Nazi on Jews By: Benita and Athira

Hitler’s hate of Jews is what influenced people under his rule to feel the same way. But it was not only Hitler who felt this way. In the 1930’s, the world looked at Jews in disgust.  The whole world brought about the holocaust with the Nazis. In general, the Nazis willingly rounded up the Jews. However, the rest of the world rejected Jewish refugees who tried to escape.

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The Jews in Germany were overrepresented in the top ranks of the German society. Hitler used this as an example to show that “good, ordinary Germans” were being excluded from those positions by the Jews scheming. The Nazis generally thought of Jews as filthy, and in Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf “he portrays Jews as trying to “contaminate” German blood."Was there any form of filth or crime...without at least one Jew involved in it? If you cut even cautiously into such a sore, you find like a maggot in a rotting body, often dazzled by the sudden light - a Jew." The article continues to talk about using Jews as “scapegoats” and Jews creating “disunity” amongst Germans.

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If you follow the LINK the article goes on to say that Hitler influenced the Nazis along with others to act on their hatred for the Jews. Hitler’s love for the Germans and their love back, lead the Germans to be easily influenced by him and caused the hatred of Jews to grow.

Main Source:

"Why Hitler hated Jews." Majorityrights.com. ExpressionEngine , 24 June 2005. Web. 26 Apr. 2012. <majorityrights.com/weblog/comments/why_hitler_hated_jews >

"Jews in Nazi Germany." History Learning Site. History Learning Site, n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2012. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Jews_Nazi_Germany.htm>

Interesting Facts

·                         The term "Holocaust," originally from the Greek word "holokauston" which means "sacrifice by fire," refers to the Nazi's persecution and planned slaughter of the Jewish people.

·                         Although many people refer to all Nazi camps as "concentration camps," there were actually a number of different kinds of camps, including concentration camps, extermination camps, labour camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and transit camps.

·                         Auschwitz was the largest concentration and extermination camp built. It is estimated that 1.1 million people were killed at Auschwitz.

Rosenberg, Jennifer. "Holocaust Facts." About.com. About.com, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/holocaustfacts.htm >

Quotes from The Book Thief

• "Of course, everyone knew about the Jews, as they were the main offender in regard to violating the German ideal."(Zuzak, pg 111)
• "He's infesting you with his family and he's about to take over you". ( Zusak,pg 254)

Zusak, Markus. The Book Thief. New York: Knopf, 2005. Print.

Video: Hitler's Views on Jews

                                                       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgdTFqZ7hs8