One Jew at a Time It's hard to imagine living in a world where millions upon millions are murdered because they are considered the "inferior" race. Where you are presented as some sort of disease that needed to be eradicated. Unfortunately, this was the reality of the Jewish community during the era known as the Holocaust. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "the Holocaust was a systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators" ("Encyclopedia of the Holocaust"). 'Holocaust'). Jewish life would never be the same again. Jews were not the only ones to be persecuted, according to A Teachers Guide to the Holocaust, the Nazis labeled and isolated Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals, political prisoners, and the mentally and physically disabled (“Authors "). But for the Jews, Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, had special plans for the Jews. He called this plan the “Final Solution.” Hitler viewed the Jews as inferior and a threat to the “superior” Aryan race known as the Germans. He claimed that the Jews were preventing Germany from having a “pure” race. Hitler would go to great lengths to annihilate the Jews, burning down synagogues, Jewish stores, etc., ultimately culminating in genocide. Hitler was easily able to carry out his plan to exterminate the Jews. Hitler created an atmosphere of terror maintained by force (“the perpetrators”). If he could strike terror into the eyes of Jews and German civilians, he knew he could incite them to do anything. Helping Hitler force terror were the SS (Schutzstaffelnor Guard Squadrons), the SA (Assault Troops Sturmabteilungor), the SD (Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS or SS Security Service), and the Gestapo (Geheime. ..... middle of paper ...... but an entire race Hitler started with a plan that used an army and was able to kill 11 million people, including Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals. , the mentally handicapped and more. It's even crazier to think about the impact if more people had resisted from the start, we could have saved millions of people, just one Jew at a time. Theo. Understanding the German People's Participation in the Third Reich, Florida Gulf Coast University.1999.Web.May 16, 2014. Holocaust Teacher's Guide. 2014. “The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC 2013. Web. May 16, 2014 “The Holocaust Encyclopedia” Holocaust Memorial Museum 'United States Holocaust. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC.2013.Web. May 16.2014