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The most simple answer: Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Hitler was the driving force behind the obsessive and fanatical Nazi persecution and ultimately also the mass slaughter of the Jews and various other groups, though the details of implementation were left to the terror apparatus, headed by Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich. Here are more opinions and input:
- Nazi Propaganda operated with conspiracy theories, especially the 'stab-in-the-back legend' and bizarre claims about an imaginary 'Judeo-Bolshevist' conspiracy against Germany, Austria and ethnic Germans. These ideas became popular among hardline nationalists in Germany, Austria and in some other countries. These fanciful, but dangerous notions were also fuelled by some refugees from the Russian Revolution and civil war of 1918-21. The "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" (first forged around 1900 by the Tsarist secret police and purporting to provide details of a Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world) was particularly important in this respect.
- The Holocaust unfolded as Adolf Hitler's personal vision of the cleansing of Europe of 'undesirables'.
- In World War 2 the Nazis greatly exacerbated (increased, intensified) their self-inflicted 'Jewish problem'. As a result of the Nazi invasion of other countries and especially Poland, the number of Jews under Nazi control greatly increased. At first, they herded the Jews in Poland and some other areas into ghettos, with a view to moving them all out of Europe at a future date. When it became clear that they were not going to win the war quickly, the Nazi leadership moved from a 'territorial solution' to the 'Final Solution' - that is, the Holocaust.
- In much of Europe (and America) the Jews had already been demonized for their religion, but this in itself does not explain the Holocaust.
The Holocaust was part of a wider Nazi campaign to rid the world of what they often referred to as 'Jewish Bolshevism'. It did not start with 'a big bang' in response to any particular incident but developed rapidly in the second half of 1941 during the early stages of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Why was the Holocaust caused by one man?
The Holocaust was not caused by one man. Even though Heydrich was called the architect of the Holocaust, it took a whole nation (in fact many nations) to make the Holocaust a reality.
What were victims of the Holocaust described as?
Holocaust victims.
Where did Hitler form his beliefs that led to the Holocaust?
He had believed that the Jews had caused the great deprssion in Germany while the crisis was in America that time also. And that all the depression was blamed on Jews.
What is the book escape children of the holocaust about?
Escape: Children of the Holocaust profiles 7 child Holocaust survivors.
How did World War 2 affect British literature?
The Holocaust widely affected British literature because the British felt so bad for the abused Jews that they wrote a lot of literature about it, including "The Holocaust and its affects on the World." It also caused the breakdown of the human language 'death of language' as the atrocities commited were so awful, language was unable to describe them. Also, many of the surviver's of the Holocaust wrote autobiographies, and novels of their experiences.
Why was the Holocaust caused by one man?
The Holocaust was not caused by one man. Even though Heydrich was called the architect of the Holocaust, it took a whole nation (in fact many nations) to make the Holocaust a reality.
How was the Holocaust?
The near extinction of the Jews caused by Hitler.
What was caused by the Holocaust?
the death of many jews, and a war
What causes DID?
He caused World War 2 and the Holocaust.
Would Hitler have still caused the Holocaust if he had a different childhood?
On what grounds do you assume that Hitler's childhood caused the Holocaust? It sounds to me like a desperately pop and naive notion.
What caused many German Jews to flee to America?
The Holocaust.
Was the Holocaust caused by some insane leaders or did majority of the people like the idea?
The 'majority of the people' were not asked or even informed about the Holocaust.
What caused people to go to the Holocaust?
People did not "go" to the holocaust. It is the name of an event in history that killed over 6 millon pepole.
How could you stop the holocaust in the future?
Remembering the one caused by Hitler
What could be done to minimize the damage the holocaust caused?
it is a bit late now
How did World War 2 affect killing of jews?
WWII caused the Holocaust.
How did the holocaust help to shape postmodern thought?
The Holocaust suggested that earlier ideas about progress were not true. The Holocaust makes one consider that postmodernism is wrong as much to do with the Holocaust is with the absence of empirical data.
