Daniel Torres
Professor Purcell
History 17B
06 May 2016
The Holocaust and Its Impact The world has endured and witness countless cruel events in its years, many countries have their own historic events of cruel and unusual punishments whether it being over trade, war, treaties, or simply conformity. However, there is one event in history that is talked about in every country. This event is discussed to remind the generations of the horrific actions one dictator made that would change the world forever. Since 1945 the world had taken on a new horrific, cruel meaning: the mass murder of some six million European Jews (as well as members of other labels: Gypsies, Poles, Russians, Jehovah Witnesses, and homosexuals). To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, he believed that the Jewish community, and other groups of people, were dangerous and needed to be eliminated for the German society to flourish and survive. …show more content…
Hitler carried his hatred for Jews with him into adult hood. He later served in the German army during World War I. Like many anti-Semites, Hitler accused the Jews for their defeat in the war in 1918 and many other things. He later joined the National German Workers’ Party, which became the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, also known as the Nazi Party. When he was later imprisoned for treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, he spent his days writing a book if his own. A memoir, he called “Mien Kampf” (My Struggle) which expressed his prediction of a European war that the extermination of the Jewish race. Infatuated with his idea of a superior “pure” German
Professor Purcell
History 17B
06 May 2016
The Holocaust and Its Impact The world has endured and witness countless cruel events in its years, many countries have their own historic events of cruel and unusual punishments whether it being over trade, war, treaties, or simply conformity. However, there is one event in history that is talked about in every country. This event is discussed to remind the generations of the horrific actions one dictator made that would change the world forever. Since 1945 the world had taken on a new horrific, cruel meaning: the mass murder of some six million European Jews (as well as members of other labels: Gypsies, Poles, Russians, Jehovah Witnesses, and homosexuals). To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, he believed that the Jewish community, and other groups of people, were dangerous and needed to be eliminated for the German society to flourish and survive. …show more content…
Hitler carried his hatred for Jews with him into adult hood. He later served in the German army during World War I. Like many anti-Semites, Hitler accused the Jews for their defeat in the war in 1918 and many other things. He later joined the National German Workers’ Party, which became the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, also known as the Nazi Party. When he was later imprisoned for treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, he spent his days writing a book if his own. A memoir, he called “Mien Kampf” (My Struggle) which expressed his prediction of a European war that the extermination of the Jewish race. Infatuated with his idea of a superior “pure” German