Informative Essay On The Holocaust
Abbey Goss
English 3
Ms. Henry
May, 14, 2014
The Holocaust was an eye-opening event that changed many people’s lives forever. Hitler worked his way into being chancellor and finally dictator in Germany. He put many lies in people’s heads so they would become his followers. The Germans had an extreme hatred toward the Jews and that led to the isolation of Jews in ghettos and then sending them to concentration/death camps. Those who survived were traumatized forever. The were affected emotionally, physically and mentally. They will never be the same again.
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th, 1889 in Austria. He was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. When he was three years old, his family moved from …show more content…
So of course, they had to blame someone and the Jews were easy to blame. Hitler believed Caucasian, European people to be the founders of culture and specifically blonde hair, blue eyed northern Europeans to be the peak of humankind. Jews did not fit culturally or racially. Jews were seen as non-German and alien to german culture.The Nazis wanted everything that was non-German out of Germany. Not just racially, but in art and science and also education.The Nazis were not Christians and Hitler was not religious either. Jews at this time had no country of their own, but yet were and still are very successful in business and living standards.This made Hitler angry, and he called the jews 'parasites ' for entering european countries and making good lives for themselves and holding good jobs in society. With powerful speeches about how the jews were to blame for all of Germany 's problems, as well as the murder of any political opposition who opposed him, Hitler eventually had complete control of Germany without anyone to stop him or his ideas. Therefore, this was the beginning of the Holocaust. “The term Holocaust comes from the Greek word holokauston which means sacrifice by fire, this refers to the Nazi’s persecution and planned murder by genocide. Eleven million people were killed during the Holocaust, six million were Jews. As a result, two thirds of all the people killed were Jews”
English 3
Ms. Henry
May, 14, 2014
The Holocaust was an eye-opening event that changed many people’s lives forever. Hitler worked his way into being chancellor and finally dictator in Germany. He put many lies in people’s heads so they would become his followers. The Germans had an extreme hatred toward the Jews and that led to the isolation of Jews in ghettos and then sending them to concentration/death camps. Those who survived were traumatized forever. The were affected emotionally, physically and mentally. They will never be the same again.
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th, 1889 in Austria. He was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. When he was three years old, his family moved from …show more content…
So of course, they had to blame someone and the Jews were easy to blame. Hitler believed Caucasian, European people to be the founders of culture and specifically blonde hair, blue eyed northern Europeans to be the peak of humankind. Jews did not fit culturally or racially. Jews were seen as non-German and alien to german culture.The Nazis wanted everything that was non-German out of Germany. Not just racially, but in art and science and also education.The Nazis were not Christians and Hitler was not religious either. Jews at this time had no country of their own, but yet were and still are very successful in business and living standards.This made Hitler angry, and he called the jews 'parasites ' for entering european countries and making good lives for themselves and holding good jobs in society. With powerful speeches about how the jews were to blame for all of Germany 's problems, as well as the murder of any political opposition who opposed him, Hitler eventually had complete control of Germany without anyone to stop him or his ideas. Therefore, this was the beginning of the Holocaust. “The term Holocaust comes from the Greek word holokauston which means sacrifice by fire, this refers to the Nazi’s persecution and planned murder by genocide. Eleven million people were killed during the Holocaust, six million were Jews. As a result, two thirds of all the people killed were Jews”