The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a significant event that occurred during the 2oth century. It evolved in 1933 and continued till 1945. Discrimination of the Jewish race was the beginning stage; it then slowly evolved to the Jews being separated from the German race and being persecuted. This was called the Nazi anti-semitism- meaning the hatred of Jews.
Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany in 1933, and he was considered a very strong leader as he ran a very strong party of the Nazi's. Due to the stock market crash which devastated the world's economy, Germany was experiencing great depression. Hitler stepped up and blamed the Jewish for all the economic, political, social and ethnical problems every occurred in Germany- because it seemed that many of the Jews were rich and owned businesses, compared to the poor Germans. That is when it all started.
It was a rapid process. In 1935 the Nuremberg Laws which defined the race, were established, being based on the concept of a perfect 'Aryan race'. This consisted of pure German blood, blue eyes and light colored hair. In 1938 the Jewish businesses were all destroyed, and hell came upon them. They were murder in mass numbers. The dominant ethnic race murdered were the Jews. But it also included the Roma's (Gypsies), mentally or physically challenged, disabled patients, homosexuals and also Jehovah's witnesses.
Adolf Hitler became the chancellor of Germany in 1933, and he was considered a very strong leader as he ran a very strong party of the Nazi's. Due to the stock market crash which devastated the world's economy, Germany was experiencing great depression. Hitler stepped up and blamed the Jewish for all the economic, political, social and ethnical problems every occurred in Germany- because it seemed that many of the Jews were rich and owned businesses, compared to the poor Germans. That is when it all started.
It was a rapid process. In 1935 the Nuremberg Laws which defined the race, were established, being based on the concept of a perfect 'Aryan race'. This consisted of pure German blood, blue eyes and light colored hair. In 1938 the Jewish businesses were all destroyed, and hell came upon them. They were murder in mass numbers. The dominant ethnic race murdered were the Jews. But it also included the Roma's (Gypsies), mentally or physically challenged, disabled patients, homosexuals and also Jehovah's witnesses.
"All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity b the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people" - Adolf Hitler.
This primary source, shows that Hitler wanted to be known in the world for something that played a very large importance or significance. He was a ruthless person in both words and actions. The Holocaust exerts his ruthlessness of the Jews- who were of no harm to the society.