Adolf Hitler, The Wave, By Todd Strasser

Picture a living in a world where your country had just lost a war. The people are starving, there are no jobs, and the world blames your country for starting the war. Now, imagine a powerful, persuasive, and well-spoken man rising to power. The people listen to the words of this man. They believe that he will fix all that is broken. They want to follow him. Next, imagine that he begins to blame people of your nationality for the loss of the war. He convinces the masses that the country must be cleansed of all Jews, homosexuals, priests, gypsies, people with disabilities, and more.
The Holocaust was a very scary time for everyone. People didn’t know when or where Adolf Hitler was going to hit next. Adolf Hitler was a very powerful
But, soon it grew. The teacher who started The Wave gained power very quickly and even had a bodyguard. The students were all the same, many didn’t take the time to think for themselves. Soon, The Wave grew to the whole school. There were two groups, The Wave members and non-Wave members. Members would use The Wave as an excuse to bully and get in fights with non-member people. These students loved their leader, but soon it was too much. When the teacher showed them their true leader, Adolf Hitler, the students realized that they were just like the Nazi
December of 2016 in Pocatello, Idaho, Steve Wessler went around to four high schools; three traditional and one alternate. Each had its own groups and cliches. Wessler sat down with these different groups and asked them about their prejudiced opinions, and what they said wasn’t surprising. He got the usual hate like he did everywhere else, but what surprised him most was the tension between kids who belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) church, and kids who were not. This proves how much hate there is in just in four high schools of a little town. An example of the tension was students excluding one another based on whether or not they were members of this church. It leads me to wonder, if there can be this much hate in four high schools of a small town, how much more hate exists in the entire world?
Some people may say that Hitler could never happen again because the Holocaust was a once in a lifetime ordeal. But, according to an article “Could Hitler Happen Again?” by Bryan Brown, in Korea, Kim Jong Un has put more than 200,000 of his people, including children into concentration camps similar to Hitler’s. These people are starved, tortured, and attacked by dogs. This has been happening since 2011. People may say that something like Hitler could never happen again, but when you take a look around the world it is