Holocaust

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and immediately blamed the Jews for the anti-war sentiments.

Several other factors aided Hitler’s eventual ascension but none more that the lack of governmental stability. Long term bitterness along party lines, an ineffective constitution, and corruption left Germany hanging precariously and the people begging for a singular, dominating voice to take control. When Germany fell during World War I, Hitler embarked on a mission to establish his new political goals. On January 30, 1933 Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany, and began instilling the Nazi ideals into the German public. “In 1933 Nazi rabib anti-Semitism went public” (Franic). Shortly thereafter, Hitler installed his “Final Solution”, a plan to completely obliterate Jewish tradition and belief from European society.

Mass murder, the use of concentration camps, and the persecution of different races have been evident throughout history for centuries. During the height of the Roman Empire, Romans conquered most of the known world and took slaves. During the great Egyptian Empire Egyptians bore slaves. The United States, most of Western Europe, and South American colonies were slave owning countries at one point. However, the Holocaust is considered to be unique. The first reason for its uniqueness is that the Nazi party sought to eradicate the entire race of the Jewish people through the use of a strong bureaucratic government. The second reason for the Holocaust’s uniqueness is that the Nazi party attempted to convince the German people that they would benefit through the elimination of the Jewish population would be beneficial to them. Although the Jews were the main focus, the Nazis and Hitler also targeted other groups. Germans suffering from mental or physical handicaps were killed through euthanasia; homosexuals, criminal, nonconformists, gypsies (primarily Roma and Sinti), were all put to death in order to achieve a complete Agr...