant people in history, and he wanted to create a legacy and be a legacy, which he sadly did and is still talked about till this
before he came to power, he just used World War II as his golden opportunity to turn his dream into a reality. Others, with Andreas Hillgruber, argue Hitler was the only reason genocide even happened. If Hitler had not been in control, the Holocaust would have ceased to exist. His key sources include the Nuremburg Trials, quoting him saying “this struggle will not end with annihilation of Aryan mankind, but with the extermination of the Jewish people of Europe.” By using Hitler’s own words against him, Hillgruber makes it easy to prove Hitler’s malicious intent clearly and depict him as the mastermind behind the mass murder of the Jewish population. Gerald Fleming creates the last sub-argument in his book, “Hitler and the Final Solution,” provides an in-depth historical evaluation of German fascism and the mechanization behind the Nazi Party bureaucracy. His main point of reference is David Irving’s, “Hitler’s War,”
Studing the Holocaust is very importnant, there are many different categories in this topic that you can break it down into. Hitler's rise to power, the Holocaust itself, World War II, Anne Frank, and why it is important to learn about the Holocaust. These are vey large topics in this subject, they are important things to hit on. The holocaust caused a lot of confusion durnig this time period.
The Holocaust was one of the most tragic and harmful things to befall the human race. Yet not a lot of people understand just how terrible it was. But if we don't know about it, how will we know if history will ever repeat itself or not? We need to know because we can't let it happen ever again. There is so much to know as well. From the life of Anne Frank to World War II as a whole, there are so many things involved its unbelievable. But what exactly is the full depth of the Holocaust, and what was all a part of it.
The reason for this paper was to understand more about why he was doing what he was doing and how it affected the people in Germany and everywhere else. Why he became the person he was and why he did that. Adolf Hitler had a very difficult childhood and did not have a good relationship with his dad. He had many losses in his life. For the years that he was homeless in Vienna it was at this time where he developed his hatred for jews and started going to meetings about that and started to believe that jew where the cause of everything has happened around the Germany. During the World War I time he wanted to sign up and be in army. But instead he was just and a messenger for the World I. After the world war I he was still working for the military. He was in parties and wanted to seize most of Munich. He was also arrested. That he also ran for president and had he was elected. This topic Adolf Hitler impacts the Holocaust and World War II is that he was the start of it and that if he was not like he was he would have not had World War II. That is the biggest and impact that he had on World War II. What the reader should have taken away from this paper is why Hitler did what he did and why he became the way he did. Also what the reader should take away is that the problems he had when he was littler and the problems he had when he was on his own. How he dealt with all these problems and why he was doing what he was doing. And why he developed his hate for jews and how that happened. That is what the reader should take away from this
Throughout the book he follows the war and what happens in its wake. Not only the expected pain, but surprisingly the healing and the peace that arise from a time riddled with agony. In conclusion, Hitler’s regime destroyed thousands of lives, from the Jews in concentration camps, to soldiers on the battlefield and finally the average german citizen, but one thing he was never able to do was erase their capability to
During World War II there was event that lead to deaths of millions of innocent people. This even is known as the holocaust, millions of innocent people were killed violently, there was mass murders, rapes and horrific tortures. The question I will attempt to answer in the course of this paper is if the holocaust was a unique event in history. In my opinion there were other mass murders that people committed justified by the feeling of being threatened. But I don 't believe that any were as horrific and inhumane as Germany’s genocide of the Jewish people.
Holocaust Facts The Holocaust has many reasons for it. Some peoples’ questions are never answered about the Holocaust, and some answers are. The Holocaust killed over 6 million Jews (Byers.p.10.) Over 1.5 million children (Byers, p. 10). They were all sent to concentration camps to do hard labor work.
“We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers’ salaries and take away their right to strike.” Sounds familiar? This quote was said by someone who was a major impact in the 20th century; this is Adolf Hitler the god of Nazi. Adolf Hitler was one of the most unyielding and destructive rulers in all history. In my opinion I think this person is one of the most important or that impacted the 20th century because before and after there was a chaos. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He initiated the “Holocaust” and the “World War II” and oversaw fascist policies that resulted in millions of deaths. Hitler serves as a
The word “Holocaust”, was 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, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps. Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Roma Gypsies, Priests and Pastors, homosexuals, and black children were all victims of the holocaust. Most of the victims left were from other countries. 6,000 Jehovah's witnesses, over 15,00 homosexuals, 400 “colored” children, and over 5,000,000 jews were killed.
