Dbq Essay On The Holocaust

Many people believe the holocaust that occurred in World War II was the government's fault, as they would go on to torture the Jewish people and make harsh statements about how they don’t belong here in Germany, but could it also be the cause of the people? While Hitler and his group called, “Nazi” is the reason for inspiring many people around Germany that Jews are not supposed to be here there are multiple sources in the world that can prove the situation the other way around. Even though there are hundreds of sources in the world the sources, “8 Stages of Genocide” (Source B) identified by Professor Gregory H. Stanton, a poem (Source C) written by Pastor Neimoller, “The Terrible Things” (Source D) by Eve Bunting, and information on the Holocaust

The library of information on the Holocaust from “theholocaustexplained.org” acknowledges possibilities of this happening, but are somewhat hidden. In one section of “theholocaustexplained.org” it explains the effects of World War I in Germany. This section informs readers, “The end of the war brought chaos and confusion to Germany. People were fighting in the streets, and there were dreadful shortages of food,” (Source E). Additionally during World War I Germany was technically being run by the military rather than the politicians, giving them full power over the country. When the war was ending and it seemed Germany has lost any chances of being victorious their commander, Kaiser Wilhelm had to leave, quickly causing the conflict of there being no leader and kind of government to control the country. Thus different groups would debate and fight for control including Hitler who wanted to get in on the action and become leader of the country. He would of course later on achieve this and start World War II and the Holocaust. Going back to the quote Germany was getting violent after World War I. There were street fights and even the killing of innocent people to eliminate the competition for power. Even Hitler performed some violent actions to gain power. By taking this fact we could infer that if Germany took a more peaceful route and some kind of temporary government was made to take charge in solving this crisis then violence would have most likely not have taken place. In fact Hitler who had performed different violent actions and broke different laws could have never been allowed to be a nominee to become Germany’s next leader and then the Holocaust would have never occurred. Exposing the people’s chaotic actions and