The first reason for success is one man, Hitler.  Hitler single handedly formed the Nazi party.  He was all that they had.  In a time when people were thought to follow, he chose instead to lead.  He used all of his abilities to his advantage, and hid his weaknesses expertly.  He used his wits, charms, and interpersonal skills to his full advantage; He realized the power of the people, and of propaganda.  Never before and never since has any country ever seen someone so polluted be accepted, and even loved by so many people.  Hitler was a great man for sure, but not a good man.  He demands respect at the very least.

The second reason for Germanys success was World War I.  The people were hurt deeply by the war, and they took it personally.  They came up with the what ifs.  What if I had have done more?  What if I had have fought?  They were offered a scapegoat, the Jewish people, and so they took it.  Germany was not a happy place for anyone and the only way out was to fight their way out so they did.  You could even argue that the war was inevitable do to the circumstances.

Why did the Germans ultimately fail?  When people decide to resist, and fight for what they know is right, although poorly portrayed by the media, good always will triumph over evil.  It may seem like a bit fluffy, but never has evil been able to control the good will of people and that is why it never will triumph over good.

Racism, and hatred are no longer acceptable in our society, and when things start to lean away we need to give ourselves a reality check and say what are you doing.  We can never be afraid to stand up for what is right; it’s the meaning for everyone’s existence.  May the day never come were our children don’t know that these are the ways that we need to act.

May the day never come when we are completely desensitized to the feelings of others.  I feel now more complete for having done this project.  Holocaust timeline It truly has been a life altering experience.  I have already seen changes in my life.  Judging others is futile, because they are judging you right back.  Look apon their differences and celebrate that they might rejoice in your differences as well.

Even before World War I the Jewish people faced hardship. Since the death of Jesus Christ they have been prosecuted, especially in Europe. Prejudice and immoral acts had been committed against the Jewish people for over 1900 years before the time of Hitler.

During the first stages of World War I the suffering for the Jewish people grew even greater. The Nazis forced them into small ghettos, where the Jewish people were crowded in small houses and given just enough food to survive. It was a routine thing for S.S. soldiers to march into these ghettos and open fire on any of the Jewish people they saw. If you think this is bad the Jewish people were just here to wait until they were brought to the Nazi prison camps.

Everything about the prison camps was horrible, even the trip there. The Nazis would come to the ghettos and round up a large group of Jewish people. The Jewish people would be packed into a truck and anyone not in the truck was forced to run behind it. If anyone running fell no one could help them p, and the soldiers would shoot them on sight. When the truck reached it destination, the train station, the Jewish people would be packed, standing up into a boxcar, there was not even any room to sit. The train ride would last for days and many people died on the ride because we were not fed or given water. When we got off the train the terror really began.

The Jewish people were divided into two groups. One group was the young fit men, and the other was the women, children, old, and sick. The later group was immediately brought to the gas chamber and killed, but they were the lucky ones. The men were forced to work in awful conditions, and were poorly fed. The men worked just long enough, about three months, for them to become weak, and thus useless. They then joined the women and children to be gassed. The men that did the particularly awful jobs like cremating the bodies of their dead brothers were promised more food and their lives, but the Nazis were deceiving them.

Some of the most heinous crimes known to man were committed in these holocaust concentration camps. The Nazis showed here that they were truly a disgusting, evil race. What an awful life it must have been for the Jewish people.

How are people so evil? Everyone that isn’t evil seems to be clueless to what they are doing.

Hitler’s weakened state also hurt the Nazi morale.  He was always considered the backbone of the party, after all ha made it what it was.  Hitler knew that he could not let on that anything was wrong though.  No, he had to keep a tough face on and show that he was still going strong. 

We are particularly shown the state of the party with the attempt on Hitler life.  Some of his Generals planted a bomb in Hitler’s conference room; although the attack fails it certainly must have had a somewhat detrimental effect on Hitler’s health.  We can also see here just why the Nazis have begun to lose the war.  When you cant kill one person with a bomb there’s something wrong.  Hitler must have been doing all the thinking himself.

With the Americans growing more and more heavily involved, Britton’s air force pounding German cities, and the Russians tightening their stranglehold on Stalingrad.  The final blow came to the Nazis at the hour of Hitler’s death.  Without Hitler to lead and keep the party going the Generals surrendered.  The great Nazi party had fallen, and yet again the feeling after the defeat in World War I must have been present. facts about holocaust

One gust of wind can topple an entire house of cards.  Thanks God for miscalculation and human error.  Some people make the biggest mistakes because they are looking for such small problems.

During the war Hitler seemed to still strongly believe in the cause, although his sprits were as dampened as his boots.  He didn’t find it enjoyable or fun, merely something that had to be done.  He writes of the miserable conditions but doesn’t seem to really complain about them.  I think this is because of his patriotism.

The end of the war and the surrender of Germany came as a hard blow to Hitler in his hospital bed on November 10th 1918.  He, as many people, had become comfortable in the trenches, and almost went crazy at the thought of returning home.  Like many Germans, Hitler didn’t see the war ending so abruptly and it tore him apart inside.

At then end of the war I’m sure Hitler’s hate for the Jewish people had intensified, but now he probably began to resent all foreigners, blaming them for the loss of the war.  I think before the war he hated Jewish people and outsiders at like a 7/10 but after the war it was almost a blinding hate, like a 10/10.

2) The German Government was still attempting to implement a “Revolution from Above”

3) Germany could have improved it’s position in the war making negotiations more fair for the people of Germany

4) It was a deemed a “necessary risk” at the time by the German government

Against:

1) The German government waited too long, effectively killing the economy of Germany

2) The German government waited until they had to surrender, not until it was in the best interest of Germany to do so

3) If the German government had entered negotiations earlier they could have received a better deal from the Allies