Six million Jews were killed because of one man’s views. In the article,“ 1933 Hitler Comes to Power” the text discusses that Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany and brought down disaster in Europe. He believed Hitler was qualified and could “break the deadlock” while taking control of the government. Paul von Hindenburg could not be more wrong. His poor decision brought bad happenings for gypsies, homosexuals, communists, and Jews. Germany’s political and economic conditions, as well as worsening conditions for “undesirables”, ignited Adolf Hitler’s reign of terror following World War I. First of all, Germany’s democratic government collapsed as the Nazi party rose to power. The text states,” Having won more than 37 percent of a vote in the previous year’s legislative elections, Hitler’s Nazi party had enough power to effectively …show more content…
To begin with,” On Nov. 9, 1938, the Nazis orchestrated a nationwide wave of attacks on Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues” (16). This proves that the Jews were treated with little to no respect because of Hitler’s beliefs. The Jews’ environment intensified as the Germans obtained more power and strength. Additionally,” As more Jews came under their control, the Germans herded them into crowded ghettos in preparations for mass deportations to concentration camps across Europe, where they died of disease, starvation, and overwork, or were systematically murdered in the gas chambers” (16-17). This illustrates the ruthless behavior Germans had toward the Jews and other cultural groups. The massacre cost six to 48 million lives due to a man’s personal vendetta against them. In short, Adolf Hitler aimed to worsen the lives of Jews, homosexuals, and gypsies by accusing them for creating Germany’s problems-- making them the new