The Nazi Holocaust was the systematic slaughter and massacre of the Jewish, homosexual, Polish, disabled, gypsy, and otherwise considered monetary population of Nazi occupied Europe. It 's death toll counts up between 6 to 11 million (6 million being the Jewish deaths, and the other 5 million being the deaths of other miscellaneous minorities living in occupied Europe). The Holocaust was brought on by the hate and prejudice inspired by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, the chancellor and president of Germany from August 2, 1934 until April 30, 1945. The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City’s Battery Park has several exhibitions and objects representing the significance of the Nazi Holocaust on the Jewish population. About
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A Nazi leaflet with a depiction of the yellow badge force upon all Jews living under occupation, stood with the caption “Whoever Bears This Sign, Is An Enemy To Our People”. This propoganda made regular people seem as an entity of threat and fear to the non-Jewish German people. Another object of propoganda was a copy of Nazi anti-Semitic artist Mjolnir’s poster. The Poster depicts a hand pointing at a seemingly Jewish man, wearing a yellow badge, with the words “He is guilty for the war” engraved above the pointing hand. This poster is once again depicting the Jews as oppressors and enemies of the German people. These objects are significant because Nazi propaganda is what generally caused the prejudice for Jews in occupied Germany. These Nazi artists were rewarded by Hitler’s administration. Any pro-Jew or anti-Nazi propaganda was found and punished …show more content…
The arson attack was used by the Nazis to reinforce their argument that Germany needs their party for safety and protection. They propagandized that the Communists were seeking to destroy Germany, A picture of this significant destruction of Reichstag is on display at the museum. After this attack, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, and influenced the President of Germany to briefly suspend most civil liberties of the German citizens, thus allowing Hitler to arrest Communist Parliament members, essentially eliminating his own competition, and promoting his party to the majority party. The Nazi assumption of power in Germany is a direct cause of the
A Nazi leaflet with a depiction of the yellow badge force upon all Jews living under occupation, stood with the caption “Whoever Bears This Sign, Is An Enemy To Our People”. This propoganda made regular people seem as an entity of threat and fear to the non-Jewish German people. Another object of propoganda was a copy of Nazi anti-Semitic artist Mjolnir’s poster. The Poster depicts a hand pointing at a seemingly Jewish man, wearing a yellow badge, with the words “He is guilty for the war” engraved above the pointing hand. This poster is once again depicting the Jews as oppressors and enemies of the German people. These objects are significant because Nazi propaganda is what generally caused the prejudice for Jews in occupied Germany. These Nazi artists were rewarded by Hitler’s administration. Any pro-Jew or anti-Nazi propaganda was found and punished …show more content…
The arson attack was used by the Nazis to reinforce their argument that Germany needs their party for safety and protection. They propagandized that the Communists were seeking to destroy Germany, A picture of this significant destruction of Reichstag is on display at the museum. After this attack, Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, and influenced the President of Germany to briefly suspend most civil liberties of the German citizens, thus allowing Hitler to arrest Communist Parliament members, essentially eliminating his own competition, and promoting his party to the majority party. The Nazi assumption of power in Germany is a direct cause of the