How To Exterminate The Holocaust
The Holocaust (1933 – 1955) is, with no doubt, one of the most horrific occurrences in modern history in which millions of Jews and other groups perceived as “inferior” by the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party) were persecuted. A question that surrounds the holocaust is whether or not the extermination of the Jews had been intended from the start. The structuralist argument states that there was no long-term plan from the Nazis to exterminate the Jewish people, but that it was due to a number of factors that the Final Solution evolved over time. While it is evident that the Nazis had no conclusive plan as to how to exterminate them, it is undeniable that from the very beginning, there was an intention and a plan to remove
the Jewish people, along with other ‘inferior’ racial groups, from human society.
Hitler was strongly anti-Semitic and, on numerous occasions, has mentioned his desires of the complete removal of the Jews. There is evidence of this from both prior to his rise in power as well as during his time as Führer. In 1919, Hitler wrote a letter to his military superior Adolf Gemlich in which he states “Rational anti-Semitism … must pursue a systematic, legal campaign against the Jews … But the final objective must be the complete removal of the Jews.” This confirms that Hitler had already formed, even before his rise to power, the basics of the plan to exterminate the Jews and indicates that the events that occurred during the Holocaust of the persecution of the Jews were the steps of a methodical plan. This goes against the structuralist claim that it was due to the increasing radicalization of the Nazi state that the Final Solution formed. As leader of the Nazi party, Hitler’s ideas are what formulated the Nazi racial ideology.
the Jewish people, along with other ‘inferior’ racial groups, from human society.
Hitler was strongly anti-Semitic and, on numerous occasions, has mentioned his desires of the complete removal of the Jews. There is evidence of this from both prior to his rise in power as well as during his time as Führer. In 1919, Hitler wrote a letter to his military superior Adolf Gemlich in which he states “Rational anti-Semitism … must pursue a systematic, legal campaign against the Jews … But the final objective must be the complete removal of the Jews.” This confirms that Hitler had already formed, even before his rise to power, the basics of the plan to exterminate the Jews and indicates that the events that occurred during the Holocaust of the persecution of the Jews were the steps of a methodical plan. This goes against the structuralist claim that it was due to the increasing radicalization of the Nazi state that the Final Solution formed. As leader of the Nazi party, Hitler’s ideas are what formulated the Nazi racial ideology.