Nazi Propaganda During The Holocaust And World War II

The 1930’s and 40’s, both, influence history significantly. The Holocaust and World War II hold great responsibility for the significance of these notorious time periods. The Holocaust continues to be a vast part of America’s history today. It seems that Nazi propaganda is what sparked the commencement of the Holocaust. In anticipation of the mass murder, Jews and other classifications were confronted with discrimination and anti-semitic preconception. Nazi propaganda is one of particular things that played a signifiant part in creating the Holocaust. Propaganda is the control of large groups of people (Nazi). Propaganda is distinguished as an art of persuasion; therefor seeming to play a significant role in collimating power and controlling
Article five in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that, “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” (Declaration). The Holocaust definitely goes against the present day article. The Nazis believed that the Jews were dangerous and were also an alien threat to the German racial community (Holocaust). Nazis began ruling and slaughtering innocent victims in Germany in January of 1933. Although Jews were the primary victims, they were not the only group that was targeted during the Holocaust (Holocaust). The disabled, Russians, homosexuals, communists, socialists and even Jehovah’s Witnesses were all targeted (Holocaust). All targets were either murdered, died of disease, neglect, starvation or perished from maltreatment (Holocaust). Ghettos, forced labor camps, and even transit camps were generated to house the victims. During and between the years of 1941 and 1944, Nazis deported the millions of prey from Germany to the ghettos and to extermination camps. At the extermination camps the Jews were murdered gassing chambers (Holocaust). In the repercussions of the Holocaust, numerous survivors found shelter in DP camps which were created by the Allied powers. The very last DP camp closed in the year 1957
Humans hear instructions, commands, and even directions every single day. What specifically makes humans implement them? Obedience is described as a form of social influence where an individual acts in response to a direct order from another individual, who is almost always an authority figure (Obedience). The assumption its that without an authority figure one would not have acted in such way (Obedience). An example of real life obedience is Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann was put to death in 1962 for his part in assembling the Holocaust. Eichmann’s part in the slaughter of the innocent people was to plan the transportation, collection, and extermination of those to be murdered (Obedience). Eichmann confessed how he obeyed orders and that obeying orders could only be a good thing (Obedience). Eichmann made an entry in his jail diary that stated, “The orders were, for me, the highest thing in my life and I had to obey them without question’ (Obedience - (extract quoted in The Guardian, 12 August, 1999, p. 13). Adolf Eichmann was examined and declared sane by a whopping six psychiatrists (Obedience). Eichmann was categorized as average. Adolf’s behavior was solely blamed as being the product of the social situation that he was cast upon (Obedience). The verdict was, “Under the right circumstance we may all be capable of monstrous acts”