Kristallnacht

As every day passed, people dreaded the following day. As every day passed, more and more humans were considered a disease or plague by and then they believed so. As every day passed, the injustice and cruelty of the world were seen by the millions that had no freedom or voice. Those days turned into weeks and months of unbearable hatred, discrimination, and murder known as a genocide. A genocide is a mass murder directed towards a certain group of people based on hatred, prejudice and clashing…

In the nonfiction book In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson, a historian becomes an ambassador in the key formational years of 1933-1937 in Hitler’s regime. He has many opponents but he stands strong to his Jeffersonian beliefs. His daughter comes along and those two are the center of the story. To begin with, the story starts with Dodd, a University of Chicago professor. He becomes an ambassador in Berlin after many others turned the…

took away Jews’ German citizenship and forbade marriages between Jews and non-Jews. Jewish owned shops were boycotted and vandalised. Jews were not allowed to enter some stores. On the 10th November 1938 the mistreatment escalated in the form of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass). Many Jews were killed or arrested and over 10,000…

Totalitarianism is a government that takes total control over every aspect of public and private life. This was the type of government Adolf Hitler transformed Germany into. Before Adolf Hitler came into power he joined a little political party known as the Nazi in the early 20s. The Nazi party was made up of middle and lower middle class and believed that Germany had to overthrown the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism. By 1932 Nazi became largest political party. In 1933 the president…

The Blumenthal family was only one of many who suffered from the holocaust, under the reign of Hitler. Marion Blumenthal was lucky to have survived with her family, but not without memories of the terrible suffering her and the rest of the jews in that time went through. The book, Four Perfect Pebbles was named after a past time game Marion would play to distract from the horror around her in the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen. She would search the grounds of the camp for four pebbles, each…

lost his business, he was still stubbornly optimistic about the future of the Jews in Germany,” (Parallel Journeys 16). As one can see, this store owner was astonishingly optimistic throughout times of unmeasurable despair. He endured the pain of Kristallnacht and in the end his attitude was a beacon of light to guide others by. To conclude, it is necessary if one desires to have a true impact on a matter that one does not give in to society’s expectations and refrain from violence as much as…

rid the world of the Jews which he believed were the scum of the earth. According to Mr. Kennedy, in 1935 Hitler passed the Nuremburg laws which deprived the Jews of many rights but most importantly, their citizenship. Three years later, the “Kristallnacht” began which was the first reported account of Jews had been rounded up and sent to concentration camps. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland with around 1.5 million troops according to the history channel. By doing so, Hitler began…

World War II took place between the 1939 and 1945. It was the worst war in human history, with over 60 million people killed, 67% of those were civilians (World-War-2.info, 2015). The National Socialist German Workers ' Party (Nazi Party), led by Adolf Hitler were the perpetrators of a brutal operation now known as The Holocaust. The Holocaust was one of the most catastrophic events in modern history because of the scale of destruction and the amount of people killed. This is because propaganda…

Adolf Hitler During World War 1 believed that Germany lost WWI and went through an economic crisis due to Jews. He targeted other groups such as gypsies and homosexuals but his main priority was the Jewish. “Hitler and the Nazis said the Jews were responsible for huge events like losing World War One and the economic crisis. This was totally untrue,” says Annefrank.com. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in Braunau am Inn, Austria. Hitler rose to…

Human Rights Violations: The Holocaust and Russian Pogroms Against Jews Throughout history, countless human rights violations have taken place. Millions of people have been victims of abuse and murder due to conditions they cannot control. Human rights violations have taken place in numerous regions and nations. Some of these infringements have included purges, forced famines, genocides, racial segregation, and concentration camps. Men, women, and children have all been victims of these…