Herschel was just a young teen when his family lost everything they owned and were sent to Poland to live. Poland’s lack of willingness to accept them into their country left them and countless others, in makeshift camps on the border. Hitler’s actions spurred Herschel’s revenge on the political regime. (Kristallnacht, 1)
On the day of November 7th, 1938 he did something catastrophic that changed the pace of the future and how Hitler treated the Jews. Herschel fully intended on killing the German Ambassador to France. When he couldn’t find him, he set his target on the third official down, Secretary Ernst Vom Rath, who died just days after the altercation. Hitler’s agenda was not a secret to the German population, there was no love loss in …show more content…
Each region has its own nationality that originates from a specific area. Mexico’s Hispanic population has a warm beautiful color to their skin with dark hair and dark eyes. Looking out in a crowd it would be easy to see a foreigner, someone who was different, one with blonde hair, and blue eyes placed among the sea of brown. They would most certainly be singled out and persecuted as the Jews were in Hitler’s time. The characteristics that make them unique, also make them a target for others. Would this be a viable reason to euthanize every person based upon the paleness of their skin, or physical characteristics? Hitler did not like the Jews based on appearance according to the article “Kristallnacht”. He used the word “Aryanizing”, the idea of getting rid of people that he thought were not pure. (Kristallnacht , 2)
Why should Hitler’s idea stop there? Many people across the globe have some type of debilitating disease or medical condition that makes them different. Are they any less valuable to society because of this? They still have families that love them and need them, they still have value and can contribute to society in some way. According to the Germans, a polite less hostile way to talk about the gassing of Jews was to call it “Euthanize”, getting rid of the physically impaired. Calling death by another name does not make it any less heinous. ( Kristallnacht,
On the day of November 7th, 1938 he did something catastrophic that changed the pace of the future and how Hitler treated the Jews. Herschel fully intended on killing the German Ambassador to France. When he couldn’t find him, he set his target on the third official down, Secretary Ernst Vom Rath, who died just days after the altercation. Hitler’s agenda was not a secret to the German population, there was no love loss in …show more content…
Each region has its own nationality that originates from a specific area. Mexico’s Hispanic population has a warm beautiful color to their skin with dark hair and dark eyes. Looking out in a crowd it would be easy to see a foreigner, someone who was different, one with blonde hair, and blue eyes placed among the sea of brown. They would most certainly be singled out and persecuted as the Jews were in Hitler’s time. The characteristics that make them unique, also make them a target for others. Would this be a viable reason to euthanize every person based upon the paleness of their skin, or physical characteristics? Hitler did not like the Jews based on appearance according to the article “Kristallnacht”. He used the word “Aryanizing”, the idea of getting rid of people that he thought were not pure. (Kristallnacht , 2)
Why should Hitler’s idea stop there? Many people across the globe have some type of debilitating disease or medical condition that makes them different. Are they any less valuable to society because of this? They still have families that love them and need them, they still have value and can contribute to society in some way. According to the Germans, a polite less hostile way to talk about the gassing of Jews was to call it “Euthanize”, getting rid of the physically impaired. Calling death by another name does not make it any less heinous. ( Kristallnacht,