The Holocaust and the law

Holocaust and the Law

On January 20, 1942, at a location that was outside of Berlin called Wannsee, about 15 German men, every one of them who Nazi Party administrators and associates of the German government, met to deliberate what they named the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The person that was in charge of the whole thing was a man named SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the principal of the Reich Security Main Office and one of SS chief Heinrich Himmler's highest assistants. (Fraenkel). Based on the studies that the researcher has encountered this semester and the analysis of question one, He does agree with the examination that there were other acts that took place which either contributed to the dehumanization of the Jews, or to the reinforcement of the Fuhrer principle.

Hitler and his Nazis used many ways to dehumanize the Jewish people in the camps before the conference even took place. Some of those ways were by basically taking away their name and looking at them not as people but as a number. This was done deliberately on their forearms in a way to remind them that they were not human, and that basically the Germans were of more value than the Jews (Fraenkel). They were looked at as if they were animals and at many times seen as rats. Another technique Hitler and the Germans dehumanized the Jewish individuals was by putting them all in one type of surrounding (concentration camps). And by forcing every Jews from all over to wear a yellow star to display to the world that they were "Jews." By doing that they were eager to sooner or later break them down and make them feel embarrassed for being Jewish (Fraenkel). Another important way was by undressing them all down and cutting off their hair, on whatever part of their body that they could find. They even made Jewish people to stand outside for very long hours all while that was being done to them.

Another way was by the usage of propaganda. In the 1930's, the Nazi and the regime led a campaign of propaganda spreading lies about the Jews. As the "Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda" of the Nazi party, Josef Goebbels created a negative image of the Jewish people, blaming them for the economic and social problems of Germany and the world. The propaganda was intended to dehumanize the Jews by naming them a "lesser race," and this would be done by creating a widespread anti-Semitism and laying the foundation for the elimination of the privileges and freedoms of the Jews. The Nazis spoke to that Jews needed to be omitted from civilization, and also schools, the media and prevalent art forms for example films, dramas and poster that were teach and project a one-sided appearance of the Jews.

The effects of the propaganda, joint with the anti-Semitic tactics that previously occurred in Europe, lead to a widespread mockery, violence, disgrace, and harassment of Jews. Pushing them into lack and despair, Nazi propaganda and hatred that were against the Jews set the phase for mass killing.

Initially, the Nazis had been trying to encourage Germans to refuse all Jewish industries. The transitory of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 which did officially established who was a German as opposed to who was a Jew under "the Reich Citizenship Law," and imposed the harassment of Jews. These laws banned Christians from wedding Jews and exposed Jews of their civil rights, detached them from jobs, and limited their everyday existence, among other things.

Approved on September 15, October 18, and November 15 of 1935, the Nuremberg Laws amplified the separation of the Jews in thoughtful, steady phases. In the beginning, merely Jews that had been in certain occupations were affected. Jewish lawyer and doctors could only serve other Jews. Teachers and professors had been forced out of their locations. Jews that had been shop owners had to start selling their businesses to Aryans for a portion of what they were worth. As time had went on, Jews were in conclusion accepted from society overall.

Question Two

The doctrine of human rights is one of the chief ideas which are shaped to protect every single human being not self-sufficiently from the race, population or other differences. Human rights are regarding human self-respect and the element that no one can take this self-esteem away or embarrass another person. Human privileges are about the idea that self-respect is an innate "characteristic" of a man and that the unchallengeable rights for parity are the foundation of freedom and impartiality on the earth overall and each public in specific (Lang). The researcher agrees that the Nazi legal system dehumanized its victims, and the Universal Declaration re- humanized them.

When World War II was over there had been a lot of active Jewish provision for the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And today the Jews still are continuing to play a significant share in human rights support. A lot of Jews, like numerous memberships of other religious traditions, have made the affirmation that human rights are an expression of their belief.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights helped re-humanize the Jews when it was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948 to arrange for a commanding list of human rights that are able to serve as a universal standard for all inhabits and countries (Fraenkel). A declaration of human rights appeared particularly crucial once the dismays of the German genocide in contrast to the Jews and Japanese slaughters in China became very recognized. Even though a lot of the rights in this document can be found in the traditional rights which are acknowledged by the U.S. Bill of Rights, the Universal Declaration also comprises a sequence of social and financial privileges for instance teaching, employment, and the aptitude to contribute in the social life of the public that spread meaningfully through the North American and French ground-breaking formation of rights. The postponement of rights to comprise financial and social subjects has provoked continuing controversy.

The Universal Declaration was able to re-humanize the Jews because it gave them back their identity especially when the borders of Israel were open to them and they were able to return home. This law really helped them feel like humans again because it brought a lot of them protection. The Nazis had basically stripped them down from any rights as a human being but this law was able to give them back those freedoms (Lang). The Nazi brought them death and basically they believed that the Jews did not even have the right to live but with the Universal Declaration everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.