Anti-Semitism In Germany

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When analyzing the Nazi Party in World War II, the party’s success contributed to multiple factors. These components such as political, economic, social changes and the anti-Semitism in Europe contributed to the rise of Nazism in Germany. In the book, War & Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust by Doris Bergen, states, “In order for a house to burn down, three things are required. The timber must be dry and combustible, there needs to be a spark that ignites it, and external conditions have to be favorable…” The Nazi Party rallied behind these conditions to gain a following and Adolf Hitler was the spark that ignites the timber.
The history of anti-Semitism in Europe dates back around ancient Romans. The Romans questioned the Jews commitment
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European imperialism during the nineteenth century caused new habits and hierarchies among people in Europe. This political factor caused great divide across Europe between different themselves and create these groups to want their group to be superior over other groups. The divide between people would create a further alienation of Jewish people. The loss of World War I was hard on the German people, and the people needed a scapegoat for the loss. According to Bergen, “…the popular stab-in-the-back myth that blamed treacherous Jews for Germany’s loss of the war.” The Germans followed this accusation due to the history of anti-Semitism dating back to the death of Jesus. After World War I, the Weimar Republic was created altering the political landscape of Germany drastically. Additionally, Germany faced a troubling economy after the war. The economy was hyper inflated in the 1920s which caused hardship throughout the country of Germany. German people would not be able to buy adequate food for their families, and fall behind on debts. According to Bergen, “the desperate Germans turned to Hitler to rescue them and turned on the Jews as a scapegoat for their suffering.” The Nazi Party used the Jews as a blame for the economic and political changes in Germany and promised to fix those …show more content…
My parents would give African Americans negative comments such as thieves, no good, and racist remarks about this group. I was told this at a young age, but I would never say the negative comments or derogatory names. I have tried to change their perspective, but my parents are stuck in their viewpoints and claim they had to be like that during their early childhood and young adulthood since their parents were the same. I do not follow myself with my parent’s footsteps, and open minded about the world – also not racist or prejudice against any

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