Germany was still suffering from the effects of WWI .This led to the rise of the Nazis in Germany, because Hitler promised the people of Germany jobs for the unemployed, and a market for the farmers goods. In the book Holocaust by Angela Wood Hitler recruited unemployed young people and members of the lower middle class, and so they grew in power and numbers. “In the 1932 election, the Nazis won 33 percent of the votes, more than any other party.” Hitler rose to power, “In January 1933 Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the head of the German government.In his speeches Hitler spread his beliefs in racial purity and in the superiority of the Germanic race, what Hitler called an Aryan master race”. For Hitler, the ideal Aryan was blonde haired, blue eyed, and tall. Bachrach, Susan. Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust. New York: Little Brown & Company, …show more content…
They could not walk the streets without one white person yelling insults like, Nigger e.t.c. From segregation in bathrooms to insults on the street, Africans Americans were oppressed of their rights and mistreated “In 2012, the Manhattan Institute cheerily noted that segregation had declined since the 1960s. And yet African Americans still remained--by far--the most segregated ethnic group in the country” Coates, Ta-Nehisi. "The Case for Reparations." Atlantic Monthly. Jun. 2014: 54. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 02 Feb.