During the holocaust the Nazis were focused on separating the Jews from the non Jews. Nazis created a mindset in non Jew children in germany that they are superior than that of the Jew children to eliminate the Jews as seen in the book parallel journeys. “No German boy can ever be true friends with a Jew boy. No matter how nice he seems, he 'll grow up to be your enemy.” as stated by Herr Becker in parallel journeys. This shows that the hatred for the Jew race was so significant and strong that Hitler 's ideas and messages were taught …show more content…
Hitler promised everyone that he would take Germany out of poverty and make life better for the “master race.” “ in growing numbers, people were now listening to Hitler 's ideas. he promised them a way out of poverty. he promised to restore pride in themselves and in their country. And- perhaps most important- he gave someone to blame for Germany 's trouble.” (Chapter 1, Pg. 4 of parallel journeys) Here Heck states that everyone became under Hitler 's influence because of the things he promised that no one else was. Because of these statements, everyone looked up to Hitler and followed him with every word he spoke because he had such a powerful and convincing voice. Although Hitler claimed these promises he had a bigger intention. Hitler wanted to take over every near country and city while also destroying the Jew race. “ We wholeheartedly approved of Jew labor. But the incredible, unbelievable order to destroy an entire race was kept secret from the German people. Hitler accomplished this by threatening those leaders who did know about it with death if they told.” (Chapter 7; Pg. 54-55 of parallel journeys) This concludes that Hitler kept his main intentions and thoughts from the public because he knew that they were wrong and hed lose a big chunk of his following. Hitler knew exactly what he wanted to do with his power and, although, it might have not been like this for his entire stage of leadership he provided, he could’ve let his authority over so many people get to him and change his intentions to more of a deeper and demonic like