History textbooks only briefly explain the Holocaust without entailing the brutal experiences the Jews had to face every day of their lives. People need to be informed of the legitimate terrors that took place in and out of the camps so history doesn't repeat itself. The Holocaust eliminated Jews by lethal experiments, death camps, and destruction of Jewish societies.
Why the Jews were Targeted “If they (the Jews) bring about another world war, they will experience their annihilation. Since the world war is here, the annihilation of Jews must be the necessary consequence. We’re not to have sympathy with the jews, but sympathy with our German people,” said Nazi officer Josef Goebbels in his diary. This was the mindset of all followers in the Nazi party. The Nazi’s deluded the Jews were somehow responsible for Germany’s loss World War 1 and the economic crisis during and following the war. Although anti-semitism (the discrimination of Jews) had been around for long before the Holocaust, Hitler used the idea to his advantage. In his book, “Mein Kampf,” there is an excerpt regarding Jews in the first world war. It is translated to, “Sacrifice of millions at the front would have been prevented if twelve or fifteen thousand of those Hebrew corrupters had been held under poison gas,” which states how he believed the Jews were the cause of Germany’s loss in the war. However, more than 20% of Germany’s army in world war 1 consisted of Jewish Germans. Another unrealistic belief of the Nazis was that the Jews were the cause of their economic downfall. Since the Jews were …show more content…
Children were excluded in schools due to the inaccurate and biased information taught to the school attendants. Jews were also forced to stand on public transportation, wear the Star of David, and eventually out of their homes and into the
Why the Jews were Targeted “If they (the Jews) bring about another world war, they will experience their annihilation. Since the world war is here, the annihilation of Jews must be the necessary consequence. We’re not to have sympathy with the jews, but sympathy with our German people,” said Nazi officer Josef Goebbels in his diary. This was the mindset of all followers in the Nazi party. The Nazi’s deluded the Jews were somehow responsible for Germany’s loss World War 1 and the economic crisis during and following the war. Although anti-semitism (the discrimination of Jews) had been around for long before the Holocaust, Hitler used the idea to his advantage. In his book, “Mein Kampf,” there is an excerpt regarding Jews in the first world war. It is translated to, “Sacrifice of millions at the front would have been prevented if twelve or fifteen thousand of those Hebrew corrupters had been held under poison gas,” which states how he believed the Jews were the cause of Germany’s loss in the war. However, more than 20% of Germany’s army in world war 1 consisted of Jewish Germans. Another unrealistic belief of the Nazis was that the Jews were the cause of their economic downfall. Since the Jews were …show more content…
Children were excluded in schools due to the inaccurate and biased information taught to the school attendants. Jews were also forced to stand on public transportation, wear the Star of David, and eventually out of their homes and into the