"And the governor [Pilate] said, 'Why, what evil hath he [Christ] done?' But they [the Jews] cried out the more, saying, 'Let him be crucified.'

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, 'I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.'

Then answered all the people, and said, 'His blood be on us, and on our children.'"

It was not until 1965 that the Vatican established that the Jewish people were not to be held responsible for the death of Christ. The bias against Jews, which started out strictly on a religious level, grew to the point where Jews became scape

Hitler looked first towards the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. It was rich in natural resources, and all ready full of German people who lived and worked there. He tried to convince the Czechs to give the land up to him, but they refused. A conference was called with the Czechoslovakian leaders as well as the Prime Ministers of France and England, and in the end Czechoslovakia was persuaded to let Hitler take Sudetenland. Hitler swore it would be the end of his demands. Immediately afterward, he moved troops into Sudetenland and easily conquered the rest of Czechoslovakia three months later. After Czechoslovakia, Hitler had his troops, along with Russia’s, take over Poland. Less than fifteen months after Russia had helped Germany win Poland, Hitler planned to invade Russia. However, Russia took Germany by surprise. Realizing that Hitler was after the quality Russian wheat, the leaders told all the wheat farmers to burn their fields. The Nazis were left with nothing to eat, and were not prepared to face the Russian winter. Eventually the Nazis surrendered to Russia.

Perhaps it was fear of the Germans that kept some nations from acting against them sooner. Perhaps it was just a widespread belief that it was not any one else’s concern. Hitler did manage to use the war to conveniently take attention away from the killings, but that is no excuse. Today, we still have problems accepting people different than ourselves, and another holocaust could definitely happen. With radical Islamic extremists and their hatred towards Americans, or Neo-Nazis still preaching the same message of hate as the Nazis of World War II, one does not have to stretch the imagination too far to see how things could go wrong and millions more people could lose their lives. What is needed to prevent this is a widespread teaching of tolerance and acceptance of differences in other cultures and religions. Perhaps the world will take note of this, and one day be at peace.

In 1923, three thousand Nazis, all armed with whatever they could get their hands on, wearing black shirts with swastika armbands, decided to make a move on Munich. However, they had broadcasted their plan a bit too much and the police were ready and waiting. Many Nazis were arrested and jailed, some were killed, but Hitler managed to escape for two weeks. When he was found, he was convicted of treason and sent to Landsberg Prison.

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