Similarities Between Jewish And Disabled
The horrifying story of hundreds and thousands of innocent lives massacred during the Holocaust because of being born differently, brings tears to the eyes of millions. During the reign of Hitler’s Nazi Party, disabled Germans were executed, murdered and tortured to wipeout their massive population. The Nazi Party persecuted disabled Germans by subjecting them to torture, sterilization, and eventually mass murder with the purposes of creating a superior German race. The disabled Germans were one of the many groups who were tortured and persecuted by Hitler’s Nazi regime. Hitler and the Nazis targeted Germans with hereditary diseases or disabled problems. To help with eliminating the disabled Germans, an organization called Euthanasia was
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The similarity between the Jewish and the disabled was that the Nazis used some of the same methods when exterminating and torturing both populations such as, starvation, gassing, drugging and separation from family members (Jewish Experience). Holocaust historian, Dr. Michael Berenbaum conveyed that, “The uniqueness of the Jewish experience can best be documented by comparing it with the Nazi treatment of other persecuted populations. Only by understanding the fate of other groups, detailing where it paralleled Jewish treatment and more important where it differed, can the distinctive nature of Jewish fate be historically demonstrated.” The persecution of all the groups were unique in some way. The Jewish people had the greatest amount of their population massacred out of all the groups, which leads people to ask why? Comparing and contrasting the groups that were oppressed by the Nazis gives people an idea of what the Nazis especially thought of each group. Evidently you can tell the Nazis disliked the Jews more than some other groups. To Hitler and his Nazi regime, being inferior to others meant those certain individuals did not belong together, and the only way to rid them all was to massacre them. These terrible events should not replay itself in the coming years and it shall be something that future generations will learn from. Millions of innocent lives perished and were destroyed because of being unique and different during the horrid events of the Holocaust. History should not repeat itself
The similarity between the Jewish and the disabled was that the Nazis used some of the same methods when exterminating and torturing both populations such as, starvation, gassing, drugging and separation from family members (Jewish Experience). Holocaust historian, Dr. Michael Berenbaum conveyed that, “The uniqueness of the Jewish experience can best be documented by comparing it with the Nazi treatment of other persecuted populations. Only by understanding the fate of other groups, detailing where it paralleled Jewish treatment and more important where it differed, can the distinctive nature of Jewish fate be historically demonstrated.” The persecution of all the groups were unique in some way. The Jewish people had the greatest amount of their population massacred out of all the groups, which leads people to ask why? Comparing and contrasting the groups that were oppressed by the Nazis gives people an idea of what the Nazis especially thought of each group. Evidently you can tell the Nazis disliked the Jews more than some other groups. To Hitler and his Nazi regime, being inferior to others meant those certain individuals did not belong together, and the only way to rid them all was to massacre them. These terrible events should not replay itself in the coming years and it shall be something that future generations will learn from. Millions of innocent lives perished and were destroyed because of being unique and different during the horrid events of the Holocaust. History should not repeat itself