Power or Hate:

The Holocaust 1933 1945

AP World History (Period 4th)
Mr. Omowale
Elite Scholar Academy
6 Pages & 1419 Words
Veron Ligonde, 3/8/2016

The holocaust was one of the most devastating genocides to happen in the history of the
world. They gained military and political power by stepping over many cultures not just Jews.
Hitler and his followers believed that Jews were the cause of the depression in Germany. Then
Hitler rose up in the ranks and promised his fellow Aryan citizens success so they began to
follow him. He wanted to eliminate all Jews but they were pawns in his plan to gain world
power.
Socially, the Nazis led by fear anyone that didn't believe in what he believed didn't speak
up, because of the fear of execution. If the word was going around about Jews get captured and
overtaken, why didn't the Jews leave when they had a chance? I believe it's because of the
unknown because most Jews lived there their whole life and their mothers mother lived there.
Jews were also a minority and some Jews were old or ill or some simply didn't have the money
to leave. When the Germans came to Jewish towns they gave them a false sense of security. At
first, they were nice, but day by day they slowly took away rights. They couldn't own jewelry,
they had to wake up at certain times, couldn't go to search, had to move to the slums and much
more.The Jews, they claimed, had done much to spread defeatism and thus destroy the German
army. Democracy in the Weimar Republic, they argued, was a form of governance that had been
imposed on Germany and was unsuited to the German nature and way of life. They construed the
terms of the Versailles peace treaty and the steep compensation payments that it entailed as
revenge by the victors and a glaring injustice.
Politically and economically Hitler gained control of most of Europe and became a force
to be reckoned with. His country prospered, they even had the Olympics in Germany which
brought millions and millions of dollars to the country. Thats how powerful he was.Hitler
skillfully maneuvered through Nazi Party politics and emerged as the sole leader. The

Fhrerprinzip, or leader principle, established Hitler as the one and only to whom Party members
swore loyalty unto death. Final decision making rested with him, and his strategy was to develop
a highly centralized and structured party that could compete in Germany's future elections. Hitler
hoped to create a bureaucracy which he envisioned as "the germ of the future state." Jews were
forced to move to slums while Germans lived in top of the line housing and profitable
communities. Everything in Germany or Europe the Nazis had their hands all over it. It also led
to the creation of the United Nations. Jewish population of Germany consisted of about 500,000
people. Jews represented less than one percent of the total German population of about 67
million people. It was probably easier to leave earlier in the 1930s as opposed to later. But from
the above numbers you can see that a lot of people were tryingand even succeedingduring
the mid-30s. For example, by my calculations, one-third of the entire German Jewish population
managed to get to Palestine by 1936, before things tightened up and it became much more
difficult to emigrate there.
Religiously, the holocaust affected religion and humanity a lot. It caused discrimination
after the holocaust. The Holocaust was a tragedy of the greatest proportion. Our minds can't even
begin to relate to the number 6,000,000... And your question is right on target; logically, no faith
or tradition can survive such a tragedy. There is no way to rebuild after such destruction.
Governments didnt allow Jewish immigrants in their countries. Christianity in the Aryan race
flourished and the sense of the perfect person was created; blonde with blue eyes. The funny
thing was little Nazis had these features. But the Jew is different. His faith does not depend on
things making sense. His belief does not come and go, for it doesn't rely on circumstances or
external factors. It is built-in. It's inherently there. A Jew believes. While, Hitler was brought up
as a Roman Catholic, he rejected Christian beliefs as an adult. He wrote in Mein Kampf that

antiquity was better than modern times because it did not know Christianity and syphilis.
Hitler also forwarded other reasons in Mein Kampf as to why Christianity should be rejected.
He stated that christianity should rejected because it protected the weak,the forgiveness it offers,
its jew and oriental origin,christianity idea of equality protected the racially inferior, and love
was silly to name a few. Religion played a role in Nazi Germany but as with so many other
aspects of life in the state, religion became the property of the government.
The intellectual and technology gains were slim but during World War Two, Germany
conquered a lot of Europe and found hidden archives and art and most important knowledge. The
only thing they really created was killing machines like gas chambers and crematoriums. They
used Jews to create and help produce weapons. Holocaust education is in a state of constant
evolution. As generations grow up and new ones are born, as distance from the Holocaust
increases, it is necessary to reform the methods in which its history is taught. As survivors die
and the third generation slowly drifts out of the Holocausts shadow, education must be
buttressed with an understanding of the applicable lessons and principles that may derive from
the Holocaust. For this education to have any meaning, those mechanisms that allowed the
Holocaust to take place must be fully understood. History must empower pupils with the
understanding of various choices they must make and their ultimate impact on society. New
exhibits, created to encourage the public education Adorno hoped for, look critically at the
memory of the Holocaust. In the exhibit 1945: Consequences of the War and the Politics of
Memory, the third generation is faced with the politics of commemoration and the important
role that history plays even today. Though the exhibit was not created for children. The
connection between the Holocaust and human rights may seem quite easy for adults to
understand: the Holocaust was caused by ignorance and discrimination, the fuel for basically all

