A.Plan of Investigation (Word Count: 125) To what extent were German citizens responsible for what happened during the Holocaust? Although German citizens were somewhat aware of what Hitler was doing, they were not ultimately responsible for his actions. This paper will discuss how responsible German citizens were for the events of the Holocaust caused by Hitler. Primary and secondary sources will be used to view different ideas people had during the Holocaust, and ideas historians have now of the Holocaust. Secondary sources will be used to provide analysis on the questions, and to provide different viewpoints.These sources will also give conflicting analysis in order to create a historiography. Primary sources will be used to contribute
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After Germany faced such hard times after the first World War, most people just wanted a change from the normal. This was how the Nazi party came into power so easily. If Germany had not been suffering so much, Hitler would have had a much harder time coming into power because Germans would have believed in their current government (Burnstein 1). Many people were either directly involved with the Nazi party or were brought in fairly close contact with them (Nazi Criminality 1). Adolf Hitler is said to not be solely responsible for forming the Nazi party that was in charge of Germany, which would make him not solely responsible for what he did (Fuhrer Order 1). He had to have supporters in order to get away with what he was doing for so long (Fuhrer Order 2). There were many people who really just turned a blind eye to what was going on, in and out of Germany (Ordinary Germans 1). If Hitler’s original plan was to exterminate anyone who was Jewish, he would have needed the support of many people; which he …show more content…
by Tandy McConnell gives two different viewpoints on the question of German citizens responsibility for the Holocaust. Therefor, it will help to come to the conclusion for the research question since the title of the book and the research question are so closely related. This source will also provide a counter-argument because it has historians who believe German citizens were responsible and historians who do not believe they were. This source will likely be most helpful because of the close relation to the research question and the opposing views. There is also a conclusion as to what the author thinks based on the other historians’ views. This will help to shape a lot of the information in this paper. Limitations of this source include the fact that McConnell seems to already have made his mind up about the question in the introduction, and the other historians’ ideas were not really taken into consideration. In order to have a more reliable conclusion, McConnell should have disconnected himself from his prior ideas which would have helped to make the conclusion less bias. The conclusion should not be taken into as much application as the rest of the essay because there is some McConnell’s bias in
After Germany faced such hard times after the first World War, most people just wanted a change from the normal. This was how the Nazi party came into power so easily. If Germany had not been suffering so much, Hitler would have had a much harder time coming into power because Germans would have believed in their current government (Burnstein 1). Many people were either directly involved with the Nazi party or were brought in fairly close contact with them (Nazi Criminality 1). Adolf Hitler is said to not be solely responsible for forming the Nazi party that was in charge of Germany, which would make him not solely responsible for what he did (Fuhrer Order 1). He had to have supporters in order to get away with what he was doing for so long (Fuhrer Order 2). There were many people who really just turned a blind eye to what was going on, in and out of Germany (Ordinary Germans 1). If Hitler’s original plan was to exterminate anyone who was Jewish, he would have needed the support of many people; which he …show more content…
by Tandy McConnell gives two different viewpoints on the question of German citizens responsibility for the Holocaust. Therefor, it will help to come to the conclusion for the research question since the title of the book and the research question are so closely related. This source will also provide a counter-argument because it has historians who believe German citizens were responsible and historians who do not believe they were. This source will likely be most helpful because of the close relation to the research question and the opposing views. There is also a conclusion as to what the author thinks based on the other historians’ views. This will help to shape a lot of the information in this paper. Limitations of this source include the fact that McConnell seems to already have made his mind up about the question in the introduction, and the other historians’ ideas were not really taken into consideration. In order to have a more reliable conclusion, McConnell should have disconnected himself from his prior ideas which would have helped to make the conclusion less bias. The conclusion should not be taken into as much application as the rest of the essay because there is some McConnell’s bias in