HIST 1150 Lecture Notes - Heinrich Himmler, 1936 Summer Olympics, Nuremberg Laws
3 Oct 2013
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Mid 1960s, the holocaust was not a widely discussed historical topic. No such thing as holocaust studies; no memorialisation. Many holocaust survivors were unwilling or unable to talk about their experiences. Perpetrators in east and west germany didn"t want to uncover their unfavourable roles. The nazi holocaust was also a part of a wider nazi plan to destroy political enemies and racially/socially inferior races. Social democrats, sexual minorities, gypsies, disabled people or people who could not contribute to the. The final solution needs to be seen in the broader destructive policy. Traditionally, there were 2 main groups of thoughts: These debates fit into the nature of nazis. Liquidation was decided on by the nazis and hitler, the central goal of hitler"s life and it was achieved in steps. Hitler"s long standing anti-semitism (from when he was in vienna) Destruction of the jewish race was a common topic in his speeches when he came to power.
