Holocaust: Nazi Propaganda, Anti-Semitism, Auschwitz, Survivors, and Rescue in Denmark

Nazi Propaganda and Censorship While Hitler was coming to power, the Nazis orchestrated a considerable propaganda campaign to win the loyalty and cooperation of Germans. All media whose viewpoints threatened Nazi beliefs were any censored or eliminated exclusively. In May of 1933, more than 25,000 books written by both Jewish and non-Jewish authors including Helen Keller were burned. On December 5th in 1930, Joseph Goebbels break off the premiere of All Quiet on the Western Front with pinhead and sneezing bombs beca social function its views were considered un-German. Even schoolbooks were censored from classrooms. The Nazis controlled the media so they could blend Nazi racism and ideas into it. On March 13th, 1933, Goebbels was appointed head of the Reich Propaganda Ministry. As the head, he condemned works written by Jews, liberals, leftists, pacifists, foreigners, and many others. New textbooks were regularize into classrooms praising Hitler and anti-Semitism. Hence, people were taught blind obedience to the Nazi party. Anti-Semitism Jewish people have been faced with prejudices and discriminations throughout istory. They were isolated in Christian societies, which, if you can remember, were almost everywhere. The Church taught that the Jews were responsible for Jesuss death, and that they to a fault caused the Black Death, which was the plague that killed thousands of people. The ignorance of people never ceases to surprise me. Because of these accusations, Jews couldnt run certain jobs or own land. It mustve been hard non universe able to express yourself the way everyone else did. Jews either had to convert to Christianity, leave the country, or be persecuted.Influential people mis groomnly defined them as a race, which ultimately meant that even if they did convert to Christianity, they were still Jews by blood. The government either organized or didnt prevent violent attacks on Jews, which composite murder and then looting. Why was so much h ate communicate towards the Jews? Auschwitz When educated people hear Auschwitz, a pretty picture does not come to mind. Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp established by the Germans in the 1940s. It was altogether a concentration, extermination, and forced-labor camp.In just five years, over one one thousand thousand innocent people lost their lives. If they could work or were some use to the Germans, their lives were spared. If they couldnt work, this includes the sick, the elderly, children, et cetera, they were sent to gas put up. Auschwitzs four LARGEST gas chambers could hold and kill 2,000 people at once. by and bywards, their bodies were burned. As mentioned earlier, the workers were left alive, hardly had live in unbearable conditions. They were not insulated from the heat or crisp they wore the same clothes 24 hours a day, seven days a week.They were malnourished and were often fed rotten, molded food. Dr. Josef Mengele performed cruel experiments on twins, dwarves, as well as the sick, and then killed them if they didnt die during the experiments. It really is no surprise that most prisoners survived only a few weeks to months in Auschwitz. Survivors move to life before the Holocaust was impossible for victims. Not only was it impossible, only it was also dangerous. People would think that after all the Jews had been through, that theyd pick out to take it easy on them.But still, there were anti-Jewish riots and pogroms when survivors returned. Rumors spread close to Jewish people killing Polish children and using their blood for rituals. overdue to these rumors, even more riots broke out, one in particular where 41 people were murdered, and 50 more were wounded. Even if the people had been peaceful to the survivors, they wouldnt have had a place to live. Many came home to find that their homes had been plundered and/or taken over. With nowhere to live, the Jewish people were put into Displaced Persons camps. After being ejecte d by many countries, the United Nations finally voted to divide promised land into a Jewish and Arab state. Even the United States changed their immigration policy to free more Jews to enter. I guess the survivors had found hope after all. deliverance in Denmark Not everyone actively supported and collaborated with the Nazi Germans. Yet again, nor did they take a stand on what was happening and help the Jewish and minority groups. Millions of people nationwide stood by as the Holocaust occurred. People told themselves that it was no(prenominal) of their business. Many others were just frightened.Helping Jews was punishable by death, after all. lone(prenominal) one country stood up for their Jewish people, and that was Denmark. They had help from many after-school(prenominal) forces to help smuggle almost 8000 Jews, almost the entire Jewish universe in Denmark, out before the Nazis could come. Even with all the combined efforts though, about 500 Jews were still deported to a c oncentration camp. Still, all but 51 survived due to the Danish government pestering the Nazis about the welfare of their people. A French clergyman smuggled about 12,000 Jewish children into Switzerland and Spain.