The Holocaust has been discussed throughout history and english classes for decades. Students learn about the types of camps, stories of people who lived through the horrors, and many more horrific details of this tragic time period. A less discussed topic is the justification of these cruel events. Why did they pick the Jewish people, how could they do such inhumane things to innocent people, but just generally, how did the human race allow this to happen? Why were Jewish people chosen to be the scapegoat for European hatred? There had been past traditions of European people being anti-semitic. Even before the Holocaust, in the 1900s, there had been cases of anti-semitic acts. Jews became seen as inferior even though, they had some of the
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Hitler thought that it was the Jews fault for their loss in 1918 and turned the whole country against them. People were forced to obey the Hitlers rule. If they did not do as he said they would be beat or even killed just for disobeying. Therefore people some people were almost forced to do these acts of inhumanity. The Germans that did not follow Hitler 's orders would either be punished or shunned by their fellow Germans. Therefore many German people did not want to commit these acts but had to out of fear for themselves. On the other hand, some people agreed with all this craziness. Because of the tension between some Christians and Jews, the Christian people thought their acts were justified. There was conflict from religious understanding to political. Some conflicts even rooted from social and political controversy. Once again this shows how some extremist when above and beyond to solve this problem with the Jewish people by supporting Hilter and joining the Natiz forces (The …show more content…
People may never know the true meanings behind these acts and it honestly might have just been flat out human cruelty. But we can justify it by saying some Germans believed that the Jewish people really were inferior to them and that they Jews were “out to get them”. Also there was the fact that some people were not wanting to do these things but were forced to either by threats or peer pressure. Lastly there was just not enough help from anyone to stop it before it turned into the mass destruction it is known for today. Over the justification will always puzzled people but atleast now we can have somewhat of an understanding to why this all
Hitler thought that it was the Jews fault for their loss in 1918 and turned the whole country against them. People were forced to obey the Hitlers rule. If they did not do as he said they would be beat or even killed just for disobeying. Therefore people some people were almost forced to do these acts of inhumanity. The Germans that did not follow Hitler 's orders would either be punished or shunned by their fellow Germans. Therefore many German people did not want to commit these acts but had to out of fear for themselves. On the other hand, some people agreed with all this craziness. Because of the tension between some Christians and Jews, the Christian people thought their acts were justified. There was conflict from religious understanding to political. Some conflicts even rooted from social and political controversy. Once again this shows how some extremist when above and beyond to solve this problem with the Jewish people by supporting Hilter and joining the Natiz forces (The …show more content…
People may never know the true meanings behind these acts and it honestly might have just been flat out human cruelty. But we can justify it by saying some Germans believed that the Jewish people really were inferior to them and that they Jews were “out to get them”. Also there was the fact that some people were not wanting to do these things but were forced to either by threats or peer pressure. Lastly there was just not enough help from anyone to stop it before it turned into the mass destruction it is known for today. Over the justification will always puzzled people but atleast now we can have somewhat of an understanding to why this all