Holocaust Argumentative Essay

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The Holocaust Bryan Cheshire Grand Canyon University HIS 331 20th Century World History May 29, 2011 The Holocaust The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. (Museum, 2011) Adolf Hitler was sworn in as the offical Cancellor of Germany in early 1933, He was the leader behind the distruction and punishment brought out by the Holocaust. This tragic event in history was all due to Hitler’s need to cast blame upon anyone. Considering Germany needed someone to blame for all the distruction, the Jewish people were the perfect target. Hitler set his sights on distroying the Jewish race, he looked at the Jewish People…show more content…
Driven nearly two thousand years ago by the Romans from the land now called Israel, they spread throughout the globe and tried to retain their unique beliefs and culture while living as a minority. (Museum, 2011) Considering the Jews did not carry the same religious beliefs as the Christians, the Jews were discriminated against by the Christian’s. The Christians taught their people that the Jews were to blame for the death of Jesus. However at the time the Christian’s were not aware that the death of Jesus actually fell on the hands of the Roman government. Anti-Semitism was definitely present before the Holocaust and it was a thousand times worse during Hitler’s reign over the Nazi party. There has always been violence and dictatorship for centuries but the genocide and persecution during the Holocaust was over the top and absolutely…show more content…
This person is Anne Frank; she was a young woman who was forced to hide in a hidden attic located behind a friends business. After two years of hiding Anne and her family were found by the German Secret State Police. The family was split up into different concentration camps. One year later Anne passed away, but during her time in hiding was sure to keep a diary of her fears, hopes and dreams. This book was found and eventually became one of the most recognized pieces of history from that
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