The Nazi’s coordinated many ways to separate the Jews from the rest of Germany. Germany was weak, poor, and in need of a leader. Hitler was a phenomenal speaker and rallied support from the people easily. This gave him the leverage to convince the german people to help him separate and eliminate the Jews from the rest of Germany and society. After his rise to Chancellor, he began to assign blame to the Jews for World War Two and for Germany’s economic downfall. He took over large amounts of land and made deals with surrounding countries. Nevertheless, before the german people could do anything to stop his malicious acts, Hitler was in complete control (Landau). Gestapo, the abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei, was the secret police
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Similar to when African Americans were separated from the caucasian people in America, the Jews were separated from the rest of society during the Holocaust. One of the major impact was school and education because of how highly the Jews valued their education (Grant 21). Besides that, other jewish decrees involved the act of forbidding the Jews from being educated, participating in economic activities and the confiscation of jewish property and business. The requirement to wear the Star of David, the ban on owning radios, the ban on travel by train and various other recreational activities were all some of the other wrongful anti-jewish decrees (McElory 6). Furthermore, the german people weren’t allowed to marry the Jews as to aid their separation and eradication. Jews could only marry Jews but pictures and any other form of documentation was not allowed (Horwitz). The Jews then started to realize the demise of their religion was rapidly taking …show more content…
To spread awareness, 3,500 books and monographs (in english alone) of first person narrative accounts of survivors and witnesses have been published. They are sold in hundreds of stores nation and worldwide. They are often used in the classroom to help educate the future generations about the dangers of genocide (Horwitz). Elie Wiesel’s novel and speeches have helped gain recognition and educated people around the world about the final solution and the events that occurred throughout the Nazi reign (Rosen 4). While attending an assembly in Zeilsheim, Germany in 1946, the wife of the United States president, Eleanor Roosevelt saw a stone monument that said, “To the memory of all the Jews who died in Germany.” Oddly enough, the monument did not mention that they were taken against their will, organized and then executed by german people. Soon after seeing the monument Eleanor spoke out. “When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?” (Schmittroth and Rostech
Similar to when African Americans were separated from the caucasian people in America, the Jews were separated from the rest of society during the Holocaust. One of the major impact was school and education because of how highly the Jews valued their education (Grant 21). Besides that, other jewish decrees involved the act of forbidding the Jews from being educated, participating in economic activities and the confiscation of jewish property and business. The requirement to wear the Star of David, the ban on owning radios, the ban on travel by train and various other recreational activities were all some of the other wrongful anti-jewish decrees (McElory 6). Furthermore, the german people weren’t allowed to marry the Jews as to aid their separation and eradication. Jews could only marry Jews but pictures and any other form of documentation was not allowed (Horwitz). The Jews then started to realize the demise of their religion was rapidly taking …show more content…
To spread awareness, 3,500 books and monographs (in english alone) of first person narrative accounts of survivors and witnesses have been published. They are sold in hundreds of stores nation and worldwide. They are often used in the classroom to help educate the future generations about the dangers of genocide (Horwitz). Elie Wiesel’s novel and speeches have helped gain recognition and educated people around the world about the final solution and the events that occurred throughout the Nazi reign (Rosen 4). While attending an assembly in Zeilsheim, Germany in 1946, the wife of the United States president, Eleanor Roosevelt saw a stone monument that said, “To the memory of all the Jews who died in Germany.” Oddly enough, the monument did not mention that they were taken against their will, organized and then executed by german people. Soon after seeing the monument Eleanor spoke out. “When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?” (Schmittroth and Rostech