When you hear the word “genocide,” you probably think of the 6 million Jewish people that were brutally murdered by the Nazis during WWII, but you don’t think of the other 5 million innocent people that were killed the exact same way. Adolf Hitler, the chancellor of Germany and leader of the Holocaust, hated Jewish people, he did not want them in or near his country. Due to his hatred of Jews, Hitler committed the greatest Anti-Semitism act in history. Millions of innocent people were taken from their homes and sent to camps where they were starved, forced to work, or killed. Adolf Hitler 's massive act of Anti-Semitism was not fair to the 11 million innocent people that he killed. They could not choose what they believed in, what they looked
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“Dictator Adolf Hitler...was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. When Hitler was 3 years old, the family moved from Austria to Germany. As a child, Hitler clashed frequently with his father. Following the death of his younger brother, Edmund, in 1900, he became detached and introverted. His father did not approve of his interest in fine art rather than business. In addition to art, Hitler showed an early interest in German nationalism, rejecting the authority of Austria-Hungary. This nationalism would become the motivating force of Hitler 's …show more content…
A lot of people think they know about the Holocaust but all they really know is that 6 million Jewish people were killed by German soldiers in concentration camps; people also think that concentration camps were the only camps used during the Holocaust. Contrary to popular belief, gas chambers weren’t the only method of murder used during the Holocaust. The Nazis also used gassing trucks and guns to perform mass shootings. When you think about the word “holocaust,” now in 2016, you probably think about the massive genocide that took place in Eastern Europe, 1945, and the 11 million people that were
“Dictator Adolf Hitler...was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. When Hitler was 3 years old, the family moved from Austria to Germany. As a child, Hitler clashed frequently with his father. Following the death of his younger brother, Edmund, in 1900, he became detached and introverted. His father did not approve of his interest in fine art rather than business. In addition to art, Hitler showed an early interest in German nationalism, rejecting the authority of Austria-Hungary. This nationalism would become the motivating force of Hitler 's …show more content…
A lot of people think they know about the Holocaust but all they really know is that 6 million Jewish people were killed by German soldiers in concentration camps; people also think that concentration camps were the only camps used during the Holocaust. Contrary to popular belief, gas chambers weren’t the only method of murder used during the Holocaust. The Nazis also used gassing trucks and guns to perform mass shootings. When you think about the word “holocaust,” now in 2016, you probably think about the massive genocide that took place in Eastern Europe, 1945, and the 11 million people that were