On April 20, 1889, what many consider the most evil person to ever walk this Earth was born. His name was Adolf Hitler. Although he was born in Austria, he seemed to somewhat admire German culture, as evidenced by the fact that he fought for the Germans in the First World War. He was extremely upset when he learned that Germany surrendered. He was so upset that he tried to overthrow the German government. This didn't go well and he was sentenced to five years in prison. While in prison, he wrote a book called Mein Kampf (German for My Struggle). In this book he lays out what he calls the "Final Solution". According to Hitler, Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists, and other "undesirable" groups constituted an obstacle that needed to be exterminated. His book was extremely popular and, nine months into his prison sentence, he was released. His popularity grew and in 1933 he became Chancellor of Germany. Hitler's rise to power began a series of events now known as the Holocaust. During this terrible historical period, eleven million people belonging to the "undesirable" groups of Mein Kampf were murdered in one of the most inhumane ways imaginable. They were taken to extermination, labor and concentration camps, where they were malnourished, deprived of sleep and forced to perform very strenuous work. When the camps were liberated, 73 percent of those sent there were dead. Although Hitler came to power in 1933, some argue that the Holocaust did not truly begin until 1935, when the first Nuremberg race law was enacted. past. The Nuremberg Race Laws were a set of laws designed to "Aryanize" Germany. Hitler's idea of ​​an Aryan race was that of tall, strong, light-skinned, blond- and blue-haired people... middle of paper ......d in the Appendix died in that period, weeks or days before the liberation. Otto Frank, Anne's father, was the only survivor. In conclusion, let us study the Holocaust to prevent it from happening again. According to Edmund Burke “those who do not understand history are condemned to repeat it”. Unless people understand why such a terrible and tragic event happened, they won't know when something like this will start to happen. Groups like the Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan still exist and we must stop these people when they start to rise to power. According to Edmund Burke: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." One of the main reasons why the Holocaust became so bad is that no one did anything to stop it. Unless someone tries to prevent genocide or any other inhumane act, when it happens, things will only get worse..