After prayer today, the class took notes on the Holocaust. The word "Holocaust" means "burn offering." Mrs. Egan showed us a picture of a pile of dead bodies. This could have meanings such as the dehumanization or disregard and disrespect for life evident throughout the genocide. The class also discussed Holocaust deniers. Some statistics about the Holocaust are that before, there were just over 9,00,000 Jews, and afterward there were only 4,000,000 survivors. This shows that however horrific his methods were, Hitler WAS successful. The progression of discrimination started when the Jews were alienated from society, blamed for economic problems, and were described as "killers of Jesus." In 1933 Hitler seized power, Nazis boycotted Jewish business, an issue decreed that defined non-Aryans, the Gestapo was created, and the first concentration camps were built. These were all small steps which would later lead to the Holocaust.
The class then read the article "Nazi Ideology" and completed an Article Analysis about it. These are our answers:
1) Main purpose: to show how Nazis were able to gradually influence Germany to support the Nazis (Antisemitism)
2) Key question: How did the Nazis carry out the execution of Jews?
3)Important information: articulated his ideas (extinguish Jews/ "survival of Aryan race")
4) Main conclusions: His beliefs lead to mass murder of the "inferior"
5) Ideas that need to be understood: Hitler's journey tot total control and killing of Jews was gradual, so that it did not abruptly appear
6) Assumptions: All who follow Hitler and his ideals decided that the Holocaust was essential
7) Consequences of following the reasoning of this author: people will be more aware of the past, so that they can be more conscience of the future
8) Consequences of failing to follow the reasoning of the author: people may not care for or respect all people
9) Main points: Hitler persecuted the Jews because he believed them to be an inferior race which could act as a scapegoat for German grievances. His propaganda was effective and he quickly rose to power.
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