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Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust

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Adolf Hitler was the driving force behind the Holocaust. Many people think he was insane to torture the human race that way. Others praise him for attempting to exterminate the Jewish people. Some wonder what was going on inside his head when he had the first thought and/or plan of the Holocaust. A majority of the world just want to know what drove him or what made him hate the Jewish race so much. Studying Adolf Hitler’s beliefs can give the world history because he gave the world an insight as to why one would want to deliberately exterminate a race, political party, nationality, or culture. Hitler killed over six million Jewish people in the Holocaust. He strongly disliked the race.
He was trying to kill all of the Jewish …show more content…

Then January 30, 1993, the president of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg offered/preferred that Hitler become chancellor. Thus, the Nazi came to power legally. (Farah and Andrea, 1997)
Hitler not only impacted a society or race, but the world. By allowing his anti-semitism to carry on throughout his years of power and forcing and/or convincing people to share his feelings on the issue, he impacted the lives of so many people. When Adolf Hitler decided to carry out with the Holocaust he changed and ruined the life of most if not all Jewish people. He put Jewish people through the worst possible torture thinkable. Some were not strong or healthy enough to make it through, but those who were strong and healthy now suffer from the memories and what they had to witness and experience. They have been scarred for life. (Wiesel, 1986)
By Hitler taking these actions and deciding to carry out the Holocaust he killed 12 million Jewish, disabled, and communist people.. Also by carrying out the Holocaust he changed the way many saw the world, it made some realize how cruel the world can be. Although this is not the only genocide in history, it is usually the most thought about and sympathized about. Also this was the first time the term “Genocide” was used.
Hitler decided to carry out the Holocaust because of his hatred toward Jewish people.
His hatred is based on the thoughts he

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