Adolf Hitler In The Early 1900's

The early 1900’s had become a difficult time for countries around the globe. The Great Depression had become prevalent in not only the United States, but had spread worldwide. After World War I, the Treaty of Versailles had caused several issues for Germany. This treaty had restricted their military areas and forced them to pay high fines. After a while dealing with the struggles, a strong military leader on the verge of madness had gained control. This man was Adolf Hitler. He was forcefully against the treaty and made this publically known. He believed Germany needed to riot against it and gain land for living space. As he started to expand his “empire”, France became panicked as he moved troops into areas restricted by the treaty.

He related that the country’s problems were to blame on different ethnic groups, political organizations, but laid the most violent blames on communists and Jews (Lapsansky 774-775). “Hitler was violently anti-Semitic, or prejudiced against Jewish people. Anti-Semitism had troubled Europe for centuries, mainly motivated by religious intolerance and economic resentment.” (775). Concentration camps were originally made for advancements for the Third Reich and the murders of the prisoners was spacious, many later camps were designed specifically for “death camps”, a place for methodical exterminating of the inmates, after the Wannsee Conference in January of 1942, when the Axis forces, which included the Germans, Italians, Japanese, and other nations supporting the Nazi party, decided to move toward Hitler’s “Final Solution”, where they would terminate about 11,000,000 Jews plus all who stood in their way. The inmates included Germany’s political counteragents, socialists, Soviet prisoners of war, communists, Jews or anyone who opposed Hitler’s ideas. Other deliberated prisoners were “Gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, beggars, drunkards, conscientious objectors, the physically disabled, and people with mental illness.”