Antisemitism In Germany

In 1933, over 9 million Jews populated Europe. Most European Jews lived in countries that Nazi Germany was later influenced to attack during World War II. “It is likely that Hitler experienced and possible that he shared the general antisemitism common among middle-class German nationalists. Nevertheless, he had personal and business relationships with Jews in Vienna and was, at times, dependent in part on Jews for his living. This may have been a cause for discretion about his actual feelings about Jews. It was not until after World War I that Hitler can be demonstrated to have adopted an “anti-Semitic” ideology.” (USHMM). In 1921 Adolf Hitler became leader of the Nazi party. The Nazis were racists that believed that their Aryan race was
They were believed to be known as an international threat. They were “impure” and was no room for the in Hitlers’ plan for a perfect and pure race. Not only did Hitler try to live a Jew-free Germany, but Hitler also wanted to make Germany bigger, and in doing so, he invaded neighboring countries and took them over. Hitler also took out homosexuals, disabled, Jehovah's Witnesses, amongst others. Over 11 million people were affected during the holocaust and out of those 11 million, about 6 million were not Jewish. After the holocaust, many Jewish were left with nothing, they were poor and homeless. “In 1945, when Anglo-American and Soviet troops entered the concentration camps, they discovered piles of corpses, bones, and human ashes—testimony to Nazi mass murder. Soldiers also found thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish survivors suffering from starvation and disease. For survivors, the prospect of rebuilding their lives was daunting.” (USHMM). Many of the holocaust victims feared going back to their original home because of the antisemitism, hatred of Jews, that keep on in parts of Europe and the trauma they had
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