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Prejudice and the Holocaust

 

Kaplan, A Jewish man forced to live in Polish Ghettos throughout the war.
             It is obvious from the many extracts that I have read from Mein kampf that Adolf Hitler was an individual who was not afraid to voice his opinions on the subject of racial inferiority. The founding principles of the nazi party were heavily based on these prejudicial ideals. Adolf Hitler blamed the Jewish population for the economic, political and social problems that were being encountered by Germans post WW1, in particular the ramifications of the signing of the Versailles treaty and the effect the great depression was having on Germany's economy. Hitler's complete lack understanding and principles on the eventual destruction of the world by the "polluting Jewish culture" are highlighted in the following quote, "religion is ridiculed, ethics and morality represented as outmoded, until the last props of a nation in it's struggle for existence in this world have fallen.
             Hitler goes on to describe the typical Jew as a destroyer, a thief, a liar, a tyrant, a bastard and one who "is hungry for power", and will feast on the carcass of Germany in order to maintain his devilish lifestyle. From the level of emotion presented in his writing Hitler hints at the personal reasoning behind these prejudicial thoughts and ideals, which eventually caused so much pain and suffering. .
             A Jewish man condemned to life in Warsaw ghetto after the German invasion of Poland wrote the second piece of related material I have collected. Germany began by possessing the land, dwellings and property of all Jewish people in nazi occupied Europe and sending them to allocated parts of cities. These derelict areas became known as ghettos and harbored death, starvation and disease, often without running water and adequate amenities with numerous families being forced to share single rooms. According to Hitler and other nazi superiors two problems could be solved with one solution, concentration camps.


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