Before all of this, Jews living in Germany were peaceful with the Germans. Jews were law-abiding citizens and were having a decent life. Until the end of World War I, the people of Germany were frustrated with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had to admit that they caused World War I. They also had to pay huge reparations payments for the damage done in World War I to the victors and limit their troop supply. Lastly, Germany had to give up land to Britain and France.
With the terms of the Treaty of Versailles impacting Germany, the Germans needed someone to blame …show more content…
Jewish people have registered already, so the Nazis knew where they all lived. Then, the hunt for Jews started. Some Jews, however, managed to escape from Germany’s wrath. Others went hiding in Germany, hoping that the Allies would invade Germany in time before the Nazis find them.
During all this, concentration camps were being made. A concentration camp is a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or persecuted members of a minority, are imprisoned in a small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution. Many of these concentration camps later became death camps for Jews. One of the most infamous concentration camps was Auschwitz because it was the largest of all concentration camps.
In these concentration camps, the prisoners were either forced to do labor or left to rot and die. However, weekly or monthly, the Nazis will decide who will get sent to a new concentration camp and who will stay. Sometimes, those who are sent to a new camp, are actually being sent to their …show more content…
They promoted German pride and most importantly, anti-Semitism. With the help of different kinds of propaganda, the Nazi Party was able to spread fear and hate of the Jews. This propaganda of fear and hate of the Jews spread like wildfire with posters, newspapers, and rallies. More and more people started to support what the Nazis were doing and praised Hitler. This lead to Hitler becoming chancellor and Fuhrer of Germany and his dictatorship. With this absolute power over Germany, Hitler and the Nazi Party developed a plan to annihilate all Jews or as they named the plan the “Final Solution.” “The movement that will end genocide in this century must rise from each of us who have the courage to challenge discrimination, hatred, and tyranny. We must never let the wreckage of our barbaric past keep us from envisioning a peaceful future when law and democratic freedom will rule the earth” (Genocide