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World History Homework Twelve Answers - Student Thirteen (view source)
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3. Why do you think Hitler and his supporters killed so many people? Explain.
3. Why do you think Hitler and his supporters killed so many people? Explain.
Hitler is an example of a truly evil person. He killed millions of people because…? Why? Why did he feel that this was a good response to Germany’s troubles? Did he think that by exterminating all non-Aryans, Germany would then be pure, all problems over? Did he really think the rest of the world would sit by and watch? And, if that was truly his reason, and intent, why did he seize other countries? This was the action that brought the rest of the world’s attention to him. If he had not done this, he probably would have gotten away with the vile murder of millions. I think the best explanation for this is that he didn’t believe what he preached. He had his own agenda, and the only way he could get supporters was to have a somewhat plausible theory and a scapegoat. If what he wrote in his journal was true, that he did have a pact with the devil, he couldn’t have told his supporters his true reasons, because that would not inspire people as much as it would terrify them. Some of his supporters didn’t believe in God, or Satan, so that would have convinced them that their Fuhrer was crazy. Nationalism was a much better belief to feed to his followers, who were dying for something to believe in. I think his followers believed they were the “Master Race”, and everyone else was inferior. Hitler, however, quite probably had ties to powers outside this world that helped to fuel him in his destruction of Germany.
:Not an easy question to answer. I appreciate your struggling with this question!
:Not an easy question to answer. I appreciate your struggling with this question!