Was Hitler Responsible For The Holocaust

Eleven million innocent Jews, priests, homosexuals, people with many kinds of disabilities, and many more were killed in the horrific genocide we know as the Holocaust (Ridley). Why were so many innocent people brutally murdered? What did they do to deserve to die? Who would do something so terrible? The answer to that question is Adolf Hitler. Hitler believed, with no prior reasoning, Jews were inferior to him. So inferior, in fact, that he did not believe they were people at all (“Why did”). Hitler brutally murdered eleven million innocent people, with 1.1 million of those people being children, because he felt that they were “politically, racially, or socially unfit” (“Why We”). And the worst part? No one tried to stop him or prevent him from starting his terror in the first place. Not even Germany. Germany could have easily stopped Hitler in many ways before the Holocaust became one of the deadliest events in history. The first chance that Germany had to stop Hitler was not letting him rise to power. Hitler never should have been nearly as popular as he was. He simply deceived, negotiated, and told the people whatever they wanted to hear to gain power (“Hitler”). He convinced his followers that the Jews were responsible for all of the hardships in Europe (“How”). While in reality, they were in hiding, scared to go outside
But, no one did and history is still the same. Hitler killed 11 million innocent people because they were different from him. Everyone needs to stop focusing on what we could have done and start focusing on what we can do right now. It is too late to go back in time and change history. Although some people want to believe the Holocaust did not happen, it cannot be forgotten. It is vital that we remember the history, good and bad, to help us shape the future for generations to