Nazi Germany and the Jews

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In perhaps the most devastating, destructive, and absolutely awful event to ever take place on the planet we call home, the German government of the Third Reich sponsored the systematic, methodological, and bureaucratic persecution and murder of over eleven million people. Six million of these individuals were of Jewish heritage; however, the other five million individuals slaughtered by the Nazi regime in Germany were Roma Gypsies, the Slavic peoples, the mentally debilitated, communists, socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and homosexuals. The Holocaust and the related persecution that went along with it was and is the most devastating and heart-breaking event that ever took place in human history. Why did it happen? Who allowed it to happen? These are questions that every person should know the answer to. The reasons behind this event should be common knowledge, as to prevent—if nothing else—history repeating it self. So, how does one kill eleven million people? The answer to the aforementioned question is quite simple and obvious; however, to understand the truth and reason behind this sadistic event one must understand the state of the world at the time.
The regime responsible for the eleven million slaughtered innocents rose to power in a nation of people who longed for better times. These people had gone through the trials and tribulations of corrupt governance, thousands dead after the Great War, and the economic ruin which followed the Treaty of Versailles which ended that war. Additionally, the Great Depression, which spread across the western world life a forest fire lead to a people who were desperate for change. Germany was a modern and industrialized country, with well-informed citizens, and an active media. The Nation...

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Hitler’s amazing orations lead to his rise to power in Germany. Out of the chaos of life in the German state, a dark figure and curious leader had now emerged. A figure that preached the salvation of the German way of life would eventually lead to the Republic’s demise. Unlike other revolutionaries, Hitler did not begin the revolution before coming to power. Hitler did not overthrow the state; he became the leader of the state by winning over the trust of the German people. This trust of the German populace would be important to the Führer as he began his fiery trek across the hills and forests of Europe, which lead to the ultimate termination of the vast majority of European Jews.
Hitler’s assault against the Semitic population of the German state began as early as the 1920s; however, his first state enforced and endorsed anti-Semitic actions began in 1933.

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