Excerpts from book, One of Humanity's Darkest Days, the Truth about the Holocaust 

Chapter 7 of the source material explores the origins and rise of the Nazi Party. Initially called the German Workers' Party (DAP) in 1919, it was renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) in 1920 after Adolf Hitler joined. Key figures included Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, and Joseph Goebbels, the minister of propaganda.  The party promoted the idea of Aryan supremacy and antisemitism.  Hitler's book Mein Kampf, published in 1925, outlined these beliefs and became a blueprint for the Nazi Party's ideology and policies. Mein Kampf was translated into 16 languages, spreading the party's vision globally. The party grew in power through political maneuvering and intimidation, using events like the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 to gain attention. The Nuremberg Laws of 1935, which stripped Jews of their German citizenship, exemplified the implementation of Nazi ideology into policy. Chapter 7 emphasizes the dangers of unchecked extremist ideologies and highlights the importance of critical thinking