There are a multitude of reasons to study the Holocaust. Not only does this benefit students by opening their eyes to the atrocities committed by the Nazi Party in the 1930s and 1940s, but it also benefits the many people who are unfamiliar with the Holocaust and have not learned enough to understand the terror. faced by the “undesirables” and how far we, as a human race, must go to ensure this never happens again. But first we need to understand how this all happened. As a young child, Adolf Hitler was treated poorly by his father, who died when Adolf was very young. He was an artist, and although he applied to the Academy of Fine Arts twice, he was rejected each time. Although he was Austrian, he had a very high regard for the Germans, and when World War I broke out he applied to serve in the German army. He was wounded twice during the war, and while he was healing from his wounds, he learned of Germany's capitulation. He was angered by both this and the Treaty of Versailles. He began to believe that Jews and other groups were responsible for this disaster. He was so upset that he staged a military takeover, which failed. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but while serving this sentence he wrote the book Mein Kamf, or My Struggle. The Germans were so desperate to become a world power again that they decided to listen to what Adolf Hitler had to say. Because of this new interest in him, Hitler only served nine months of his sentence. While in prison, Hitler became smarter and decided to rise through the ranks of government as a politician. Finally, in 1932, Adolf became Chancellor of Germany, second in command. He passed a law that said once the leader died, that position was no longer needed, so the Ch...... middle of paper...... is one studying the Holocaust?" We study the Holocaust because we, as a human race, cannot allow the genocide of any group of people. We learn about it for the same reason we learn about slavery in America, apartheid in South Africa, British rule in India and other inhumane disasters that evil humans have engineered since our beginnings. The reason I am talking about is that when our conscience tells us to help. and our minds tell us that we are not strong enough, we must always defend the minority and those who are hurt. There is a quote from Edmund Burke that says: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that the. good men do nothing Whatever the situation, we can never allow an event like the Holocaust to happen again, and learn from it. " on this subject, we can understand what is necessary and what can happen when these "good men" decide to stand up.