Leaders should not be followed blindly since they are not always right. For example, Adolf Hitler believed that German Jews had to be persecuted for a decade, and he sponsored the persecution. He had his reasons for doing that but his followers just carried out the orders without any much of a thought. People need to consider their actions even if the orders are usually communicated by the superiors. The non-Jews could prevent Hitler’s actions if only they had not followed orders blindly.
Inhumane acts should not be carried out when trying to punish those who people believe that they are in the wrong. The way the Jews were killed increased their pain and suffering since Hitler wanted to use slow death as a means of persecuting the German Jews (Kershaw 48). The horrible things done to innocent people explain the level of inhumanity that people carry out during wars. For example, nuns would be raped; mass massacres perpetrated in horrible ways such as making the Jews dig their graves and killing them right next to the graves (Kershaw 65).
Lack of understanding among humankind brings war to the people. The Japanese bombed Hawaii killing so many people and destroying the United States military and naval forces. This happened at a time when peace negotiations seemed to be taking place extremely well. The Japanese seemed to be hypocritical since they carried out the attacks that showed a well-planned exercise (Johnson 44). If the Japanese had relied on the negotiations, the situation would not have worsened. The same thing could have solved the German Jews’ question. If Hitler and his men would have understood that Jews were also human beings, they could not have persecuted them (Hitler 43).
Revenge seems to be a source of satisfaction for humankind. For example, in the United States’ problem with the Japanese people, most Americans felt the need to revenge the attacks. Japanese had provoked the Americans by bombing most of the Pacific areas and the American people believed that they would reiterate and ensure that such a thing never happened again. Also, in the case of Hitler, those offended felt the need to revenge against the perpetrators of the crime. People usually feel some form of satisfaction after revenge.
The effects of war do not only affect the war-torn regions, rather, but it also affects the world as a whole. Most people think that the effects can only be seen in the regions that carry out the fights. The author of the issue of German Jews, the results got disastrous for the whole world due to deportations, the mass execution of populations, and the general effects of war on the economy as a whole. Whenever some countries fight against each other, the rest of the world gets a negative impact from such a war (Haugen 87).
Lastly, there is a need to find alternative ways of solving conflicts apart from fighting against each other. The writer of the article about the persecution of the Jews expressed the need to find a mode of talking it out instead of fighting. He suggested that talking could deter Hitler and his people from the homicide mania. Also, he suggested that diplomatic ways could be used to solve conflict issues. Tribunals could be set up to find alternative ways of solving the issues affecting the Jews and Christians. This way, people’s rights should be respected, and liberty will prevail among the nations (Schramm 23).
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