The epigram ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ is equally applicable to the state of affairs that led t... more The epigram ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ is equally applicable to the state of affairs that led to the event known as the Holocaust. In other words, the Holocaust was not the result of one single act or person. In fact, the Holocaust was the ‘systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution’ of close to six million Jews spanning from January 1933 to May 1945. Although Jews were the primary victim of the regime, the Nazis also targeted and persecuted Romanians, Slavs, disabled, homosexuals and others.
It is acknowledged that ‘outside of Nazi party ranks, there was no massive popular agitation’ in relation to the discriminatory treatment of Jews by the Nazis. This leads to the view that passive levels of indifference existed amongst the ordinary populous in Germany, which in some perverted way illustrated signs of acquiescence. Consequently, raising the question how did this state of acquiescence amongst the populous exist in the first place?
To understand how this state of compliance was achieved, in this essay I will attempt to explain and analyse the three key mechanisms used by the Nazi Regime. Firstly, the legal influences. This will involve assessing the role of the legislation and Nazi jurisprudence. Secondly, the medical influences. In particular, the eugenics and euthanasia-based programs. Thirdly, the social influences. This will involve considering the use of propaganda to build particular perspectives amongst society and the influence of the concept of obedience to authority. Throughout, I will also assess the effectiveness and extent that the three mechanisms had in ensuring compliance. I will attempt to show that the above mechanisms were largely successful in ensuring compliance during the Holocaust. However, I will identify and acknowledge that pockets of resistance within these specific influences existed.
The epigram ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ is equally applicable to the state of affairs that led t... more The epigram ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ is equally applicable to the state of affairs that led to the event known as the Holocaust. In other words, the Holocaust was not the result of one single act or person. In fact, the Holocaust was the ‘systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution’ of close to six million Jews spanning from January 1933 to May 1945. Although Jews were the primary victim of the regime, the Nazis also targeted and persecuted Romanians, Slavs, disabled, homosexuals and others.
It is acknowledged that ‘outside of Nazi party ranks, there was no massive popular agitation’ in relation to the discriminatory treatment of Jews by the Nazis. This leads to the view that passive levels of indifference existed amongst the ordinary populous in Germany, which in some perverted way illustrated signs of acquiescence. Consequently, raising the question how did this state of acquiescence amongst the populous exist in the first place?
To understand how this state of compliance was achieved, in this essay I will attempt to explain and analyse the three key mechanisms used by the Nazi Regime. Firstly, the legal influences. This will involve assessing the role of the legislation and Nazi jurisprudence. Secondly, the medical influences. In particular, the eugenics and euthanasia-based programs. Thirdly, the social influences. This will involve considering the use of propaganda to build particular perspectives amongst society and the influence of the concept of obedience to authority. Throughout, I will also assess the effectiveness and extent that the three mechanisms had in ensuring compliance. I will attempt to show that the above mechanisms were largely successful in ensuring compliance during the Holocaust. However, I will identify and acknowledge that pockets of resistance within these specific influences existed.
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It is acknowledged that ‘outside of Nazi party ranks, there was no massive popular agitation’ in relation to the discriminatory treatment of Jews by the Nazis. This leads to the view that passive levels of indifference existed amongst the ordinary populous in Germany, which in some perverted way illustrated signs of acquiescence. Consequently, raising the question how did this state of acquiescence amongst the populous exist in the first place?
To understand how this state of compliance was achieved, in this essay I will attempt to explain and analyse the three key mechanisms used by the Nazi Regime. Firstly, the legal influences. This will involve assessing the role of the legislation and Nazi jurisprudence. Secondly, the medical influences. In particular, the eugenics and euthanasia-based programs. Thirdly, the social influences. This will involve considering the use of propaganda to build particular perspectives amongst society and the influence of the concept of obedience to authority. Throughout, I will also assess the effectiveness and extent that the three mechanisms had in ensuring compliance. I will attempt to show that the above mechanisms were largely successful in ensuring compliance during the Holocaust. However, I will identify and acknowledge that pockets of resistance within these specific influences existed.
It is acknowledged that ‘outside of Nazi party ranks, there was no massive popular agitation’ in relation to the discriminatory treatment of Jews by the Nazis. This leads to the view that passive levels of indifference existed amongst the ordinary populous in Germany, which in some perverted way illustrated signs of acquiescence. Consequently, raising the question how did this state of acquiescence amongst the populous exist in the first place?
To understand how this state of compliance was achieved, in this essay I will attempt to explain and analyse the three key mechanisms used by the Nazi Regime. Firstly, the legal influences. This will involve assessing the role of the legislation and Nazi jurisprudence. Secondly, the medical influences. In particular, the eugenics and euthanasia-based programs. Thirdly, the social influences. This will involve considering the use of propaganda to build particular perspectives amongst society and the influence of the concept of obedience to authority. Throughout, I will also assess the effectiveness and extent that the three mechanisms had in ensuring compliance. I will attempt to show that the above mechanisms were largely successful in ensuring compliance during the Holocaust. However, I will identify and acknowledge that pockets of resistance within these specific influences existed.