The Holocaust was an inevitable atrocity in the 20th Century and consisted of the mass genocide of the Jewish people and other minorities caused by Nazi Germany during WW2. The Holocaust started in 1941 (no specific date was recorded) and ended on 8 May 1945 during which Nazi Germany murdered around 6 million Jews and around 5 million other minorities (any black, Roma, communists, the mentally and physically disabled, and the homosexual). The Holocaust was inevitable as the supporting evidence suggests that Hitler’s plan to exterminate the Jews was with him at the beginning of his career. Hitler was a powerful influencer due to his compelling speeches and extreme belief in nationalism toward Germany. Hitler had multiple assassination attempts during his dictatorship including the most famous of which, “Operation Valkyrie”, saw German men try to kill the Führer before he killed all the Jewish people. Anti-Semitism was a belief long before Hitler’s time and is something he relied on when establishing the common enemy.
Hitler was a powerful influencer due to his compelling speeches and extreme belief in nationalism towards Germany which was mainly caused by his childhood. It was evident in his childhood that Hitler was a natural leader through the use of his compelling speeches and wit as he achieved high grades in his early schooling. When a young Hitler was searching through his father’s books he found a picture book about the war between Germany and France in 1870-71, to which Hitler formed an obsession with it, reading it multiple times[1]. This is important as it sparked Hitler’s love for Germany and ultimately the reason why he was able to rise through the German ranks. The evidence to support my argument is located on the website historyplace.com and is further explained in the reference list (under reference 1). Although Hitler showed strong signs of nationalism towards Germany, he also did it in spite of his father, Alois Hitler. Alois was a mid-level Austrian customs officer who was quick to anger and took it out on Hitler. This produced a poor relationship between Hitler and his father. Since Alois was an Austrian public official, Hitler, out of spite, would praise the German flag and continue to show his love for the German flag.[2] Although Hitler had a troubled childhood he still managed to find love in the form of nationalism for Germany. His influence was a key characteristic shown in his early life through his leadership in games and his curiosity sparked his intense love for Germany.
Hitler had multiple assassination attempts during his dictatorship including the most famous of which, “Operation Valkyrie”, saw German men try to kill the Führer before he killed all the Jewish people. During Hitler’s reign, he survived multiple assassination attempts however if one such as Operation Valkyrie was successful the Nazis would be quick to surrender without their courageous leader along with the halt on the holocaust, not preventing it, but reducing the death toll. According to history.com, Operation Valkyrie was an assassination attempt on Hitler set by high-ranking German officers and soldiers. They saw Hitler as a disgrace to Germany and thought he was going to collapse. On July 20, 1944, Stauffenberg set up an explosive briefcase in a meeting at the Wolf’s Lair headquarters. When the briefcase exploded, three officers and a stenographer were severely injured however Hitler only suffered a perforated eardrum[3]. If this explosion was to kill the Führer it wouldn’t take long for the Nazis to surrender without their intelligent leader and the holocaust would have been stopped. What made Operation Valkyrie fail was that prior to the explosion, a German officer moved the briefcase away from Hitler when Stauffenberg left.[4] This ultimately prevented the death of Hitler and allowed Nazi Germany to continue the Holocaust, proving it inevitable. Operation Valkyrie was the closest of assassination attempts set to kill Adolf Hitler, however, the men involved were met with bad luck when a soldier moved the explosive device before it detonated. If this were to succeed then Germany would collapse and the Holocaust would have been stopped
Anti-Semitism was a belief long before Hitler’s time and is something he relied on when establishing the common enemy. Anti-Semitism is the hatred or discrimination towards Jewish people as for religious and race-related reasons. This dates back to when Jewish people were in Palestine around the Greco-Roman era where Jews were segregated for not worshiping the current gods. Jews were always the enemy, always hated by another religion, eg. Jews were denied citizenship in Medieval Europe[5] and ghettoized segregation during the middle ages[6]. During the uprising of Hitler in the late 1930s, Hitler fed the German nation with anti-Semitic propaganda which the majority of Germany loved. Hitler blamed the Jews for the loss of WW1 and for the tragedy that followed (the Treaty of Versailles). History.com states that “ the Nazis undertook an “Aryanization” of Germany, in which Jews were dismissed from civil service, businesses were liquidated and professionals lost their clients”. This segregation is speculated to show Hitler’s power and how the Jewish people were what made Hitler rise to the top. Although Hitler heavily push the idea of Anti-Semitism, he did not rely on it. Hitler was a great speaker and a great influencer, according to Hitler’s childhood friend, August Kubizek[7]. Since Hitler was a great speaker and was persuasive about his ideas, he capitalized on this, and upon joining the German Workers Party, his excellent speaking abilities stunned the Party’s leadership and Hitler was quickly promoted to the leader. Anti-Semitism is a belief dating back to the era when Romans ruled and Hitler used this effectively when establishing the common enemy, the Jews. Although Hitler had other skills that allowed him to rise to the role of a dictator, Hitler kept the idea of the Jews being the cause for the loss of WW1 which a struggling Germany loved.
Therefore, the Holocaust was an atrocity that was inevitable in the 20th Century because Hitler’s influence was a key characteristic shown in his early life through his leadership in games and his curiosity sparked his intense love for Germany. Operation Valkyrie was the closest of assassination attempts set to kill Adolf Hitler, however, the men involved were met with bad luck when a soldier moved the explosive device before it detonated. If this were to succeed then Germany would collapse and the Holocaust would have been stopped. Although Hitler had other skills that allowed him to rise to the role of a dictator, Hitler kept the idea of the Jews being the cause for the loss of WW1 which a struggling Germany loved.