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Essay / Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party - 586
Imagine a family taken from their home in the middle of the night, sent to an unknown destination where they were separated from their loved ones, also with the uncertainty of whether they would be tortured or killed. This was the reality for many Jews and members of other ethnic, religious and minority groups across Europe in the 1940s and was the result of Hitler's desire to create a "perfect society" of Aryans. . Many of these prisoners were taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp where they were mistreated and their fate was determined by prejudiced beings. Auschwitz, a place where many different groups were wiped out, was part of the greatest discriminatory act in history. It was in 1933 that Adolf Hitler took power; because it was part of the Nazi Reichstag group, the largest of the government groups in 1932. This meant that the Nazis held both the majority and the power. In an attempt to regain power and trust, President Hindenburg and former Acting Chancellor Papen decided to confront the Nazi Party and allow Hitler to become Vice Chancellor if he wanted.....