Compare And Contrast The Holocaust And The Salem Witch Trials

The Salem Witch Trials and The Holocaust are two past events that are commonly known and remembered today for the prosecution of many innocent deaths. These two took place in different areas as well as different time periods but are still comparable in numerous ways with the death tolls, the people who took leadership, and the way it affects history today for example. The Holocaust is known for the five to six million jews that were burned, shot, hung, or even experimented on (www.history.com). Several different individuals were punished for unique characteristics (Wiesel,). In comparison, The Salem Witch Trials may have a much lower death toll of 20 executed but they share a common moral(Miller,). The innocent were permitted to death due to an opinionated individual. Also the way these deaths took place back then, majority were to be hung. The individuals who took control in both past events were Adolf Hitler and Abigail Williams. Hitler, was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party and was the cause of World War II (www.history.com). He convinced the world that a life with no jews was the best life. Abigail Williams convinced Salem that many practiced witchcraft to cover her and friends of being caught in the woods by her uncle, Parris (Miller,). She lead her group of girls

The Salem Witch Trials shows the perspectives around this time period and how their only knowledge was by word (www.enotes.com). Teenage boredom has massively changed compared back to this time period as well (www.enotes.com). Also from The Holocaust, museums are found today throughout the world (www.history.com). Several holocaust survivors live today and tell their stories verbally, by books, or diaries (Wiesel,). The surviving victims are looked upon as walking heros for making it through such hell after losing every possible