How Could Something Like the Holocaust Happen?

Artifact #1: Hitler Youth

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Artifact #2: Propaganda



Artfact #3:

 First they Came…...
“First they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for me—
and there was no one left to speak out for me.” -

In Hitler Youth kids from a young age are taught Nazi ideals, to follow Hitler, and to be ready for the war. The youth camps were mandatory after a certain year and were run similarly to a military camp. This was one of the reasons for the Holocaust. Even though the Holocaust was a tragic event causing many to die, Hitler had a master plan in which he had everything very well planned out. He had thought out every step in the process and was able sustain it for a period of time. He had convinced. The purpose of the Hitler Youth was to prepare kids a from a young age to become great leaders. He believed that the kids were leaders of the future generation and he wanted to teach kids his ideologies so they could take over his position once he was gone and so that they could pass it on generation after generation. The kids in Hitler Youth did noy know any better because they were not taught anything else except Nazi ideology. They were manipulated and were told that everything Hitler did was right and was for their own well being. The kids believed it because he was really persuasive in this aspect.



In artifact two,the picture portrays the horror and the hardship that the Jews went through throughout their Holocaust experience. This shows how successful hitler was in making everyone obey to him. He oppressed people and made them do anything they want because every single Jew was his slave. No one spoke an unnecessary word because they were terrified of Hitler. They knew that if they spoke the truth or spoke their opinion they would be punished terribly to the point where they might not even live to see the next day. Hitler made sure that everyone was oppressed to him. Something like the Holocaust could happen because all the Jews were afraid of Hitler and since they did not want to die, they had no choice but to follow his rules.
This poem shows how independent each and every person was during the Holocaust. Families were separated in the beginning and taken away in all different directions. After that the individual would have no clue how they were and even if they were alive or not. This poem also brings back the point where everyone was terrified of Hitler. He was a dictator who killed many innocent people. He made sure that there was no chance of a revolt by the Jews because everyone was scared of him. When the author of the poem says that there was no one left to speak out for him, I think he means that all of family and loved ones were taken away from him. He had no one, and he was left all alone and had to go through the whole Holocaust process indepently.