Ok Hitler was really bad, but the title did catch your attention.
After what Ms.Stuart shared with us about Eugenics being very prominent in the late 19th/20th centuries, it kind of seems as though Hitler wasn't doing anything that hadn't already been done; instead he was doing what most other powerful countries were doing: "sterilizing inferiors" to make their country better. This raised a question that I though would be interesting to here your view on: Is Hitler really the evil being he's made out to be? Say you were a martian and you were studying the period of time on earth AS A WHOLE would you feel as though at the time such views/actions were ok? Yes he committed mass genocide, created concentration camps, and all that bad stuff ; however, these were all things that had been done before. He just took it to the extreme. In spite of all that negativity, he saved Germany from completely falling under, gave people hope, and was all for racial unity... Of course I don't think the bad out weighs the good, I'm just trying to get everyone to look at the situation from another viewpoint.
I mentioned this before: I think Hitler actually thought he was doing the morally correct thing. He wanted to eradicate the bad for the BETTER of his Aryans. While this idea is absurd, he thought it was right. Hitler is also singled out in history because he caused the biggest war in humanity and he advertised the Jews to be the cause of the war. If I was a history teacher trying to teach mass genocide, Hitler would be my prime suspect because he was so large and advertised. Most other mass genocides were in secret or covered up throughout that time.
ReplyDeleteOkay two things id like to point out. 1. I'm pretty sure hitler didn't create concentration camps. If I am correct Mrs. Stuart had said that in the eugenics post 2. Even saying that Hitler caused the biggest war isnt necessarily true. He just wanted to kill all Jews/communists. It just so happens about half the world didn't like the idea. This isn't to say that hitler was a good guy he just was like most of Europe and also happened to be charismatic enough to unite desparate people under his cause.
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