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Holocaust Compare And Contrast Essay

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1. Hitler singled out Jews for the extermination because they were believing in negative stereotypes. The Nazis’ thought the Jews were a race and not a religion: “they incorrectly believed Jews had a natural impulse, inherited through generations, to strive for world domination, and that this goal would not only prevent German dominance but would also enslave and destroy the German “race.” The Nazis believed that all of history was a fight between races, which would culminate either in the triumph of the superior “Aryan” race or in its total extinction. As a result, Nazi leaders considered the death of all Jews to be a precondition necessary for the survival and the eventual dominance of the so-called
“German-Aryan” race. According to the Nazis, the Jews, as an …show more content…

On the other hand, in every country in Europe, there were courageous individuals who risked their lives to save Jews.
In several countries, there were groups which aided Jews, e.g. Joop Westerweel's group in the Netherlands, Zegota in Poland, and the Assisi underground in Italy” (Center). The
Nazi’s were not giving all of the specific details of the final plan for the Jews to the ordinary Germans. They could have stopped what was happening if they knew the whole story on what was really happening.
3. The Jews did try to fight back against the Nazis. Jews used tactics that carried out: “acts of resistance in every German-occupied country and in the territory of Germany’s Axis partners. Against impossible odds, they resisted in ghettos, concentration camps, and killing centers. There were many factors that made resistance difficult, however, including a lack of weapons and resources, deception, fear, and the overwhelming power of the Germans and their collaborators” (Common). Some of the Jews were successful in their efforts, but many of them were not

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