Friday, January 24, 2014

Dehumanization

My topic is about how Hitler dehumanized Hebrews through propaganda and the Nuremberg Laws. This event was always so interesting to me, because Episcopal never taught us anything that happened in the 19th century, with the exception of 6th grade in science when Mrs.Perret explained about the first rocket launch. So for a while I will admit I had none, to very little knowledge of the holocaust, but now I know much of it. I have learned about the concentration camps and how many people died in the Holocaust (1.3 million). Hitler thought that the Hebrews were to blame for their falling economy, and the lost of World War One. Once, he was let out of prison in 1930, became the superior of Germany right after the previous superior died, he then went on campaigns telling the public, persuading them that Hebrews were below humans. He persuaded children through the use of media, comic books, and art that Hebrews were mean and vengeful. In 1935, he finally came up with 435 laws (give or take) discriminating against Hebrews. These set of laws separated Hebrews from society, they were not allowed to have intercourse with people out of the Jewish religion, they were not allowed to drive in their own cars, and were also enforced to sow the star of david on their clothing so that it was easy for Germans to distinguish if it was a Hebrew or not. In the eyes of public they were now completely separated from society, they were now pariahs, outcast in their own home. The public then truly believed that Hebrews were not human they were just as good as dogs. 

Humans have segregated one another since the 300 AD, whether it was race, ethnic group, or religion. In 1931 Adolf Hitler came in to reign, defacing Hebrews of their human rights. He dehumanized Hebrews, so the question I'm going to answer is how. How did Hitler dehumanize Jews? He used the combination of powerful propaganda & the Nuremberg Laws to enforce his opinions of the people of Germany on the Hebrews. The Hebrews in result were below dogs, they were the destroyers of Germany, and would be the reason for Germany falling as a country in Hitler's and the rest of Germans eyes, even though Hebrews made up than 1% less of the population.  This matter interest many in a variety of ways. I always had this distorted infatuation of the Holocaust. I want to know why the people thought it was right, why Hitler thought it was ok to kill 1.3 million people .2 of those children. Propaganda,  the Nuremberg Laws and Hitlers persuasive campaigning are to claim for the torture of Hebrews. It persuaded children to hunk that Hebrews were below them, the reason in fall of the economy, and the loss of world war 2. This is truly a ghastly event, and hasn't brought me much solace since I started researching this topic.

I spent 3 hours and 33 minutes on my rough draft & on my notecards
and one hour reading the true diary's of a part a time indian. 

1 comment:

  1. Kaylin, I am researching a similar topic during the holocaust. I find your topic very interesting, and I love how you go into detail and support your points in this post. Keep up the good work!

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