“On the face of it, the increasing preoccupation with the Holocaust is not very logical” (Bauer 15). It has been seventy years since the Holocaust ended yet it continues to be a relevant part of American History. In the United States there are endless opportunities to learn about the Holocaust in America: books, articles, movies, and museums. This is very perplexing considering the Holocaust did not occur in the United States nor were the American people part of the Nazi Germany that killed six million Jews and many others. If Americans wanted to be constantly reminded of the times where humanity was at its worst, all they would have to do is look at their own history. They have plenty of other options such as The Trail of Tears, the Dred Scott
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As a result of the Holocaust, six million Jewish people and millions of other people were killed. Nazi Germany decided to instate a killing program because they felt it was “the final solution to the Jewish question” (Holocaust). One reason that the Holocaust is unique because of the motivation to kill the Jews. Nazi Germany decided that they had a “mission of cleansing humanity of a cancer” (Bauer 15). On the surface this goal seems erroneous since the Jewish people were “a group of people who could not be realistically regarded as any sort of threat to the state” (Leaman 451). Nazi Germany was able to convince most of Germany that there was a Jewish problem by claiming that Germany’s problems stemmed from the overpopulation of the Jews and to solve this problem meant to murder them. Nazi Germany became popular because this idea made sense to the German people. More importantly “it was preached not only by the political leadership, but by…the intelligentsia” (Bauer 16). German people justified murdering millions of innocent people because modern technology supported …show more content…
Among minorities “decrying their victimization, including Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, women, gays and lesbians, Jews alone are not disadvantaged in American society” (Holocaust Industry 32). Arguably, in American society today Jews are not disadvantaged. In fact, the percentage of Jews in Ivy League schools compared to the percentage of Jews in the United States is a lot higher need source. Compared to other minorities in the United States where usually their education is not as
As a result of the Holocaust, six million Jewish people and millions of other people were killed. Nazi Germany decided to instate a killing program because they felt it was “the final solution to the Jewish question” (Holocaust). One reason that the Holocaust is unique because of the motivation to kill the Jews. Nazi Germany decided that they had a “mission of cleansing humanity of a cancer” (Bauer 15). On the surface this goal seems erroneous since the Jewish people were “a group of people who could not be realistically regarded as any sort of threat to the state” (Leaman 451). Nazi Germany was able to convince most of Germany that there was a Jewish problem by claiming that Germany’s problems stemmed from the overpopulation of the Jews and to solve this problem meant to murder them. Nazi Germany became popular because this idea made sense to the German people. More importantly “it was preached not only by the political leadership, but by…the intelligentsia” (Bauer 16). German people justified murdering millions of innocent people because modern technology supported …show more content…
Among minorities “decrying their victimization, including Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, women, gays and lesbians, Jews alone are not disadvantaged in American society” (Holocaust Industry 32). Arguably, in American society today Jews are not disadvantaged. In fact, the percentage of Jews in Ivy League schools compared to the percentage of Jews in the United States is a lot higher need source. Compared to other minorities in the United States where usually their education is not as