Adolf Hitler was an Austrian who fought in World War I as a German soldier. After Germany's defeat, Hitler attempted to seize power illegally. He was immediately arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. He only served nine months. Around this time, Hitler wrote a book called “Mein Kampf,” which translates to “My Struggle.” In "Mein Kampf" he talks about his ideas for the future of Germany, which he called "Final Solution". After his release, Hitler joined the Nazi Party and a few years later took control of it. He slowly rose to power in the German government, and in 1933 he was appointed Chancellor of Germany. He eventually abolished the position of president in Germany (after the previous president's death), which left Hitler as the sole ruler of Germany. Hitler used persuasion and propaganda in his speeches to promote his anti-Semitic views. He stereotyped “undesirables” and cleared suspicion from his name using these strategies. Hitler used his power in the German government to pass laws that controlled what undesirables could do and where they could go. These laws, instituted in 1935, were called the Nuremberg Racial Laws. For eight years, Hitler changed the laws to make them stricter and stricter. Jews had to register and they lost their businesses and homes. Jews could not marry anyone of German blood, they had passports marked or confiscated, and they could not take public transportation. In 1942, all Jews were required to wear the Star of David on their coats. The Nuremberg Racial Laws took away their humanity and individuality. All of these restrictions were completely legal because Hitler had been given the power to change his government. The Holocaust was a deliberate isolation and system...... middle of paper ...... and even one version has an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt, the first lady of World War II. We learn more about the Holocaust to ensure that genocide never happens again. No one should be killed or mistreated because of their race, the way they live, or the way they look. We must study the Holocaust and those it affected in order to understand the tragedy in its entirety. We remember those who have struggled and lost their lives to hate crimes and racism. Many people don't realize that hate crimes and racism are still present all over the world. We don't live in a perfect world. People still die because of the color of their skin and the way they look. People are still stereotyped and losing their basic human rights because someone, somewhere doesn't believe they deserve to be free. If we don't study the past, we can't be sure it won't happen again in the future..