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reason of using them as a scapegoat for their loss in the war which they were very bitter about. It
was because of such desperosity for sovereignty that the people of Germany bought into his plan,
willing to take any action needed.
Modern European anti-Semitism was a racist reaction brought about by the intensification of
nationalism.4 Hitlers dictatorship made it possible for his ideology of nazism to become spread
over the country, [he] used his profound oratory skills to manipulate the German people into
following his regimes propaganda.5 The brainwashed people of his country began to follow his
orders and his beliefs on how things had to be run to fix their country. His treatment of Jews,
making legal measures to expel the Jews from society and strip them of their rights and property
while simultaneously engaging in campaigns of incitement, abuse, terror and violence of varying
proportions6 are now clearly known as being inhumane and unjust but during this time period
Germans thought differently to come together in order to reach sovereignty. They believed that it
was their culture and ethnicity that was the strongest and that their country deserved the power it
once had, before the defeat in World War I. They knew because the camps and the measures
which led up to them had been prominently and proudly reported step by step in thousands of
officially-inspired German media articles and posters
For Jews to be eliminated and separated from the German society, they were sent off to
concentration camps. It was here that the mass murders of these people happened. The German
government and military was so strong because of Hitlers over nationalistic ideology which was
4 Neel, Carolyn. "Nazism." In World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2001-. Accessed
that made this plan successful. The Nazis contained a power that was uncontrollable, so much
that, About 5.8 million Jews, the victims of a racist illusion seeking to dominate the earth, had
been killed.7 To them, this was the only thing that was going to protect their country from Jews
completely destroying their economy which is what they feared the most seeing that they were
already struggling tremendously.
Nationalism always has a positive cognition because loyalty and devotion is known as a
favorable feeling to have for ones country. So in this case it is ironic to think Germany was
extremely nationalistic during the leadership of Hitler and the holocaust but it is true. At the time
what they were doing for this country they felt was needed so they proceed no matter what the
task was. The Nazis desired to deprive Jews of their citizenship and their economic and social
positions.8 And this was achieved been them for a long time until the end of World War I when
concentration camps were emptied and put to a stop. The sovereignty that Germany achieved
was remarkable because it did not only fulfill the anti-Semitic views that belonged in that
country but it was the uprising from their economic and social depression. So in this
circumstance, nationalism was used to attain sovereignty.
7 World History: The Modern Era, s.v. Holocaust, accessed October 1, 2015.
http://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/.
8 Neel, Carolyn. Nazism. In World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO. 2001- Accessed
October 01, 2015. http://worldhistory.abc-clio.com/