The Holocaust VS The Crucible1
Hitler believed in ethnic cleansing. He wanted the non-white race to disappear. To him non-whites were an inferior race. Individuals of Jewish descent were particularly singled out. Hitler ordered their imprisonment in concentration camps which had deplorable living conditions. Jewish "prisoners" were badly mistreated and then most were killed. This "ethnic cleansing" didn't just take place in Germany but all over Western Europe. The Crucible also tackles the problem of perception. In the reading the author describes how the characters believe that some people are more deserving of life than others. This perception is totally false but it continues to attract believers. Hitler's plan was to create a dominant race consisting of "pure" white humans who were mentally superior to all others. He was a charismatic speaker who was very powerful in persuading others to his point of view. He made people believe that only the white race should live on this Earth and all those of other races or religions should be driven out with force or execution. Hitler spoke to the people and told them to follow his ideas and that he would lead them to total domination of the world. I don't think that many people had any idea what
Holocaust, which means a religious rite in which an offering was entirely consumed by fire, was twisted into one of the most horrific, demonic event in history. When the Nazi party came into power in Germany in 1933, they immediately began to discriminate against the Jews. They first concentrated to get the Jews out of the economic aspect of life in Germany, and then from there, they eliminated them from German life in general. Then in 1938, all of the synagogues in Germany were set on fire. Windows of Jewish owned shops were smashed in, and thousands of Jews were arrested. This night was known as the "Night of Broken Glass", and was the start of the Jewish racial cleansing in Europe by the Nazis. After this particular incident, many Jews in Germany, and in Austria as well opted to leave as soon as possible. When World War II broke out, Germany occupied one half of Poland, which 2 millions Jews lived in. The Jews in this half of Poland were moved to ghettos to live in. Their houses destroyed and belongings stolen. They were surrounded by barbed wire and cement walls. Due to malnutrition and poverty, typhus was not uncommon. Many of these Jews meet their final demise at Death Camps, or concentration camps. Here, thousands upon thousands of Jews were slaughtered in gas chambers, mass graves and mass executions. The largest one of these concentration camps was Auschwitz. They were all sent to these places because on one reason, they were an "inferior race". They were singled out by Hitler and annihilated. "The Holocaust", The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles in Washington, D.C., opened in 1993 to commemorate the Holocaust - www.encarta.msn.com
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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