Mr. Kellcy
History P.8
April 18, 2016
Causes of Conflict CBA What are the main causes for the holocaust? The holocaust was when the Nazi party killed millions of Jews. Hitler the leader of the Nazi party claimed that the Jews took European jobs. Hitler also claimed that the Jews were the reason Germany lost World War 1. Hitler used reasoning like this to attempt to justify killing Jews. Conflicts against the Jewish people were caused by Nazi propaganda, racism against Jews, Nazi Party's aggression, anti-Semitism, and Adolf Hitler. Nazi propaganda was a stepping stone that helped to cause conflict against Jews. “He told people that Jews were the reason the economy was in shambles. He scapegoated everybody who was not part …show more content…
“Goebbels worked hard to convince the superiority of the Aryan race.” (Lieberman, 2) “Hitler believed in racial anti-Semitism rather than religious anti-Semitism.” (Lieberman, 3) “Hitler created Jewish ghettos, burned Jewish businesses, and even distributed the protocols of the elders of Zion, a book which had not been widely used since the Spanish inquisition.” (Lieberman, 3) While others may say that Hitler was not racist against Jews but my evidence prove he was so I am correct. My evidence supports my claim because Hitler thought Germans were superior to Jews and he burned Jewish places because he thought Germans were better and could do that because Jews weren’t as powerful or important as Germans. Another step to conflict against Jews was aggression from the Nazi …show more content…
“Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany at the time of the Holocaust and World War II, started the Holocaust which killed over 10 million people, including almost 6 million Jews. Adolf Hitler was very anti-Semitic, but Hitler alone could not have caused the Holocaust.” (Lieberman, 2) “Hitler created Jewish ghettos, burned Jewish businesses, and even distributed The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a book which had not been widely used since the Spanish Inquisition.” (Lieberman, 2) People could argue that it was not Hitler that caused conflict against Jews but that it was more of the Nazi party, but Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party and my evidence shows he did help cause conflict so, I am correct. My evidence supports my claim