human rights violations. The holocaust was still bad but had got a couple of things right, rocket
fundamentals, innovation in health and entertainment and also fashion, they banned tobacco they
even the people's car the The Volkswagen and they created one of the largest welfare programs
in history.
The holocaust didnt only affect Jews, but Germans, Americans, and African-Americans,
the Jews in the camps werent the only ones suffering; what about those on the frontlines, the
ones back at home, what about the ones at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin? Everyone tries to focus
only those that were prosecuted but they dont dig deep enough. Since 1920, there have been
over 24,000 black Germans living in Germany because of past colonization. These group of
people were called the Rhineland Soldiers who came from a land that the French didnt want
colonize. After Hitler rose to power in 1937 the decedents from the soldiers have settled down
with other women Germans and had mixed kids, which Hitler called it race polluting. Then he
had everyone in the mixed race sterilized, in order to keep his race pure. Some of them were
shipped to concentration camps. Although African Americans have been the victims of racial
oppression throughout the history of the United States, they have always supported the nation,
especially during wartime.
This was only one of the ways blacks were persecuted during this time, and sometimes
the Germans werent the only ones causing trouble for African-Americans in the military. Blacks
were simultaneously working in every field of the military while struggling with civil rights
issues back at home. First, it kicked off with the death of the famous political leader Marcus
Garvey in 1940. There were many cases where unarmed black soldiers were murdered by
military police. Over 1,200 black soldiers from the 364th Infantry Division were murdered in
cold blood by the U.S. Army at camp Van Dorn in the southwestern Mississippi. African-

Americans had to go many terrible things like this during WWII. Being in the army for a black
person at this time was rather like using a double-edged sword every time you were taking down
the enemy you were hurting yourself. As the people back home were fighting for their civil
rights, their husbands and wives were fighting for their lives. Although African Americans
supported their government during WWII, they were not silent about racial practices in America.
In fact, some even noted the similarities between the way Jews were treated in Germany and the
way blacks were treated in America. This led to the Double V movement, that was one of the
biggest african American which led the groundwork for the March on Washington that came later
and had a stunning impact on civil rights even to this day.
Now, how did the holocaust affect the Olympics and what impact did the Olympics have
on the Germans? How were the U.S persecuting Hitler and others for discriminating against a
race and killing a race but they are doing the same thing to the black community? America is
truly a bias country, you have blacks winning gold medals for you, risking their lives for you but
you discriminate against them and try to wipe them out. Lucky for the black athletes, the
International Olympic Committee obtained a pledge from the German Olympic committee in
June 1933 that Germany would abide by the Olympic Charter. The charter banned all
discrimination in sport. This was a great time for African Americans to leave a substantial mark
in the fight of civil rights. For the black athletes, the Olympics provided a special opportunity. In
the 1930s, blacks suffered discrimination in most areas of American life. "Jim Crow" laws,
designed by whites to keep blacks powerless and segregated, barred African Americans from
many jobs and from entering public places such as restaurants, hotels, and other facilities. In the
South especially, blacks lived in fear of racially motivated violence. The United States military
was still segregated during WWII. Then instead, it was used as a propaganda tool to boost

morale of citizens. The United States claimed it was a triumph over Hitler but the black
community had two Hitlers too defeat; The U.S and Germany.

In Conclusion, the holocaust was a ploy to gain more power and Jews and African-Americans
were simply pawns in the equation. I believe that the U.S were participating in the war to cover
their own mistakes because there was a Black Holocaust taking place as well. The other Hitler
remains amidst and the second holocaust needs to be stopped.The Holocaust brought this to
people's attention, finally realizing how bad discrimination really was. This is hopefully leading
to less discrimination. Hitler told people that Jews were the main reason for all problems. This
led to a horrid and gruesome couple of years that could scar the Jewish culture forever. But when
Hitler committed suicide and World War II ended all of the concentration camps throughout
Europe were obliterated, saving millions of Jews. It is said that two out of every three Jews
living in Europe at that time were killed during the Holocaust. If the Holocaust had not happened
the Jewish culture would probably be a lot larger especially in Europe. Today the Holocaust
shows us how dangerous we as humans can be, and will be with the proper motivation. We are
constantly impacting history, whether it being for better or worse.

Bibliography
Wiesel, Elie. Night