Germany Responsible For Ww2

World War 2 took place between 1939 and 1945, it was the most devastating war in human history. Over 60 million people died, at the time this was 3% of the world’s population. (euronews) The war was fought between the Allied powers of France, U.S.A, Britain and their allies and the Axis powers of Germany and its allies. During World War 2 there was an event called the holocaust, where millions of people, mainly the Jewish population died. The holocaust was a period that lasted from approximately November 28, 1938 – May 8, 1945. Over these years approximately 6 million Jews died and many more non-Jewish people that the Nazi’s deemed unfit. This mass murder was the most devastating to have ever happened however, it was the most effective. The

It all started with the poor social and economic status of Germany in the 1920’s. Most of the country couldn’t even afford simple things like food and water. This was due to the Treaty of Versailles from World War 1 were it stated 4 conditions. These conditions were that Germany must have a small army, they must pay $6.6 billion for retribution from World War 1, a lot of their land was taken away and they had to accept the blame for World War 1. This made the people of Germany very angry and they thought that it was too harsh. In January 1933 Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. He swore to rip up the treaty and secretly began to build up Germany’s army. Whilst Hitler was Chancellor he segregated the Jewish population from the rest of society, they were seen as a ‘deformity on the body politic’ and were feared by the German middle class, this was due to Hilter’s use of propaganda. The final main event before the holocaust started, was The Night of Broken Glass or Kristallnacht this occurred on the 9th and 10th of November when the Nazi Party attacked the Jews in Germany, their homes and buildings. 30,000 Jews were arrested, 91 killed, 500 shops looted and 1000 synagogues

The main reason for this was due to his election of a minister of propaganda and public information, his name was Joseph Goebbels and he controlled mass media in Germany. His and Hitler’s goal was to Nazify Germany and Goebbels orchestrated most campaigns against the Jews. Goebbels was also in charge of all books published and movies made in Germany during World War 2, most of them were made to promote Anti-Semitism and pro-Nazism. Multiple propaganda posters were used by the Nazi party during war time. Most of them blamed the Jews for the war, some calling them warmongers and portrayed them as fat and ugly. Some examples of this can be seen in Appendix