Hitler
In 1933, a new Chancellor came to power in Germany. No one could have been prepared for the events that occurred during the next twelve years. The new Chancellor was a man by the name of Adolph Hitler. Hitler appealed to the people at just the right time. After the embarrassment of World War I, the German people needed a strong leader to lift their national patriotism. Hitler gave powerful speeches that invoked the German people. "Hitler's secret was he wasn't afraid to shout out loud what most Germans were afraid of admitting to themselves, namely that we deserve to rule the world". (Heck, 23) People once again became proud to be German. A man that brought back such pride to Germany was also a deranged, Anti-Semitic monster. He turned the German people against a common enemy, the Jew. Hitler ruled in a totalitarian manner. He was the absolute power. This affected many people's lives. Not only did effect people like Helen H. Waterford, but it also affected followers of the movement like Alfons Heck. Helen Waterford was a Jewish woman that endured a lot from the Anti-Semitic rule of Hitler. Alfons Heck was a follower of Adolph Hitler. He says, "I belonged to Adolph Hitler body and soul." (Heck, 23) In this paper t
She then began to make her way to her child and to try to start her life over. With speeches that promoted the Aryan race and demoted Jews, along with propaganda that showed the 'real truth' of what the Jews were, the German people began to share Hitler's vision. A question is still asked today, why the Jews? There is still no answer, why did Adolph Hitler turn the people of Germany against the Jews. and it boggles the mind when you think that it had gone on for almost ten years before we got into the war. There heads were shaved, she had no sufficient clothing, she suffered from "edemas in the face, legs and lower stomach; and otherwise looking like a walking skeleton. The people that lost their lives and the people that survived the Holocaust are the victims of Hitler's totalitarian state. Hitler's reign of terror will hopefully not be forgotten soon. Waterford endured so much during the time of Hitler's reign. He followed Hitler in his dream of world domination, but now he sees the wrongs of what was really going on. They did not have the backing of entire nations. " (Waterford, 122) Waterford was then taken to a concentration camp. Before being separated he said, "I don't know where this journey will take us, but I don't think that I am capable of living through whatever it is.
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