A modern day dilemma that compares to the Salem Witch Trials is the Holocaust. Although the Holocaust happened roughly 250 years after the Salem Witch Trials, the events significantly resemble each other in a way of mass hysteria. Mass hysteria is also defined as an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized as a sudden outburst of laughing or crying. In the Holocaust and the Salem Witch Trials, the leaders were ridding people of the “inferior race”. Many people say that history repeats itself in many different ways. The Salem Witch Trials began in the Spring of 1692, when young girls from Salem, Massachusetts claimed to be possessed by the devil (Miller, 1124). The trials were very widespread in England and began to emerge in Europe in the 14th century (Miller, 1124). People were quick to blame others for land or revenge (Loomis). Over 150 men, women, and children were accused, and 20 people were executed (Salem Witch Trials). Many historians see patterns of social and economic animosity. (Miller, 1124).
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The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, and state sponsored persecution of over 6 million people living in Europe (Introduction to the Holocaust). The Holocaust is also known as the mass murder of European Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and anyone who was different than what they expected (The Holocaust). On January 20, 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor and the mastermind of the genocide (The Holocaust). His two main intentions of racial purity and spatial expansion completed the core of his worldview (The Holocaust). Over the next six years, the Nazi regime undertook “Aryanization” of Germany, dismissing all non-aryans or anyone they deemed as imperfect to their Utopian society (The Holocaust). In a concentration camp owned by the Nazi’s known as Auschwitz, over 2 million people alone were killed there (The
The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, and state sponsored persecution of over 6 million people living in Europe (Introduction to the Holocaust). The Holocaust is also known as the mass murder of European Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and anyone who was different than what they expected (The Holocaust). On January 20, 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor and the mastermind of the genocide (The Holocaust). His two main intentions of racial purity and spatial expansion completed the core of his worldview (The Holocaust). Over the next six years, the Nazi regime undertook “Aryanization” of Germany, dismissing all non-aryans or anyone they deemed as imperfect to their Utopian society (The Holocaust). In a concentration camp owned by the Nazi’s known as Auschwitz, over 2 million people alone were killed there (The