The Holocaust- Nazi Germanys Evil Plot to Eradicate the Jews

In 1939 the Nazi government started World War II by attacking Poland. It soon conquered most of Europe. Great Britain, Russia, and the United States fought against the Nazis and eventually defeated them. Millions of people died in the war the Nazis had started. The Nazis murdered about 12 million civilians, including almost all the Jews who lived under German rule (Trueman). Nazi Germany played almost every role in the Holocaust, as they had created it. Their main goal or role was to gain power and eliminate the Jews (Huebsch). The Nazis were the group that Hitler led to destroy the Jews and rise to power (Trueman). Nazism is the political and social doctrine of Hitler and his followers (Tames 6). The word Nazi is short for the†¦show more content†¦The people had blamed their weak government, the Weimar system, for their great loss and Hitler coming in with his new option of government sounded really good to the German people (Bachrach 8). Hitler offered something to every one; work to the unemployed, prosperity to failed business people, profits to industry, expansion to the Army, social harmony and an end of class distinctions to idealistic young students, and restoration of German glory to those in despair (Trueman). He promised to bring order amid chaos, a feeling of unity to all and the chance to belong (Trueman). He would make Germany strong again, end payment of war reparations to the Allies, tear up the treaty of Versailles, stamp out corruption, keep down Marxism, and deal harshly with the Jews (Vail). Hitler also rose to power with the use of force (Johnson). Hitler used his cruel forces to shape the minds of the Germans, and to persecute the Jews (Johnson 8). Hitler had his storm troopers who were just random strong men he had rounded up (Tames). The purpose of the Storm troopers was to terrorize the people that did not support Hitlers Nazi regime (Johnson 8). Their philosophy is Terror must be broken by terror. and All opposition must be s tamped into the ground (8). They played a big role in the rise of the Nazi party (Nardo 25). Hitler also used the Gestapo which was secret police (Johnson 9). The role of the Gestapo was to investigate and combat all tendencies dangerous to the stateShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagesthe nuclear nations’ quest for viable, stable sources of uranium and sites for testing nuclear devices in locales as disparate as French Polynesia, Niger, Gabon, and the Belgian Congo. Having had the good fortune to escape the global nuclear holocaust that was once widely accepted as inevitable if not imminent, humanity came to recognize, albeit more gradually, a second threat to global survival in the last years of the century—accelerated climate change brought on by the release of ever-increasing