Hitler and How he Rose to Power?

How did Hitler rise to power? In September 1919 Hitler joined the German Workers party which will later become the Nazi party. He was undoubtedly one of the best speakers in the party. He was able to persuade a sea of people through his speeches. He was able to make a connection with the working class of the German population, he used the Jews as scapegoats for everything wrong with Germany. He went from having 2.6% of the vote to later becoming the face of Germany. Since Germany was so desperate for a voice/leader, Hitler was not shy to become that person. He believed a lot in survival of the fittest and to him, the fittest was the Aryan Race. Aryans were blonde-hair, blue-eyed people. He preached about how they are the supreme race and every other race should be subordinate. He put fear in others eyes that it's either the Nazi way or you die. That's how he rose to power so quickly, because of how desperate Germany was in need of a leader.

What is Zyklon B?

Zyklon B is a cyanide-based pesticide invented in Germany in the early 1920's. It consisted of hydrogen cyanide as well as a cautionary eye irritant. Why this product is relevant because of the use of it during Nazi Germany. They used Zyklon B to kill about two million people in gas chambers. Some of the camps that used Zyklon B are, Auschwitz and Majdanek to name a few. This cyanide is a poisonous gas that interferes with cellular respiration, so it affects your ability to breathe. Tesch was the person who sold this Zyklon B to Nazi Germany. He was later executed after they found out he willing sold Zyklon B to the SS, he knew the SS used it as a chemical weapon to kill Jews.

Anne Frank

One of the most known victims of the holocaust, Anne Frank was a little girl whose diary she left behind captured her life in the time before her and her family were found and captured by the Nazis. Her story has been read in different countries in different languages. Having said this, the book is banned in several US states for different reasons such as saying that the book contains pornographic messages and some countries that are anti-semitic. However, through the book we see a glimpse into how a little girl saw what was happening around her. We learned of her families plight and struggle.

How the Germans could have won World War 2.

World War 2 could have been won by the Nazis if it wasn't for one mistake made by Hitler in my opinion. The Germans were winning the war when they were fighting it on one front and basically allies with Russia. They made a huge mistake by attacking Russia because they started a war on 2 fronts. They could have continued their siege of western Europe on one front. Also, the Germans had invented the Jet engine and got it past a flight test in 1941. However, by the time they attacked the Russians, there were too many enemies to worry about to have factories to produce these Jets by the thousands and use these in the war. I truly believe if they got these up and running that they would have won the war because nothing else would have been able to compete with the Jet in the sky in WW2. I believe that if Hitler had not attacked Russia he would have had the resources to use these Jets. Thank God Hitler messed up.

Is another genocide possible?

In class, we learned about 2 genocides. The Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust. The Armenian Genocide took place earlier in 1915 about 30 years before World War 2 and the time of the Holocausts. They used similar tactics as the holocaust and ended up exterminating 1.5 million Armenians. The world didn't learn and the German people did the same thing during the holocausts but killing 6 million Jews. The people that took place in this discrimination and killing of another people all had a similar belief preached to them that they believed. They all believed that the people that they were killing were subhuman or less than them. That they shouldn't be treated as human because they were barely human. They also believed that the people that they were killing would be some sort of threat to them if they were to remain alive. 

We live in a world with a lot of hate and violence in the name of many different leaders, religions, and revenge. Is it possible that a people will once again feel so threatened by another that they would be willing to go as far as a genocide? Many people thought Trump was going to do it again when he spoke of deportation of illegal immigrants. He has not done this, but would it have been possible for him? The American people were scared and spoke up before he had even done anything. Are we at a place with media and learning that we wouldn't let this happen again? Or could we ourselves do this or one of the other many powers in the world be willing to go to this? Does history repeat itself like it already has?

H&M

I'm sure we all have heard about the incident that happened with H&M and the colored child who was seen photographed in a hoodie stating, "Coolest monkey in the jungle." which resulted in a lot of damages caused to H&M stores all over. This incident was talked about all over social media sites,the news, even celebrities that signed with the store removed themselves. People went around destroying H&M stores,but while people all over the world reacted to it negatively the little boys mother tells them to "get over it." The little boys mother showed no kind of concern for what was happening, she took it as just another modeling opportunity. Not knowing that her comments would only make things worse, she was targeted by others and forced to move her family into another home for their safety. My question is, do you think h&m was wrong for putting the little boy in that specific hoodie? or because the mother has no problem with it it's not such a big deal anymore?

Spread of Misinformation

In these past couple of days there have been massive rumors sweeping the U.S. at a highschool and college level regarding the use of Juuls and a supposed antifreeze in them that causes horrible lung cancer. There is no legitimate evidence backing up these claims and it is possible that this was a stunt pulled by another vape/nicotine distributor to delegitimize the safety of Juuls. Even with this absence of evidence, enough confusion has been created to actually get people to stop using, or throw away their Juuls. With this type of propaganda being distributed it is easy to see how Hitler could have turned many good people against the Jews.