The senseless massacre of millions upon millions of innocent people all started by a man named Adolf Hitler who came to power in 1933. The Nazis brought terrible fatalities and chaos in Europe beginning with a purified race and ending with the Final Solution in a maniacal plot to exterminate Jews. The holocaust is a awful incident that should have never happened in the first place, but I believe that this made me more aware of the fundamental causes and vast implications involved in how a genocide can occur. I also learned how this changed the future I live in today. I believe that the holocaust still plays an important role in current times, history contributes to moral understanding, and it helps us understand people and societies, and makes an impact in our own lives as well. Examples of this would be how tactical we start and finish wars, if we let propaganda get to us, or how we don’t let just one person reign. By studying the past and different societies in the past, a broad viewpoint can help us change and improve the future. This moment in history is much better than before more rights and freedoms, better technology, and more education to help prevent any future genocide. From the holocaust people can learn not to do this again. The world would be a better place if all races and creeds developed tolerance and respect for each other - but all sides have to make the effort. Hitler’s perfect
The Holocaust is one of the worst events that has occurred in history where over 6 million jewish people were brutally murdered. There are many facts and first hand accounts of what took place during those times. Many diaries were kept and pictures taken that capture the horrific events that took place. There are others accounts though that claim the Holocaust never happened and that no one died.
“The sad and horrible conclusion is that no one cared that Jews were being murdered... This is the Jewish lesson of the Holocaust and this is the lesson which Auschwitz taught us.” This evidence is explaining that what Hitler had done was disgusting. It set a horrible example for Americans and is one of the reasons why we have racism today. “Hitler and other Nazi leaders viewed the Jews not as a religious group, but as a poisonous race, which lived off the other races and weakened them.”(NAZI RACISM). The Nazi’s felt that they were superior. Because of this feeling, they violently took advantage of the Jews to the point where they felt powerless. The quote is explaining that the Jews had no more strength left in them. There is no understanding on why the Nazi’s did what they did. No one understood or believed that the Nazi’s had brutaly took advantage and murder poor and innocent boys and girls. This tragedy has taught the world that it is okay to discriminate against race or
The Holocaust, the mass killing of the Jewish people in Europe, is the largest genocide in history to this date. Over the course of the Holocaust nearly six million Jewish people were killed by the Nazi Party and Germany led by Adolf Hitler. There are multiple contributing factors to the Holocaust that made it so large in scope. Historians argue which of these factors were most significant. The most significant contributing factor is the source of the Holocaust, the reason it occurred. This source is Adolf Hitler and his hatred for Jewish people. In comparison to the choices of the Allies to not accept Jewish refugees and to not take direct military action to end the Holocaust, the most significant contributing factor of the Holocaust is that Adolf Hitler was able to easily rise to power with the support of the German people and rule Germany.
Hitler had a lot to do with Germany and he was remembered but not because of anything positive, but because he was one of the worst coldhearted dictators Germany or the world could’ve experienced. My view and Topic is worth consideration by the reader because it will inform them more about Hitler’s actions in 1933 and so on.
During the Holocaust, around six million Jews were murdered due to Hitler’s plan to rid Germany of “heterogeneous people” in Germany, as stated in the novel, Life and Death in the Third Reich by Peter Fritzsche. Shortly following a period of suffering, Hitler began leading Germany in 1930 to start the period of his rule, the Third Reich. Over time, his power and support from the country increased until he had full control over his people. Starting from saying “Heil Hitler!” the people of the German empire were cleverly forced into following Hitler through terror and threat. He had a group of leaders, the SS, who were Nazis that willingly took any task given, including the mass murder of millions of Jews due to his belief that they were enemies to Germany. German citizens were talked into participating or believing in the most extreme of things, like violent pogroms, deportations, attacks, and executions. Through the novel’s perspicacity of the Third Reich, readers can see how Hitler’s reign was a controversial time period summed up by courage, extremity, and most important of all, loyalty.