The holocaust is one of the most proverbial acts of annihilation ever witnessed by humanity. The systematic, state-organized killing of nearly 6 million Jews, gypsies, and homosexuals was the first of its kind. It has therefore; led to the enormous fascination with what differentiates this genocide from the ones before and especially, the ones that came after. The unparalleled vision and execution led by Adolf Hitler was the first of its kind. Therefore, publicized as the main component to what separates this genocide from the others. However, after further research it was quite evident that there were far more pressing reasons that have led to this fascination. Hence, this essay will delve deeper into the reasons that make the holocaust incomparable to other genocides; with the use of two other mass murders -namely the Armenian and Rwandan- to help give a detailed analysis of the reasons that makes the holocaust a prominent one in history. However, to
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The term however, originates from the Greek word “holos” meaning whole and “kaustos” meaning burned. It was used as a term to describe the sacrificial or religious burning of people. This term later own became associated with the “Final Solution” after much publicizing in the 1960’s from major media outlets. One of the major assertions behind what makes the holocaust strikingly unique is the organization –mainly led my state/state officials- as stated by Steven T. Katz is the fact that “never before has a state set out, as a matter of intentional principle and actualized policy, to annihilate physically every, man, woman and child belonging to a specific people”1 This Nazi idea of eradicating all people that belong to a particular sect for the sheer reason of existing, was a unfamiliar notion. The way that they would target these groups of people for the mere reason that they exist is what astounded the
The term however, originates from the Greek word “holos” meaning whole and “kaustos” meaning burned. It was used as a term to describe the sacrificial or religious burning of people. This term later own became associated with the “Final Solution” after much publicizing in the 1960’s from major media outlets. One of the major assertions behind what makes the holocaust strikingly unique is the organization –mainly led my state/state officials- as stated by Steven T. Katz is the fact that “never before has a state set out, as a matter of intentional principle and actualized policy, to annihilate physically every, man, woman and child belonging to a specific people”1 This Nazi idea of eradicating all people that belong to a particular sect for the sheer reason of existing, was a unfamiliar notion. The way that they would target these groups of people for the mere reason that they exist is what astounded the