da. Hitler portrayed his victims as evil (Altman, 14). The term Hitler used was "Untermenschem" meaning subhuman (Ayer, 9). Jews were not the only victims of the Nazi's. Gypsies, communists, male homosexuals, Jehovah witnesses, Poles, political enemies, and the physically and metally handicapped also suffered (Ayer, 9). Even thought Hitler killed many people, Jews were his most targeted victims. Hitler's process of exterminating his victims was inhuman and extremely organized. Hitler used the Jews as a scapegoat for all of Germany's problems. Hitler made glorious speeches to his people about the importance of the Third Reich Empire or "master race." Hitler strongly believed that German speaking people were superior to all others. Hitler explained to his people the necessity of an empire and "lebensraum," translated to living space. Hitler began to act upon his goals when he established the Nuremberg Laws. These laws placed sever restrictions on Jews by not allowing them to own businesses or shop in stores owned by members of the Third Reich. The transportation of Jews into ghettos came about. Ghettos were designated areas in Europe's cities that were blocked off. Jews 3were forced to live in the ghettoes, in horrible conditions. On average there was approximately 13 people to a room. The starvation of the Jew's in the ghettoes was part of Hitler's plan. Ringelblum was a victim of Hitler's cruelty, forced to live in a ghetto during the year of 1941."Lice infest every room, death lies in every street. The children are no longer afraid of death. In one courtyard, the children played a game of tickling a corpse." He writes (Altman, 53). After years of suffering in the ghettos, the Jews were killed. They were transported in cattle cars to concentration camps scattered across Europe (Anderson, 1). The concentration camps were Hitler's "final solution" to the Jewish problem.The living conditions in these concentration cam...
