Nazi persecution of the Jews became significantly more extreme between 1933 and 1945 due to numerous factors. These included the things such as: the breakout of WW, effective propaganda and cumulative radicalisation. However some causes were more significant than others, for example WW2 was more effective in increasing the severity in which Jews were persecuted than propaganda, as the Second World War created the chaos that allowed more extreme actions to take place, whilst propaganda was reinforcing the pre-existing anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe even more.
The most significant factor which contributed to the severity of Nazi persecution was the breakout of WWII, as the war generated the turmoil to mask the increasing actions of violence …show more content…
Source C, informs us as to how even from the early years, Hitler had these ideologies and plans to mass murder the Jewish race, “the complete removal of the Jews”, is a part that confirms the previous assumption. The source tells us that Hitler wanted to make anti-Semitism legal and is useful in as it can be interpreted to mean that the discrimination against of Jews was predetermined act but not useful in proving that the Holocaust would definitely take place as Hitler had no political standpoint in 1919. His reason for feeling such hatred towards the Jewish community was a combination of the anti-Semitism in Europe and because of the Weimar Government (predominantly Jewish) signing the Treaty of Versailles. Lucy Dawidowitz being an Internationalist historian agrees with the interpretation that Hitler had always planned a racial ideology against Jews. However she goes a step further by suggesting that “the Jews were a starting place for the elaboration of a monstrous racial ideology that would justify mass murder”, therefore this emphasises the fact that Nazi persecution against Jews would have unavoidably increased because of Hitler’s basic principles and attitudes to the Jewish …show more content…
Propaganda was the primary factor which changed German views. Hitler believed that “he alone who owns captures the youth, gains the future” and therefore implemented propaganda through education in order to gain the support of the future generations. Goebbels, who was the leader of propaganda spread ideas of German superiority and Jewish inferiority through many mediums; including exam questions such as source E, a maths exam question that is based on Jewish people being bombed by a German bomber plane. From the source we can learn that the students were consistently being filled with information as to how it was normal to commit such outrageous acts. Using the word ‘crusade’ makes it seem like a religious war, to use every opportunity to indoctrinate the youth. The Nazi’s also made posters to portray the Jews as ‘untermensch’ (inferior) and a lesser race. Source F (a cartoon), shows how the Jews were blamed for signing the ‘Treaty of Versailles’, also being an Austrian cartoon it is useful for showing how widespread anti-Semitism was . Also the depiction of the Jews in the cartoon is how the Nazi’s wanted people to think of Jews; ugly and fat, which could suggest greediness. From the source we can interpret that people felt that the German army had been betrayed. And Germany being incredibly proud of their army, blamed it on the Jews in
The most significant factor which contributed to the severity of Nazi persecution was the breakout of WWII, as the war generated the turmoil to mask the increasing actions of violence …show more content…
Source C, informs us as to how even from the early years, Hitler had these ideologies and plans to mass murder the Jewish race, “the complete removal of the Jews”, is a part that confirms the previous assumption. The source tells us that Hitler wanted to make anti-Semitism legal and is useful in as it can be interpreted to mean that the discrimination against of Jews was predetermined act but not useful in proving that the Holocaust would definitely take place as Hitler had no political standpoint in 1919. His reason for feeling such hatred towards the Jewish community was a combination of the anti-Semitism in Europe and because of the Weimar Government (predominantly Jewish) signing the Treaty of Versailles. Lucy Dawidowitz being an Internationalist historian agrees with the interpretation that Hitler had always planned a racial ideology against Jews. However she goes a step further by suggesting that “the Jews were a starting place for the elaboration of a monstrous racial ideology that would justify mass murder”, therefore this emphasises the fact that Nazi persecution against Jews would have unavoidably increased because of Hitler’s basic principles and attitudes to the Jewish …show more content…
Propaganda was the primary factor which changed German views. Hitler believed that “he alone who owns captures the youth, gains the future” and therefore implemented propaganda through education in order to gain the support of the future generations. Goebbels, who was the leader of propaganda spread ideas of German superiority and Jewish inferiority through many mediums; including exam questions such as source E, a maths exam question that is based on Jewish people being bombed by a German bomber plane. From the source we can learn that the students were consistently being filled with information as to how it was normal to commit such outrageous acts. Using the word ‘crusade’ makes it seem like a religious war, to use every opportunity to indoctrinate the youth. The Nazi’s also made posters to portray the Jews as ‘untermensch’ (inferior) and a lesser race. Source F (a cartoon), shows how the Jews were blamed for signing the ‘Treaty of Versailles’, also being an Austrian cartoon it is useful for showing how widespread anti-Semitism was . Also the depiction of the Jews in the cartoon is how the Nazi’s wanted people to think of Jews; ugly and fat, which could suggest greediness. From the source we can interpret that people felt that the German army had been betrayed. And Germany being incredibly proud of their army, blamed it on the Jews in