Why Is Hitler Considered The Holocaust

During the World War Two, Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Germany. Hitler and the Axis powers, such as Italy and Japan, were the aggressors. Nazi Germany was a dictatorship that invaded and took over most of the Europe during World War Two. The invasions were part of Hitler’s vision for Germany. At first, Germany wanted to unite all German people who included Austria and a few neighbors. However, Nazi Germany invaded them and later they wanted to dominate Europe. The Nazis and Hitler wanted more territory and also believed in the superiority of the German people. The Nazis believed that they were supposed to rule. As part of this policy, the Nazis and Hitler were very prejudiced racially and wanted a ‘pure’ German state.
Jewish people were on top of their list of impure people. At first, the Nazis made Jewish people identify themselves and wear badges that identified them as Jewish. Next, the Nazis arrested and forced Jews into concentration camps where they were tortured. The Nazi leaders also setup many killing centers next to the camps.
The Nazis killed most of them in gas chambers while pumping poisonous gas for the purpose of mass murder. Many of the tortured people were starved and shot or worked to death. This slaughtering and murdering of millions of Jews and others, this genocide, was called the Holocaust. As a result of the Holocaust, approximately 11 million people died in total, which included 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews which contained the Gypsies, homosexuals, artists and dissidents. Even though, the U.S and its allies, which included the Britain, the Soviet Union, and the Free French, were aware of the camps, they didn’t understand the extent of the horrors until towards the end of the war. The Nazis kept it a secret from them. When the Allies took over Germany, they found out about these terrible acts that the Nazi leaders committed. Moreover, the U.S and its allies weren’t quite sure how to handle the situation. As a result, the Allies created the Nuremberg Trials which punished the most important captured leaders of Nazi Germany who committed crimes against humanity. Crimes against humanity are considered the highest level of criminal offense which includes murder, extermination, enslavement and other inhumane acts against a group of
population. The Nuremberg Trials began on November 20, 1945. Many of the Nazi leaders killed themselves rather than face the trial and punishment. Martin Bormann and Hans Frank were two Nazi leaders who were put on trial and both were sentenced to death. Even though Hitler was one of the major criminals, he never faced trial. Hitler committed suicide for the sake of power and his own commitment to the National Socialist Race mythology. The Nazis that were put on trial were accused of committing crimes which disrupted peace, abused and murdered prisoners. The concept of the Nuremberg trials was all about bringing justice and to prevent the horrors of the Holocaust from ever happening again. Many of the procedures of the Nuremberg court system were carried on to the present day in order to punish all the crimes that go against humanity.