The Holocaust & How It Changed the World Forever
The Holocaust & How It Changed Our World Forever
The tragic events that occurred during world war two and the holocaust were not only horrific but also morally wrong. The Jewish culture was targeted for mass genocide, by the hand of a mad-man bent on world domination, and the only way to prevent another incident like this from happening again, is to thoroughly educate the public. The actions and events that Hitler and his followers proposed not only helped the world realize the extent of his destruction but also how horrible it would be if the events were to happen again. The aftermath of the war and holocaust left half of Europe in ruins, and more than six million Jews, Homosexuals, Gypsies, and Africans dead, not including the numbers of soldiers from all sides who died in the battlefield.
Hitler was first appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30th 1933, on February 28th that year, Hitler was granted emergency powers as a result of the Nazis, unknown at the time, burning the Reichstag building as an apparent coupe the day prior. On March 24th the German parliament gave Hitler dictatorial powers under the “Enabling Act.” Hitler became the Führer on August 2nd 1934, after the German president died. Nazi occupied Germany lead the way to enforce Hitler’s rule and reign over the country and instilled fear and love by his people. Hitler’s rise to power was unknown or cared by the civilizations around him but paved the way for the hold it would soon have over the entire world.
April 11th, 1933, The Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan, the Aryan belief was that only Caucasian, blonde hair, blue eyed, and rich history of catholic or Christian heritage was the supreme human race, and Hitler was determined to rid the world of any non-Aryan infesters, any the Jewish were especially non-Aryan. Following this Decree, the Jewish population soon began losing all of their rights and privileges. On April 1st 1933, the Nazis begin staging boycotts of
The tragic events that occurred during world war two and the holocaust were not only horrific but also morally wrong. The Jewish culture was targeted for mass genocide, by the hand of a mad-man bent on world domination, and the only way to prevent another incident like this from happening again, is to thoroughly educate the public. The actions and events that Hitler and his followers proposed not only helped the world realize the extent of his destruction but also how horrible it would be if the events were to happen again. The aftermath of the war and holocaust left half of Europe in ruins, and more than six million Jews, Homosexuals, Gypsies, and Africans dead, not including the numbers of soldiers from all sides who died in the battlefield.
Hitler was first appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30th 1933, on February 28th that year, Hitler was granted emergency powers as a result of the Nazis, unknown at the time, burning the Reichstag building as an apparent coupe the day prior. On March 24th the German parliament gave Hitler dictatorial powers under the “Enabling Act.” Hitler became the Führer on August 2nd 1934, after the German president died. Nazi occupied Germany lead the way to enforce Hitler’s rule and reign over the country and instilled fear and love by his people. Hitler’s rise to power was unknown or cared by the civilizations around him but paved the way for the hold it would soon have over the entire world.
April 11th, 1933, The Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan, the Aryan belief was that only Caucasian, blonde hair, blue eyed, and rich history of catholic or Christian heritage was the supreme human race, and Hitler was determined to rid the world of any non-Aryan infesters, any the Jewish were especially non-Aryan. Following this Decree, the Jewish population soon began losing all of their rights and privileges. On April 1st 1933, the Nazis begin staging boycotts of
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