Oath-Takers Are Responsible For The Holocaust

Many people are responsible for the twelve million deaths during the Holocaust (Malstrom Notes). The Holocaust happened during Nazi Germany when the country was lead by Hitler. During this time the Final Solution occurred, which was when the Nazis tried to exterminate the European Jewish population and many other undesirables (Malstrom Notes). All though many people were part of the killings in the Holocaust I believe the Oath-Takers are more responsible for the Holocaust than just one higher ranking Nazi official, like Rudolf Hoess, the Commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp. One reason I think this is true is because without all the people who took the oath Hitler wouldn’t have the reassurance he needed. Also, without the physical support from the Oath-Takers, the Nazis and Hitler could have never been able to carry out with the Holocaust. The last reason is that the Oath-Takers were the majority of people. The first reason I think the archetype of the Oath-Takers are more responsible for the Holocaust is because they gave Hitler the reassurance he needed. Throughout Hitler’s gain for power you can see he is very egotistic. Hitler didn’t just want to have power, he wanted the people around him to want him to have the power. One time this is shown is after Hitler became Fürher. Even …show more content…
The Oath-Takers gave Hitler the confidence he needed to go on with his plans for killing the undesirables. They also supplied Hitler with the manpower and materials he needed to make the concentration camps run smoothly. Lastly, the Oath-Takers were a very large group of people, which made them the more capable of stopping Hitler because there is lots of power in numbers. All three of these reasons make me believe that the archetype of the people who took the oath to Hitler are more responsible for the outcome of the Holocaust than Rudolph