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Was Adolf Hitler Responsible For The Holocaust?

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Adolf Hitler is widely considered to be the man behind the Holocaust, but Top SS officers were also responsible which organized malicious plans for Hitler and the Nazi force. Minor Nazi soldiers are also responsible for following brutal orders without question which led to the deaths of many innocent people which is now known as the Holocaust. Besides Adolf Hitler Top SS officers and Minor Nazi soldiers were the most responsible for the Holocaust. Top SS officers were responsible because they designed plans for Hitler to torture and even kill innocent Jews and other minorities. Minor Nazi soldiers are also responsible for the Holocaust because they used excessive force and followed Hitler’s orders without thinking twice.
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For example, ushmm.org states that “An important tool of the Nazi terror was the Protective Squad or SS which began as a special guard for Adolf Hitler and other party leaders” (SS police). The SS officers were a key role to the Holocaust because they were feared by the victims of the Holocaust. In the passage about the “Final solution”, ushmm.org explains that “After the June 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union, SS and police units began massive killing operations aimed at the entire Jewish communities” (Final solution) This evidence explains that the SS officers created and carried out mass killing operations targeted towards Jews. The Top SS officers are responsible for the Holocaust because they organized plans to Hitler’s satisfaction and …show more content…

“In Germany, many individuals who were not zealous Nazis nonetheless participated in varying degrees in the persecution and murder of Jews and other victims” (How and why) This evidence proves that the Non-Jewish Europeans are responsible for the Holocaust because they helped the persecution and murder of their Jewish neighbors. However, the Minor Nazi Soldiers and the Top SS officers are the most responsible because they helped Hitler’s plans become reality. “German SS officers and police leaders underlie in rich Himmler were some of the most notorious and power for perpetrators of the “Final Solution”. They oversaw killing squads and killing centers” (“Perpetrators”). This piece of evidence tells us that the Top SS officers were largely responsible for the deaths of Jews. “The Nazi persecution of Jews developed in several “stages” in Germany from 1933 to 1939. The Nazis used a combination of laws and decrees, propaganda, intimidation and violence to segregate the Jews from the German society remove them from the economy and force them to leave the country” (How did). This evidence proves that Minor Nazi Soldiers are responsible for using tactics and brutality to remove the Jews from Germany and use that to create the

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