Really, for whoever is guilty of these crimes, which almost everyone at the time was in some way, there is no adequate punishment.  I suppose you could take their families out in the street and kill them slowly, but then we would be as bad as them.  There is no plausible way to punish these people for these crimes, so all we can do is protect the memories of the Jewish people who lost their lives in the war, and never let any atrocities like these happen again.

But how can we protest visible minorities from these sorts of things.  We have proven ourselves un-productive in protecting the Muslim, and Arab people from such persecution in light of September 11.  The Americans themselves have implemented strict guidelines reducing freedoms of people of Middle Eastern decent.  What is the world coming to?  We must prevent a second Holocaust from occurring by standing up against the strong to protect the weak.  We cannot allow people to be pushed around because of their beliefs or the actions of a few.  The more and more governments restrict the freedoms of specific groups of people the closer we come to a second Holocaust.

Hate crimes will continue until we make it unacceptable in our society to see any difference in people of different backgrounds other then our own.  Holocaust timeline A second holocaust can be prevented but only we can do it, and we must do it.
Blame.  It’s easy to pass, difficult to give, and near imposable to accept.

Hitler’s first major influence would most certainly be his father.  His father often beat his older brother, and sometimes even Adolph and his mother.  One major source of friction in their relationship was the fact that Hitler wished to become an artist, while his father wanted him to enter the Austrian Civil Service.

Hitler was a bright child, and this most notably shined through in elementary school.  In secondary school his marks began to slip somewhat, and he was held back a year in school.  One part of school Hitler enjoyed and seemed to thrive in was a history class taught by Leopold Potsch.  It was here that we believe that Hitler was first really introduced to anti-Semitism.

Anti-Semitism was also a very big part of European culture.  Christian churches portrayed Jewish people as the killers of Christ.  With the backing of the church the governments of various European governments striped Jewish people of many rights.  During Hitler’s time especially, many people wondered how loyal the Jewish people were to Germany.  Radical theories also made Jewish people almost a separate race altogether rather then just another religious group.

When Hitler was sixteen he quit school and took a trip to Vienna to pursue his career in art.  He applied to art school, but they said he simply wasn’t good enough.  Shortly after this Hitler got news that his mothers cancer operation was not successful and he was forced to return to her side.  Later his mother passed away and he soon returned to Vienna.

He applied to art school again but once again was rejected.  He refused to do any physical labor and thus ended up in a hostel.  In the common room of one hostel he participated in many debates, and learned of many more anti-Semitic theories.

Many of Hitler’s influences as a youth in pre the holocaust timeline were negative, and anti-Semitic.  We then could see him having a strong dislike for Jewish people, and even hating them.  We could attribute this to simply being molded by his time, but Hitler showed that he follows the path of no one by heading many things further on in his life.