Throughout the history of humankind, man has always been hateful and prejudice towards a race or religion different from his or her own. In the early twentieth century itself, we faced atrocities such as the Armenian Massacre, the rape of Nanking and many more. One such crime against the human race that can overthrow all of them is, the Nazi Holocaust led by Adolf Hitler.After World War I, Germany was in a condition of total chaos. The Weimar Republic that was set up by the League of Nations was not holding much water and the citizens of Germany were looking for some authority to put every thing back into order. This was when Hitler rose into power, he was first given the position of chancellor and it was from there that he began taking control over Germany. More Germans were attracted to Hitler's promises to improve the economy, defy the hated Treaty of Versailles, and rebuild Germany's military power. Soon after he became chancellor, Hitler began to destroy the constitution and build a dictatorship. He permitted only one political party, the Nazis. The party seized control of the nation's courts, newspapers, police, and schools. People who opposed the government were murdered, imprisoned in concentration camps, forced to leave Germany, or beaten up by the Nazis' private army called storm troopers. In 1936, German troops reoccupied the Rhineland, although this was in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles none of the major powers said anything. Also in 1936, Germany formed an alliance with Italy and signed an anti-Communist agreement with Japan, the three countries became known as the Axis powers. In March 1938, Germany occupied Austria and made it part of the Third Reich. In September, Britain and France consented to Hitler's demands to take over the German-speaking areas of Czechoslovakia at the Munich Conference. This was blatant appeasement. They were giving into the demands of psychopathic dictator. This was the beginning of Hit...
