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Was the Holocaust Planned?

Those who were tried in Nuremburg in 1945 and convicted were either executed or sentenced to life long prison sentences, though it is widely agreed by historians that too many people simply "got away with it." The holocaust by the Nazi's is the largest in history. It is felt by many that the holocaust could have been much smaller had the rest of the world stepped in and helped the Jews. Whilst The final solution was kept secret by the Nazis, their previous legislation against the Jews was done publicly, and yet the immigration laws held by major powers such as the United Kingdom and the United States did not make any allowances for the huge numbers of Jews trying to flee Germany in the 1930s and so many were trapped. During the War, when these countries may have received reports of the mass killings it would have been much harder to take action. Already being at war with Germany, there was little else they felt they could do to help these people on German occupied land other than try to win the war, which they did, but too late. .
             The school of thought that believes it would be utterly implausible for anyone who accepts that the holocaust was a reality to say it was some kind of reactionary accident on the part of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi's is called The Intentionalism . This is the belief that the genocide of millions was planned and premeditated over the course of Hitler's time in power and even some say his entire life.
             The school of thought that doesn't believe this is known as Functionalism. Functionists are of the belief that genocide was not Hitler's intention, but something that took place as a result of the war.
             The evidence in favour of the belief that Hitler had clear and definite intentions regarding the fate of the Jews is rather overwhelming. A brief glimpse at the timeline of the German third Reich leading up to the Second World War shows this. .
             The persecution of not only Jews but also most of the minority groups in Germany went back to the very beginning of the Nazi's time in power.


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1. What is the Holocaust?

... in the Holocaust. The Holocaust is interesting history because it was such an appalling event that mostly resulted in death. It was so unbelievable how the rest of the world knew about the "Final Solutions" for the Jews and did very little, if anything to stop this.. Another reason the Holocaust is interesting is because it's so incomparable in history. There was no other event in history that was so planned, ... well thought out, and in such a civilized manner. The Holocaust is something every school ... should teach. "The camp looked as though it had suffered an epidemic: empty and de...

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2. A Histoy of the Holocaust

... contradictions it is essential to also discuss the evidence supporting functionalism. This task is accomplished extremely well by Ms. Botwinick. She brings up the fact that if indeed Hitler had planned to exterminate all Jews, why was he not a part of the planning of the Holocaust. He left the planning up to Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler. It was these men among others who orchestrated and ... carried out the atrocities that took place during the Holocaust. Hitler is known only to have given a vague ... order to the effect of finding a solution to the Jewish "problem." Also, ... ...

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3. Italy And The Holocaust

... Ancona, Rabbi Elio Toaff, who was told of the deportation, advised his community to hide and not to come to Yom Kippur services. In Florence, Rabbi Nathan Cassuto, a physician and son of a renowned biblical scholar, went from house to house exhorting Jews to hide. The Vatican had been informed of the planned deportations, but the pope at the time, Pius XII, failed to ... issue disapproval either before or after the fact. The German ambassador to the Holy See commented that the pope had not censured the deportations that were taking place; the pontiff, rather, was more concerned with pre...

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4. Pre-Meditated Genocide in the Holocaust

... debate in Chapter 21 of Exchanges are whether the Holocaust was planned by the Nazis before or after the war started. The other subject of discussion is what were the main causes for the Germans to murder six million Jews. The Germans felt threatened by the Jewish people and evidence suggests that the mass genocide of the Jews was pre-meditated (Dawidowicz 269). Although the Holocaust was unique, it was not unique in its time. According to Lindqvist ... , "this slaughter of civilians was made possible by more than a century of European (and American and Japanese) ideology that the exterm...

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5. Holocaust

... into hiding like Anne Frank and her family. But the SS or Shutzenstaffel found most of the Jews who hid from the Germans. The horror of what Hitler did was unjust and the allies wanted to put a stop to it. The war was difficult but they managed to defeat Hitler and end the dictatorship. I think the Holocaust was a selfish and cruel act that was all planned by someone who wanted power more than anything ... . The Germans were only thinking of themselves when they did this. They didn't care about the other countries or the other people. My experience of learning about the Holocaust taught ...

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6. Bosnia Vs. Holocaust

Genocide is the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group. In Germany during World War II a man named Hitler tried to eliminate any race except for what he called the "Arian" race. In the process he committed genocide by killing off 6 million Jews and a total of 8 million people in all. Europe was going through some very hard times during the mid ... over. In Germany it was the "Nazi Party" and in Bosnia it was called the "Assembly of the Serbian People". In Bosnia the Serbs targeted everyone except themselves, as did the Nazi's of Germany....

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7. The Holocaust Ann Frank

... the skull. The rest of their body was also shaved. After that they were sent into the showers, there was only cold water and there was no soap, no towels, and the water stopped after just a few moments. Still naked and shivering, they were deloused with a disinfectant. Immediately after given clothes they were given numbers, which were tattooed in blue on their left forearm. (Rogasky 65) Everything was planned ... in the camps. If a prisoner did not die of starvation, they would die of disease. The camps were not places to live. They were places to die. The barracks were called blocks. ...

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8. The Rise and Fall of the Third

... affected many people around the world through both the Holocaust and World War II. Hitler had a plan to exterminate all the Jews, and propelled this idea through the Holocaust putting Jews in concentration camps and killing them. Hitler's evil plan caused one of the world's biggest tragedies, World War II. Adolf Hitler, who was the leader of the Nazis, was born in Austria just across the border from German Bavaria. Hitler ... of world domination. Also in 1938 the Holocaust had begun when the Jews were being attacked and arrested. Hitler's plan of the master race begins, and the foundatio...

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9. Outline the Problems of Evil

... is not all good."" (St. Augustine) There is, however, one of several theories, which attempts to solve the problems of evil. The theory that I'm going to offer to you is that known as the Iranaen Theodicy'. The theory is traceable to St. Irenaeous (c.150 AD), which was then later explained further by Schleirmacher in the Eighteenth Century. And then later revived by John Hick- Evil and ... can learn from the consequences. He explains about the Holocaust: " The less God allows men to bring large scale horrors the less freedom and responsibility he gives them."" A philosopher D.Z. Phillip...

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