It is common is common knowledge that during the Second World War that the Hitler and his Nazi army targets and killed millions of Jewish people. However, many fail to realize that the Nazi army did not only their hateful and heinous crimes to Jewish people, but many others as well. When reading the War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front 1941 by Geoffrey P. Megargee explores not only the events of the conflicts between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union but also gives readers information of the many other people the Nazi army came into contact. Before exploring the way the German Nazis treated people from other backgrounds it is important to comment on the treatment of the Jewish people. From his rise of power, Hitler
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When the campaigns began, German Nazis “encouraged friendliness” and offered people of the Baltic States protection if they lived under the Germany’s instruction. “Various acts, including espionage, sabotage, guerilla activity, or the possession of weapons, radios or Communist literature, were punishable by death.” Though they were protected, civilians from the Balkan faced living under strictcontrol. However, the Soviet Civilians lived in a different …show more content…
In studying the treatment of the Jewish, the Soviet prisoners of war and the civilians that the Germans encountered it can be said that they were exposed to many of the same torturous acts. One commonality between the three groups is that they were all used as forced labor and when viewing Warfare in the Western World written by Jeremy Black hediscusses how unlike citizens of the United States and other opponents women did not go into the work force to help produce the products necessary for war, and to make up for the men who left to fight, the Germans used slave labor. However, the use of slave labor by the Germans was actually a pitfall for the German army. A part from the gross disregard for any human lives, the German army also wasted many of their resources maintaining control over their captives. According to Black troops and trains were greatly used to move the victims to concentration camps instead of moving military supplies where they were needed. Instead of focusing on the war the Germans employed “a maximum of brutality” to enemies to prevent resistance, which ended with the murders of millions of people, Jewish, Soviets, and many
When the campaigns began, German Nazis “encouraged friendliness” and offered people of the Baltic States protection if they lived under the Germany’s instruction. “Various acts, including espionage, sabotage, guerilla activity, or the possession of weapons, radios or Communist literature, were punishable by death.” Though they were protected, civilians from the Balkan faced living under strictcontrol. However, the Soviet Civilians lived in a different …show more content…
In studying the treatment of the Jewish, the Soviet prisoners of war and the civilians that the Germans encountered it can be said that they were exposed to many of the same torturous acts. One commonality between the three groups is that they were all used as forced labor and when viewing Warfare in the Western World written by Jeremy Black hediscusses how unlike citizens of the United States and other opponents women did not go into the work force to help produce the products necessary for war, and to make up for the men who left to fight, the Germans used slave labor. However, the use of slave labor by the Germans was actually a pitfall for the German army. A part from the gross disregard for any human lives, the German army also wasted many of their resources maintaining control over their captives. According to Black troops and trains were greatly used to move the victims to concentration camps instead of moving military supplies where they were needed. Instead of focusing on the war the Germans employed “a maximum of brutality” to enemies to prevent resistance, which ended with the murders of millions of people, Jewish, Soviets, and many