Ghetto In Germany

“People say occasionally that there must be light at the end of the tunnel, but I believe in those times there was light in the tunnel. The strange way there was courage in the ghetto, and there was hope, human hope, in the death camps. Simply an anonymous prisoner giving a piece of his bread to someone who was hungrier than he or she; a father shielding his child; a mother trying to hold back her tears so her children would not see her pain—that was courage.” One of the factors that contributed to Hitler and the Nazis’ rise in power was that they gave the people of Germany someone to blame for all their troubles, these people were the Jews. While rising to power, Adolf Hitler began to develop an ideology for the rest of the German people to …show more content…
Correspondingly, it would ultimately bring about the creation of the ghettos and the concentration camps. The Nazis’ plans to exterminate the Jews from the face of the world through the holocaust was an event so horrid and repugnant that people refer to it as the greatest sin in the history of mankind. Through power, fear, and control, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime were able to successfully exterminate a considerably large number of the Jewish population.
Immediately, after World War I, Germany was desperately in need of a leader who would give them hope and strength, this would make it easier for Adolf Hitler and the Nazis to rise in power. As a result, Adolf Hitler approached this role and was able to successfully deliver the hope that the German people were searching for by stating that the Aryan-German race was the “master race.” The effects from World War I and the Treaty of …show more content…
Therefore, Hitler began to execute the plan for the extermination of the Jews and manipulated the German population to follow him and do the same with his statement “Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.” With this statement, Hitler and the Nazis’ began the anti-jewish violence which did not seem cruel to the people of Germany, as it was seen that they were doing the work the Lord wanted them to do. The Nazis began anti-jewish acts with a boycott of the Jewish businesses, mainly attacking Germany’s Jews. With the use of propaganda, the Nazi storm troopers and the SS posted signs that guided Germans not to buy from the Jewish. In addition, other signs posted up stated “The Jews Are Our Misfortune.” In time, Hitler, as the new chancellor of Germany, began passing out anti-Jewish laws on an everyday basis. These anti-Jewish laws would restrict Jewish religion, education, culture, and as well as profession. For instance, to restrict their religion and culture, one anti-Jewish law restricted the Jewish ritual preparation of meat. While another, to limit education, would not allow more than five percent of school or any university applicants to be of Jewish descent. Lastly, to restrict their