Einsatzgruppen

Throughout life, goals are necessary in order to keep moving forward. Goals evolve continuously to reach the final end. It is misleading, however, to conclude that the end is simply righteous as the means to reaching some goals are difficult and propose questions about morality. It is not the truly the goals that authors, such as Huxley, and historical events signifies, rather it is the means to reaching this end and whether or not is is justified. Justification is seen throughout history where…

Leadership can be defined and seen in many different ways, but the base, key qualities of a good leader generally should stay the same. Such qualities include honesty, compassion, integrity, confidence, and flexibility. When referring to a so-called “bad leader”, it is important to tell the difference between being bad at leading, and morally corrupt. When we come across a morally corrupt leader in history, we tend to compare theses base, key qualities of a defined “good” leader to the qualities…

Luckily the United States sent supplies to aid Brittan in defending their home country. Hitler betrayed the Soviet Union and invaded them despite the pact that they had. Not only were soldiers sent to invade the USSR, but also Einsatzgruppen, extermination units, that were meant to go through and kill the undesirables. This initially started the Holocaust. At first they were just gathering and shooting the victims of this systematic genocide. Eventually they built concentration…

"We must ALWAYS take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie Wiese, Noble Peace Prize Winner and Jewish Holocaust Survivor I agree with the quote above because by staying neutral we don 't stand up for what we believe in. We all need to make a stand for what we believe is right and what we believe is wrong. If more people were to stand up for what they believed in perhaps the Holocaust and the Genocide of the…

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah', was a genocide in which approximately six million Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime and its collaborators. Some historians use a definition of the Holocaust that includes the additional five million non-Jewish victims of Nazi mass murders, bringing the total to approximately eleven million. Killings took place throughout Nazi Germany and German-occupied territories. From 1941 to 1945, Jews were systematically murdered in a genocide, one of…

What is the Holocaust? The Holocaust, which originates from the ancient Greek language, means "sacrifice by fire". The Holocaust was Nazi Germany 's resolve during World War Two to eliminate Jews throughout all Europe. The Holocaust resulted in the death of 6 million Jews which was two-thirds of the European Jewish population before the second World War. Why did the Holocaust happen? The Holocaust was part of Nazi Germany 's final solution program which was based on antisemitism. Nazi Germany…

they shifted all the attention to the crisis and channeled it all on the fact that the Jews caused it. The solution? Banishment from the society forcefully, from the face of the earth.” (2-3) Under Hitler 's command, Jews suffered hanging by Einsatzgruppen, paramilitary death squads (Heyes 97). Now his mission was to remove all Jews from Germany. (2) Jews who stayed in Germany were concentrated in big cities and stripped of their civil rights in the fall of 1939. (93-94) By March, they had to…

plan to annihilate the whole Jewish population in Europe. Hitler called this plan of his, “The Final Solution.” This plan entailed how he wished to annihilate Jews throughout Europe. For example, Hitler created four groups that were called the Einsatzgruppen, and each section contained…

In a hectic world, people of society look for things they can control to feel secure. Through control over one’s surroundings and peers, they can feel powerful. However, power can often go to one’s head if they are not responsible with it. An example of such is Reinhard Heydrich who played the role of a perpetrator in the Holocaust due to his influence and leadership positions pertaining to the Nazi Party, Final Solution, and Czechoslovakia. Reinhard Heydrich was a perpetrator of the Holocaust…

The largest genocide in history that killed approximately eleven million human beings who were either homosexuals,Jews, gypsies, communists or socialists. The Holocaust was the works of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime, the catastrophic event occurred from January 30 1933 to May 8 1945. The ethnic group who was targeted a significant amount throughout the Holocaust was the Jewish people. Adolf Hitler made it out as if the Jews were horrible, horrific people who were greedy and criminals. Hitler was…