Did the Salem Witch Trials cause as much hysteria as Hitler did during the
Holocaust? Did Hitler abuse his power? As Hitler's power rose during the 1930's, his
abuse of that power caused mass hysteria just as the women that were caught casting
spells in the woods did during the spring of 1692. The Salem Witch Trials and The
Holocaust was alike in a few ways, the mass hysteria that was caused during the two
events and the murdering of many to even millions of innocent people.
Roughly 72 years ago the world has taken on a new and horrible meaning of mass hysteria and mass murdering. After the rise of Hitler’s power, an event known as The Holocaust led to the mass murdering of over 6 million Jews and over 5 million others such as …show more content…
The Nazi Party forced a strategy of persecution, murder, and genocide, aimed at ethnically “purifying” Germany which Hilter named, “The Final Solution”. Ghettos were designed to corral all the jews into one area that way later on it would be easier to transport them to concentration camps and work camps which were actually introduced during Operation Reinhardt. While there was only 23 camps between 1933 and 1945, Hitler had over 20,000 camps just like them built by the time it was all over. During the beginning of the mass murdering, fifteen Nazi leaders met at a conference to decide the quickest and easiest way to kill the victims at the camps, the solution they came up with was cyanide gas. The prisoners would be sent to the showers and instead of water coming out, these cyanide pellets would be dropped into the chamber that would eventually suffocate the victims inside. After a few minutes when the screaming and crying stopped, the bodies would be drug from the chamber and put into a pile and
Holocaust? Did Hitler abuse his power? As Hitler's power rose during the 1930's, his
abuse of that power caused mass hysteria just as the women that were caught casting
spells in the woods did during the spring of 1692. The Salem Witch Trials and The
Holocaust was alike in a few ways, the mass hysteria that was caused during the two
events and the murdering of many to even millions of innocent people.
Roughly 72 years ago the world has taken on a new and horrible meaning of mass hysteria and mass murdering. After the rise of Hitler’s power, an event known as The Holocaust led to the mass murdering of over 6 million Jews and over 5 million others such as …show more content…
The Nazi Party forced a strategy of persecution, murder, and genocide, aimed at ethnically “purifying” Germany which Hilter named, “The Final Solution”. Ghettos were designed to corral all the jews into one area that way later on it would be easier to transport them to concentration camps and work camps which were actually introduced during Operation Reinhardt. While there was only 23 camps between 1933 and 1945, Hitler had over 20,000 camps just like them built by the time it was all over. During the beginning of the mass murdering, fifteen Nazi leaders met at a conference to decide the quickest and easiest way to kill the victims at the camps, the solution they came up with was cyanide gas. The prisoners would be sent to the showers and instead of water coming out, these cyanide pellets would be dropped into the chamber that would eventually suffocate the victims inside. After a few minutes when the screaming and crying stopped, the bodies would be drug from the chamber and put into a pile and