Indoctrination Of The Holocaust

The Holocaust took place between 1938 and 1945. The Holocaust was the systematic murder of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and political opponents of the Nazi party. The Holocaust killed between 5-6 million Jews. Many people feel that the Germans who were not being persecuted by the Nazis should have said something to the United States, but this simply was not an option. The Germans that were not held in the concentration camps had a good reason for not saying anything about the atrocities of the Holocaust to the rest of the world.
The German people were taught from a very young age that the Jews were evil and not to be trusted. The website History learning site said “Indoctrination and the use of propaganda was a very common practice in Nazi schools and in the education system.” Any teacher that was considered disloyal was sacked. Many attended classes during school holidays in which the Nazi curriculum was spelled out and 97% of all teachers joined the Nazi Teachers’ Association. The website Brain Athlete says that “We judge things to be true based on how often we hear them. We like familiarity, and repeating a lie often enough makes it familiar to us – the repetition making it …show more content…
The Enabling Act of 1933 gave Hitler lots of power of the German People, and anyone labeled as an enemy of the Nazi party were given a “D notice” and arrests soon after. The law was also “adjusted” so that the Nazis could choose who was an enemy of their party. If they had taken the courage of opposing this party, they were not even safe then. The Nazi party gave rewards to informants of people that were against the party or hiding Jews. The rewards were scaled on how useful the party had thought the information was to them. The Germans who opposed the Nazi party were in danger themselves because of how well the Nazis looked for