Holocaust A Diabolical Plan - 1148 Words

Eve Atkins Dr. Cooperman November 17, 2015 Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Jews A Diabolical Plan In the movie, The Pianist, a group of SS officers throw an elderly man in a wheelchair off a balcony when he does not follow orders to rise. Later, they yell, â€Å"all out into the yard† as they escort throngs of Jews into a line. A woman cries, â€Å"where are you taking us?† and is immediately shot. Another woman sits moaning and whimpering because she was forced to smother her baby in order to prevent the police from hearing the cry. Men and women steal food from their own people out of utter desperation and starvation. The Pianist is not an over-dramatized production of the Holocaust but a realistic depiction of life for Polish Jews in the years from 1939 to 1942. During this period, over 400,000 Jews were confined to the Warsaw ghetto alone. The Nazis used the ghettos in Poland as a means of segregating and confining the Jews. They focused on economically, physically and emotionally draining and destroying their victims. With the underlying aim of extinguishing an â€Å"inferior race†, the Nazis implemented a ghetto system that ultimately served as a round up center for mass extermination. Jews lived in unimaginable unsanitary conditions, facing starvation and epidemics. Although from the Jewish perspective - at least at first - the ghettos were to serve only as a short time situation until Hitler’s regime fell, for the Nazis the ghettos were the first step in â€Å"the FinalShow MoreRelatedThe Hbo Movie : Conspiracy1431 Words   |  6 Pagesguarantees that extermination of the Je ws was not being considered. Soon it became apparent that the meeting was less of a conference to negotiate and plan, than to establish new laws and clear lines of authority with the SS in control. After only two hours of strictly controlled debate the meeting adjourned with a basic plan of operation and a new diabolical means for implementation. Gas chambers would be the tool to help them reach their ultimate goal; the total eradication of every Jewish person inRead MoreAdolf Hitler And The World War II Essay1653 Words   |  7 Pageswould take more alive and kill more capture and correctness around the orb than any foregone forces. Among the estimated 45-60 million community assassinate were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi major tent as part of Hitler’s diabolical â€Å"Final Solution,† now assumed as the Holocaust. At the same opportunity, Japan s increase in China was still not much, although the nationalist and communist Chinese commence fighting each other again. Japan was scheme to take over European colonies in Asia while theyRead MoreThe Jewish Holocaust Essay1872 Words   |  8 PagesThe Jewish Holocaust could be, and is, widely accepted as one of the most brutal and damaging atrocities ever to occur in the history of humanity. The level of brutality brought on by this atrocity is to such a degree that whenever the word â€Å"Holocaust† is mentioned it is not the Greek origins of â€Å"offer burning† that comes to mind; but, instead, the thought that resonates is the death of approximately 6 million Jews and other minorities brought on by racial hatred, radical ideology, and establishedRead MoreThe Effectiveness Of Nazi Propaganda3046 Words   |  13 Pageson race and race alone.†1 This propaganda was centered upon any race that provided a threat towards Hitler s master race, the Aryan race. Specifically, it displayed a strong dislike for the Jews and the Slavs. Hitler portrayed them to be diabolical, having a plan to destroy Germans and infiltrating his master race. Hitler knew the value of propaganda early on in his political career and his goal was to make the people understand the idea of the totalitarian system. This proved key to the success ofRead MoreEssay on Adolf Hitler: Evil Personified3870 Words   |  16 Pageswithout question, an infamous one. He was a historically significant figure who, as national leader of Germany, staged the perpetration of arguably the most despicable acts of genocide in recorded history. Hitler’s role as the architect of the Holocaust places him at the top of the list of history’s villains. By committing atrocities that most of us find beyond comprehension, Hitler has for many people become the definition of evil, an example of absolute malevolence even to those who normally