Reinhard Heydrich

During WWII, the formation of ghettos marked a central step in the Nazi 's systematic process of control, dehumanisation, and mass murder of the Jewish population. The ghettoisation of European Jewry was plainly an extension of the Nazis already established anti-Semitic regime that would ultimately lead to one of the worst cases of genocide in modern history - the murder of 6 million Jews. Ghettos were city districts (primarily enclosed) in which the Germans concentrated the municipal and…

Genocide Must Stop How would you feel if members of your race or ethnic group was targeted by the government and other civilians. Genocide is the deliberate killing o a large group of people, especially those of nation. In a genocide there is eight systematic stages; classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, extermination, and denial. In 1941 Germany one of the most famous genocides occurred after World War 1 also known as the Holocaust. During the Holocaust…

As a young child Hitler suffered from disorders , according to the reading, “A Psycho-Historical Analysis of Adolf Hitler: The Role of Personality, Psychopathology, and Development” , we have read in class tells us that Hitler had many aspects during his early life ,in other words his characteristics has influenced him in many ways. One of the ways it has influenced Hitler was the way he grew up under a parenting style defined as an authoritarian .On page 60 of Psycho-Historical Analysis of…

success of France the Wehrmacht Generals were more willing to listen to their perceived genius Führer and turned from animosity with the Hitler-backed Nazi power structure to a willingness to compromise. In the spring of 1941 Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich and Quartermaster General Eduard Wagner met to create an agreement that would allow for a cooperation between the Einsatzgruppen and the Army to allow implementation of “special tasks” by the SS, finalized on April 28, 1941 (Hillgruber…

The White Rose and the Red Kapos: Controversy and Glorification in Memorializing Resistance Groups After Adolf Hitler’s election as chancellor, infringements on freedom of speech and press in Germany started becoming more and more commonplace, until any dissent become illegal and punishable by death. On the background of this violent, repressive regime, a few distinct types of resistance occurred, defined and limited by the motivations, resources and positions of its members. Resistance in the…

The deliberate mass killings of Jews, stemmed specifically from the Anti-Semitism in Europe. Shortly after Hitler’s Nazi Party won the election of 1932, he was in control of all Germany. In order for his country to rise to power, he believed the Jews must be executed. He persuaded his followers through ideas passed upon him, that Jews were responsible for the economic hardships and defeat of the country in 1918; he saw the Jews as an inferior race. Being the dictator of the nation, it was simple…

In The Cunning of History, author Richard Rubenstein discusses the elements within Germany and other countries of the world that contributed to the mass killings of the Jews in what we know as the Holocaust. Rubenstein further discusses the history of anti-Semitism that enabled the persecution of the Jews, and also compares the slave industry of the world wherein the importation and persecution of slaves in the United States and other parts of the world had existed pre-Holocaust. Rubenstein…

The Holocaust During the early 1930s, Germany experienced economic and social suffering because it was defeated in World War I by the Allies Forces, including the United States, Great Britain, Russia, and Italy. Germany was forced to lose territory, reduce its armed forces, and admit guilt for the war. Germany was also mandated to pay a lot of money in fines for the wrongs they had committed, resulting in extraordinarily high inflation and tremendous unemployment. Adolf Hitler, the leader of…