Adolf Hitler's Contribution To The Holocaust

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The Holocaust
To the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an alien threat to the racial purity to Germany and its communities. His solution for this came to fruition under the cover of world war with mass killing centers known as the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a genocide during WWII in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately 6 million European Jews, around two thirds of Europe's Jewish population, between 1941 and 1945.
All this took place because of Hitler's hatred for the Jewish people. It is difficult to pinpoint one single trigger for Adolf Hitler's anti-semitism, but there happen to be a few instances that could have led to his abhorrence to Jewish people. “It is hard to get bread; Jews …show more content…

After he gained their trust he threw it away. Germany, after WWI was a shadow of its former self. The German economy had suffered tremendously, German pride was bruised, and many Germans began to notice that Jewish people had begun to make good lives for themselves. Greed was another contribution to the Holocaust. Gain came in many forms for many people. In Nazi Germany, the property taken from the Jews following their deportation was distributed to public auctions. This made both the people and the government satisfied. Jewish people were becoming important in European society, this affected the Germans as they were ‘racially inferior’ to the Jewish race, and that's when the Germans did not accept such and organised the brutal, horrible plan to wipe out the Jewish race. This was another form of anti-semitism. The Holocaust was a social issue because it was relating to society and it affected many people from both sides. Culture was also involved in the Holocaust. Hitler targeted the Jews because they were different, part of that difference was …show more content…

Some people say yes, others don’t, I personally think it could have. During the Holocaust, Soviets were not very interested in the ordeal and did little to nothing to rescue the Jewish people. Another way this event could have been dodged was is Hitler had been stopped or stopped himself before he gained so much control over Europe. The power was never enough for him and always wanted more which ended up leading to the Holocaust. Another way it could have been stopped, or reduced, is if other countries such as America, France, and others. had allowed Jews to emigrate to their countries. Because anti-jewish sentiment was rampant within these countries, tight restrictions were placed on the amount of Jews that were allowed in the country per year, it was not a reason like today, illegal immigration, it was the fact that they were Jewish. This is similar to a current day conflict that has been going around for years and that is illegal