Hitler used the preexisting prejudices as a strategy to get the German people to believe him and his solution of eliminating Jews, gypsies, Poles, Slavs, handicapped, homosexuals, communists, and socialists to ensure the rise of a strong German nation. Hitler’s “master race” included people who were considered strong, with the ideal person being tall, blonde, and blue eyes. He also used the preexisting antisemitism that already existed in Germany to get people to follow him. Some laws for the Canonical (Church) Laws from 306-1431 correspond with Nazi laws that were put in place that would exclude Jews from public places. He racializes Jews, meaning Jews are a race and it runs in someone’s blood, so many who did not previously think they were Jews were all of a sudden considered outsiders in the Third Reich. The Nazi Party Platform states, “Only those who are out fellow countrymen can become citizens. Only those who have German blood, regardless of creed, can be our countrymen. Hence no Jew can be a countryman.” The Nazi Party explains in the beginning of the statement that no matter religion as long someone is of German blood is a citizen. Yet, later in the statement he says no Jew is a citizen, which does not make sense since Judaism is a religion. However, Hitler is considering German a race and Jewish a race. In Germany, before Hitler, Jew were just tolerated, meaning that they were only allowed to be accepted for a period of time, until they became too overpowering of the German people. Then, they are throw away and treated like “aliens.” Using the preexisting prejudice he was easily able to get many Germans to be against the Jews since he blamed the Jews for the economic problems that the country faced. He used false statistics that claimed that Jews held so many jobs. That they were taking the jobs away from the German people who are superior and better than the Jews. This riled up the German people since they were struggling with unemployment, so for Hitler to say that someone weak “alien” is taking their jobs would probably infuriate them. In 1938, there was the “Night of Broken Glass” also known as Kristallnacht. During that night, Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses and homes. Eight hundred Jews were murdered and one thousand synagogues were destroyed. Hitler sends Jews to concentration camps and death camps, Jews were arrested, lost citizenship, and banned from public places. The people in the “master race, or the “us” group, did not stop Hitler’s actions because he provided a simple solution to a complex problem. Public were stressed and tired from what WWI had left them with, and they wanted a solution that would be quick and easy. Soon, they did not care about the Jews, but rather fell into Hitler’s trap by saying the Jews are bringing them down and the German blood with weaken if the Jews stayed.
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Although, there were some people who did resist wear they could and rescued fellow country men, which was strong in a sense to defy what everyone was doing around them, but stay true to their morals. For others, they went along and many innocent people died. Hitler’s simple solution was to get rid of all Jews. He conducted the Final Solution which is the policy of genocide, deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population. There was also the Holocaust which was more systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe with more than half of those killed being Jews. In 1935, Hitler also set up the Nuremberg Laws which institutionalized the racial prejudices into Nazi ideology. The laws excluded Jews from German citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or any relations to the people of German blood. Hitler did not just target Jews but also gypsies, Poles, Slavs, handicapped, homosexuals, and communists and socialists. He carefully chose who he was going to target, by using the preexisting prejudices that the German people already faced. Gypsies were targeted because they were already stereotyped as outsider and seen as beggars. In 1933, Hitler set up the Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals and in
Although, there were some people who did resist wear they could and rescued fellow country men, which was strong in a sense to defy what everyone was doing around them, but stay true to their morals. For others, they went along and many innocent people died. Hitler’s simple solution was to get rid of all Jews. He conducted the Final Solution which is the policy of genocide, deliberate and systematic killing of an entire population. There was also the Holocaust which was more systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe with more than half of those killed being Jews. In 1935, Hitler also set up the Nuremberg Laws which institutionalized the racial prejudices into Nazi ideology. The laws excluded Jews from German citizenship and prohibited them from marrying or any relations to the people of German blood. Hitler did not just target Jews but also gypsies, Poles, Slavs, handicapped, homosexuals, and communists and socialists. He carefully chose who he was going to target, by using the preexisting prejudices that the German people already faced. Gypsies were targeted because they were already stereotyped as outsider and seen as beggars. In 1933, Hitler set up the Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals and in