Heinrich Himmler

The term “holocaust” originates from the Greek word “holókauston.” The term translates to ‘sacrifice by fire’. However, the term in the twentieth century refers to the systematic killing of six million Jews during World War Two. During the war, the Nazi Party was forced to come up with a solution to the ‘Jewish Question’(a debate pertaining to the status and treatment of Jews in society). Hitler first commented on September 16, 1919, “Ultimate goal must definitely be the removal of the Jews…

time. His bunker was fifty five feet underground. The bunker contained 18 small rooms and was fully self-sufficient, with its own water and electrical supply. The only person he was said to let in his underground bunker was Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, and Joachim von Ribbentrop. His “beloved dog and his wife were in the bunker with him when he…

Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter or Our Mothers, Our Fathers is a good movie because it provides a new perspective on an old subject. Literally meaning Our Mothers, Our Fathers, marketed as Generation War outside of Germany, was a very controversial series when it came out in Europe. Generation War is a phenomenal series because it has great acting, a thought provoking story with grueling decisions, and shows the Axis side of World War 2. A German made Hollywood grade film marketed and made for the…

When the second world war broke out in 1939 and Adolf Hitler sent his plan into action, many people, from upper class citizens to the imprisoned jewish children, everyone was effected and everything began to change. Our reporter, Norah Kellum, dug up some evidence on how people had to live while the Nazis worked to change the social norms of Europe. What was The Holocaust? The Holocaust was led by Nazi Leader or Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. He viewed that Jews, Gypsies, and people of lesser races…

England, America, Russia, and countries of the like. When I turn my head in search of a justice whose bias doesn’t lie with Allies and when I search for a justice whose conscience isn’t subjugated by victor’s justice I find no one. Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebells, and other sovereigns of the Nazi government are certainly culpable of many crimes. But do you see them sitting here awaiting trial? They have done the justice for us and taken their own lives. With that the trial should…

understand that the Nazis wanted to create a master race. This is important because then people can understand why the Nazis hated any other race besides their own. The Lebensborn society was created on December 12, 1935, and the creator was Heinrich Himmler, Hitler's right-hand man and head of the Schutzstaffel or the SS. He had planned a project to promote an "Aryan future" for the Third Reich and turn around a declining birth rate in Germany. People were motivated to have more children in the…

Adolf Hitler believed that the Aryan race, which is where all ‘true Germans’ belonged to, was the race of gods, and in order to save this race it requires the elimination of opposing threats. This essay covers the rise of the Nazis and Hitler, the ideologies that he put into place and the execution of the final solution. This was all so the Aryan race could be the highest race of all of the races. During 1930 the economic depression hit Germany hard as there was millions out of jobs and many…

judges, a main and an alternate. On October 6, 1945, twenty-four individuals were accused of war crimes, along with six Nazi organizations. Except one was medically unfit to attend, and one committed suicide. Hitler, and his best associates, Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels had all committed suicide in the spring of 1945. Right before they were brought to trial. Two defense strategies used by the defendants are: crimes that were done were committed before the law against it was made. Victors…

As early as 1942, the Allies learned from various sources in Nazi-occupied Europe that the Germans were carrying out many atrocities against Jews, prisoners of war, and other groups. On October 7 of that year, the United States and Great Britain established the War Crimes Commission, which made lists of German war criminals. In the Moscow Declaration of November 1, 1943, the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union affirmed that they intended to bring German war criminals to justice…

Auschwitz is a system of concentration/death camps that were opened in 1940, and maintained by the Nazi soldiers (History). It is located in southern Poland. The camp was originally used to hold political prisoners, but later on it was converted into an extermination camp for the Jewish people, and other enemies of the Nazi’s. Also, when the camp was operational, torturous medical experiments were being done to the prisoners of the camp. This camp is the most known concentration camp, and it is…