Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Many events occurred in and leading up to the 1940’s. Many events were tragedies but some that occurred were good. Whether it was a war, the Great Depression, or the many killings that occurred, the 1940’s is still remembered today. However, one of the worst things that could have happened to the world wasn’t the war, great depression, or the killings. It was simply an extremely dangerous man, Adolf Hitler. Many people today know the name and the story behind Adolf Hitler. They know that he is a terrible person because of all the cruel things he had done. Adolf Hitler made a huge impact on the world in the 1940s due to trying to the holocaust, misleading promises, and trying to take over the world.

When someone hears the name Adolf Hitler, many different things may go through their mind. Hitler took part in several different things but in a way, they all lead back to the same topic, Jews. One event a person may think of when they hear the name Hitler is the Holocaust. “The word holocaust comes from the Greek words holos (whole) and kaustos (burned) and was historically used to describe a sacrificial offering burned on an altar. Since 1945, the word has taken on a new and horrible meaning: the mass murder of some 6 million European Jews (as well as members of some other persecuted groups, such as Gypsies and homosexuals) by the German Nazi regime during the Second World War” (“The Holocaust”, 1). The holocaust was a terrifying time for the Jews. Many feared for their lives and some even took to hiding so that the Nazi would not find them and their families and take them away to a Nazi death camp. During 1942 up until 1945, many Jews were moved to deported camps from all over Europe. The worst deportations took place during the summer and fall of 1942, where more than 300,000 people were deported from the Warsaw ghetto alone (“The Holocaust”, 2). Many of the death camps had been evacuated by 1944 by some Germans. After the Holocaust ended, the wounds remained. Many survivors of the camps were traumatized and did not know where to go since most of them lost their families. Many people had looked to punish the criminals of the holocaust. It had further pushed the allied powers to create a homeland for the survivors. Many people