Holocaust RemembranceHolocaust RemembranceIt is said that “history repeats itself”. It is our job as the people of the modern era to pass down our knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust to those of the next generation. By reviewing the major factors which caused the Holocaust, we will have a much brighter chance of preventing future holocausts and/or genocides. The factors which caused the Holocaust can be “broken-down” into 3 major factors, anti-Semitism, dictatorship, and lack of opposition. Understanding of these factors is crucial when our future is at stake.
In this topic Anti-Semitism can be used as another term for prejudice. A majority of the German population in the 1930’s were anti-Semitic or prejudice towards other races, specifically Jews. They believed that their race, known as the Aryans were superior, while the Jews were a race that “lived off’ the other races and weakened them” (Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust. pg.12). This was based off the theory of social Darwinism (The Holocaust Library: The Nazis. pg.14). Prejudice is found all over the world. There is only one resolution. Education. The belief that all men and women were created equal should be taught to today’s children to positively impact their thinking towards other races.
The second factor contradicts the first one. With the majority of the German population anti-Semitic or prejudice, a person could easily “step up” as a dictator. Adolf Hitler was such a person. He used anti-Semitism as a weapon against the Jewish people. He accuses the Jews of Germany’s problems stating that it was part of “a worldwide Jewish conspiracy” (The Holocaust Library: The Nazis. pg.53). The people of Germany agreed with Hitler because they had the same thoughts. They were “hearing what they wanted to hear”. Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933 (The Holocaust Library: The Nazis. pg.51). Now that Hitler was dictator and possessed political power, he was rarely opposed. Anyone who opposed Hitler or the Nazi regime was killed (Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust. pg.10). A dictatorship can be prevented. A strong and firm democratic government using a system of checks and balances can overrule the rise of a dictator.
A widely debated topic around the world is whether or not the Holocaust could have been prevented. The third factor is that of resistance. There was very little resistance during the transportation of the Jews to the camps. Although there was little resistance it was unsuccessful. With the rule of Hitler, most German’s became his executioners and outnumbered the Jews. If the Germans did not take part in the killings, the Holocaust may have been prevented (Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust. pg.416). The soldiers in the German military were presented with the option of not taking part in the killing of the Jews, although most of them refused and took advantage of the opportunity. They found pleasure in
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_war_crimes_article_341267 In the course of this, the military leaders had to come up with a program that worked. I agree on many points, but there are also many important and important conflicts associated with the Holocaust. The Jewish question: Is there a reason for the Jews to remain as victims of the Holocaust by denying their rights and even the right to remain in German society? I want to focus here a brief summary of what I found in the Jewish Question. On July 24, 1938, Hitler and his SS commanders started a war of extermination on the Ukrainian peninsula. The SS soldiers who defended the Ukrainian army were killed by the Nazis. Only two Jews were still living in the Holocaust- occupied Ukraine (Dovidia, Russia, 1935) – all of whose lives were, as I believe they were, forced onto the territory of the government, the Jews (Maidan Nazis) were not allowed to own and operate land, but they were forced out of their homes, and a small piece of land was bought by them as a means of preserving their life – after all, the government, through them, had to do most of the killing – and they were also required to surrender before there was enough land for them. From the beginning it was understood that by taking up arms for the extermination of a group of Jewish people, the Nazis were destroying the whole of their human race, even without any other option whatsoever. Thus, the most prominent Jewish group in the Nazis group was Himmler, the highest level-ranking man of German security in the Nazi war-crimes program. The Nazis had set about exterminating the entire human race. However, this genocide never took place. One of the most shocking aspect of this genocide was that the Jews who had been forced to flee were still alive and well. They were allowed to continue to live free from the threat of the communists and with the control of the USSR. They knew that the “greatest threat facing them was Soviet power”, at which point they would continue to defend themselves. Therefore, through violence and starvation forced to abandon their families, their lives and their property, they became victims. The rest were left for the communists to do their own business. The Jews were not given a choice: They should go their own way or they would become exterminated. Even then, they were still treated as “part of the people” who should protect their people. I believe their decision to die was right for the Jews, because there were no other alternatives. The Holocaust is about the choice between a different history, one in which the entire population of Germany was wiped out and one in which all of its peoples were forced to settle in its ruins. The fate on the other hand should not only be debated by the Germans but also by the rest of the world about who is right. But here we have
