Many find the Nazi era of Germany to be one of the most troubling historical events on this planet. The purposeful decimation and genocidal occupation to persecute Jews, homosexuals, Soviets (civilians and prisoners of war), Polish, the disabled, Roma (Gypsies), criminals, and Serb civilians by Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich <g class="gr_ gr_11 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar multiReplace" id="11" data-gr-id="11">was</g> astonishing. Jews were the largest group targeted for genocide at 6 million. The total number is estimated to be 17 million dead in the Holocaust between January 20, 1933, when Hitler became Chancellor to Germany and May 8, 1945, the ending of World War II.

<figure class="wp-block-image"><figcaption>Adolf Hitler speaking to his audience</figcaption></figure>

Comparing Trump to Hitler

When you bring up the comparison of Donald Trump’s presidential policies and actions to developments that led to the Holocaust, some people become irate and defensive. The knee-jerk reaction from some is understandable. Some are Trump supporters who can’t fathom someone comparing the deaths of 17 million people to who they consider being a “stable genius”…as he refers to himself. <g class="gr_ gr_21 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep gr-progress" id="21" data-gr-id="21">But</g> the comparison to the Holocaust or Hitler isn’t from the aftermath, it’s a relation to what led up to the deaths of so many Jews and others which is comparable to Trump’s actions.

<figure class="wp-block-image"><figcaption>Donald Trump speaking to his audience</figcaption></figure>

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Trump's slogan of "Make America Great Again" makes one question which time Trump is referring to for others to turn the clock back.
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Considering White men (and women) were the only ones in a position of greatness compared to others suggests a White supremacist coded phrase since no other racial group can relate to a time of success for their people. In Germany, Hitler had once used a phrase in a 1934 speech which stated: “Nationalism and Socialism had to be redefined and they had to be blended into one strong new idea to carry new strength which would make Germany great again.”

At that time, before Adolf Hitler’s rise, Germany had lost World War I and the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the war, blamed Germany for the brutal conflict. To cripple the country, the treaty, drafted in France and supported by the United States, Great Britain and others left Germany financially ruined. It lost all colonies, 13 percent of it’s territory and 10 percent of it’s population. On top of that, the military was cut and Germany had to sign the treaty and accept the war as it’s guilt and pay reparations.

<figure class="wp-block-image"><figcaption>Caged children in Nazi Germany</figcaption></figure>

How did Hitler rise so fast?

Hitler’s rise was a rebuke to the treaty 20 years later as the National Socialist German Worker’s Party aka Nazi Party began a similar approach to Trump’s Make America Great Again campaign promises. Instead of blaming Jews as owners of banks <g class="gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar multiReplace" id="5" data-gr-id="5">which Nazis</g> stereotyped for unemployment and the Great Depression, Trump blamed Latino immigrants for disrupting America’s job market and bringing crime to the border. Without a source <g class="gr_ gr_294 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Style multiReplace" id="294" data-gr-id="294">of information</g>, Trump’s description of Latinos (particularly Mexicans) bringing crime, and calling them “drug dealers” and “rapists” as well as <g class="gr_ gr_293 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling multiReplace" id="293" data-gr-id="293">their</g> coming to through the Southern border as an “invasion” has been debunked repeatedly.

The tactics Hitler used, so did Trump

Using fear of an “other” was a tactic Hitler used which eventually led to the Third Reich to gather who they referred to as enemies and put them in concentration camps. Some of these camps were Auschwitz, Belzec, Chelmno and Dachau where most of the prisoners were captured, held, tortured, and murdered. Those who allowed this to happen without fighting back gave excuses that sound a lot like the police or military force in the United States when an atrocity occurs: “I was just following orders“. Today, the border patrol, under Trump’s order through his Zero Tolerance policy, did exactly what the Nazi