Hitler’s Quest for Aryans Essay -- History, Holocaust

Imagine being shoved off of an old, dirty train and not having a clue where you were headed. Everyone on the train is in incredible shock, and not much is heard except horrifying screams and cries from those around you. No one has access to food or water. Believe it or not, that is what you would have experienced if you lived in Germany, Poland, or Hungary about seventy years ago. Nearly six million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was much more than a cruel, belittling era; it was an atrocity beyond measure. On September 11, 2001, three thousand people were killed from a terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in New York City. That is not even a comparison to the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were murdered. The word â€Å"holocaust† has multiple meanings. In the early times, it meant a burnt offering to the gods (Downing 4). Middle Age citizens referred to it as a huge sacrifice or destruction (4). Between June 1941- March 1945, there were approximately four thousand Jews murdered each day (4). There is no way anyone can grasp how bad it must have been. Death, around camps, was expressed in many ways; starved, froze or worked to death, gassed in death chambers, or even shot for no reason at all. As the death rates rose, finding a place to bury everyone was becoming a perplexing challenge. With Hitler’s wish for living space, his goal for world domination and World War II as a cover, Hitler and his Nazi regime were able to carry out one of the greatest crimes in human history with about three and half million Jews being murdered at the death camps. All Hitler wanted was to eliminate defective genetic diseases, which in the end could endanger his wish for the Aryan race worldwide. ... ...sign was up above that read â€Å"Arbeit Machttrei† or work will make you free. This was a trick to the prisoners to make them believe they were going to an actual work camp. The camp was surrounded by barbed wire fence and had nine watch towers. The first few days at camp were spent in quarantine. Meaningless tasks were done and they were given very little food. Sleeping conditions were beyond awful. Some people even considered camp â€Å"a living hell† (Downing 31). The Holocaust was by far one of the worst events in history. So many people were killed for no reason at all. Hitler’s gal was not only to kill all Jews, but also to have a worldwide race of Aryans, blonde hair and blue eyes. There will never be enough horrifying words to describe the physical and mental pain each and every prisoner went through. Do you think you could have survived the Holocaust?