Summary Of Racist Theories Aid Nazis Rise To Power

Educating the Youth “Leave me, he said I can’t go on anymore.have pity on me.”(Wiesel 105) Elie Wiesel is one of millions of survivors of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a tragedy that occurred during WWll, when Jewish people were stripped of their rights and sent to concentration by the Nazis. There they were forced to do labor and mass murdered. Even though it is a hard topic to go over, in order to not repeat the past, the generations after must learn of the tragedies so the signs can be recognized, as well as empathize and learn the consequences of hate. Adolf Hitler used racism to gain public favor and get into places of power, in the article “Racist Theories Aid Nazis Rise to Political Power” Paul Madden claims, “During the final quarter

And this popular belief of Jewish people let people turn a blind eye to what was going on and go along with it. In another article on the Holocaust Encyclopedia titled “Hitler Comes to Power” goes more in-depth about how Hitler used antisemitism and fear to get people's attention, it says “The Nazis played on people’s hopes, fears, and prejudices. They also offered scapegoats. They falsely claimed that Jews and Communists were to blame for Germany’s problems.”(“Hitler comes to Power”). This expands on how the Nazi party blamed everyone but themselves, which helped them get more favor from the public and garner more hate toward Jewish people and those perceived as

This is explained very well in the article “Nazis Extermination of Jews”, which mentions “By 1944, this process had become so efficient that tens of thousands of Jews were being slaughtered daily”(“Nazis Extermination of Jews”). Under the control of Nazi Germany, so many were stripped of their humanity and treated as livestock ready to slaughter. So many died that after the liquidation of the camps, they would be referred to as “death camps” by some. In the article “The Holocaust” on The National Wall Museum website, it explains “...murder of approximately 6 million European Jews and at least 5 million Soviet prisoners of war, Romany, Jehovah Witnesses, homosexuals and other victims.” (“The Holocaust”). This shows the machine-like persecution of not only Jewish people but also others, labeled as “undesirables” in the concentration camps just because of negative views of them and the ethnic cleansing Nazi Germany was trying to execute. Listening to victims of the Holocaust and learning their stories is also an important part of educating the youth on this disaster. On the Jewish Virtual Library under The Holocaust: Famous Quotations, they quote Elie Wiesel, a survivor of Auschwitz, “I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, not the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented” (The