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_war_crimes_article_341267 In the course of this, the military leaders had to come up with a program that worked. I agree on many points, but there are also many important and important conflicts associated with the Holocaust. The Jewish question: Is there a reason for the Jews to remain as victims of the Holocaust by denying their rights and even the right to remain in German society? I want to focus here a brief summary of what I found in the Jewish Question. On July 24, 1938, Hitler and his SS commanders started a war of extermination on the Ukrainian peninsula. The SS soldiers who defended the Ukrainian army were killed by the Nazis. Only two Jews were still living in the Holocaust- occupied Ukraine (Dovidia, Russia, 1935) – all of whose lives were, as I believe they were, forced onto the territory of the government, the Jews (Maidan Nazis) were not allowed to own and operate land, but they were forced out of their homes, and a small piece of land was bought by them as a means of preserving their life – after all, the government, through them, had to do most of the killing – and they were also required to surrender before there was enough land for them. From the beginning it was understood that by taking up arms for the extermination of a group of Jewish people, the Nazis were destroying the whole of their human race, even without any other option whatsoever. Thus, the most prominent Jewish group in the Nazis group was Himmler, the highest level-ranking man of German security in the Nazi war-crimes program. The Nazis had set about exterminating the entire human race. However, this genocide never took place. One of the most shocking aspect of this genocide was that the Jews who had been forced to flee were still alive and well. They were allowed to continue to live free from the threat of the communists and with the control of the USSR. They knew that the “greatest threat facing them was Soviet power”, at which point they would continue to defend themselves. Therefore, through violence and starvation forced to abandon their families, their lives and their property, they became victims. The rest were left for the communists to do their own business. The Jews were not given a choice: They should go their own way or they would become exterminated. Even then, they were still treated as “part of the people” who should protect their people. I believe their decision to die was right for the Jews, because there were no other alternatives. The Holocaust is about the choice between a different history, one in which the entire population of Germany was wiped out and one in which all of its peoples were forced to settle in its ruins. The fate on the other hand should not only be debated by the Germans but also by the rest of the world about who is right. But here we have
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_war_crimes_article_341267 In the course of this, the military leaders had to come up with a program that worked. I agree on many points, but there are also many important and important conflicts associated with the Holocaust. The Jewish question: Is there a reason for the Jews to remain as victims of the Holocaust by denying their rights and even the right to remain in German society? I want to focus here a brief summary of what I found in the Jewish Question. On July 24, 1938, Hitler and his SS commanders started a war of extermination on the Ukrainian peninsula. The SS soldiers who defended the Ukrainian army were killed by the Nazis. Only two Jews were still living in the Holocaust- occupied Ukraine (Dovidia, Russia, 1935) – all of whose lives were, as I believe they were, forced onto the territory of the government, the Jews (Maidan Nazis) were not allowed to own and operate land, but they were forced out of their homes, and a small piece of land was bought by them as a means of preserving their life – after all, the government, through them, had to do most of the killing – and they were also required to surrender before there was enough land for them. From the beginning it was understood that by taking up arms for the extermination of a group of Jewish people, the Nazis were destroying the whole of their human race, even without any other option whatsoever. Thus, the most prominent Jewish group in the Nazis group was Himmler, the highest level-ranking man of German security in the Nazi war-crimes program. The Nazis had set about exterminating the entire human race. However, this genocide never took place. One of the most shocking aspect of this genocide was that the Jews who had been forced to flee were still alive and well. They were allowed to continue to live free from the threat of the communists and with the control of the USSR. They knew that the “greatest threat facing them was Soviet power”, at which point they would continue to defend themselves. Therefore, through violence and starvation forced to abandon their families, their lives and their property, they became victims. The rest were left for the communists to do their own business. The Jews were not given a choice: They should go their own way or they would become exterminated. Even then, they were still treated as “part of the people” who should protect their people. I believe their decision to die was right for the Jews, because there were no other alternatives. The Holocaust is about the choice between a different history, one in which the entire population of Germany was wiped out and one in which all of its peoples were forced to settle in its ruins. The fate on the other hand should not only be debated by the Germans but also by the rest of the world about who is right. But here we have