Have you ever wondered what the real cause of the Holocaust was or how the Holocaust was brought about? Well, have you ever heard of the “Night of Broken Glass” or what they call “Kristallnacht”? The Holocaust began with the laws that led to the Night of Broken Glass; Germany's lack of reaction or outrage and the world's lack of response to these efforts to discriminate and persecute the Jews allowed the Nazis to ultimately achieve the Final Solution. It began with the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. Hitler ran for president but lost to Paul Von Hindenburg. Hindenburg promptly appointed Hitler chancellor in January 1933. President Hindenburg appointed Hitler chancellor after Hitler attempted to run for president but was denied (Fitzgerald 28). Hitler was responsible for keeping the Nazis under control, which meant he would have to work with the political parties within the government, but this would only backfire on Hindenburg. After Hitler became dictator in March, he quickly began imposing his power against the Jews. Hitler became a dictator and quickly began to impose his power against the Jews (Fitzgerald 30). August 17, 1938 Laws are passed requiring Jews to distinguish themselves from Germans (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). Hitler was on the rise. Hitler became known as Führer, the leader of Germany. “Hitler combined the positions of president and chancellor and appointed himself absolute ruler of Germany” (Fitzgerald33). This assured Hitler that he had the power to take control of Germany and so he began his work. His goal was to try to make Germany one of the most powerful countries. He felt that to achieve this goal he had to get rid of all the Jews. He wanted to make it so that life was in the middle of paper.... It was the beginning of the Holocaust. Some would say the Jews were to blame. The Nazis would say that the Holocaust was caused by the Jews because they claimed that the Jews were responsible for the Holocaust. The Jews started Kristallnacht; but it was only because they had so much hatred towards the Jews that they blamed them for starting everything. Nazi officials blamed Jews for the riots (Jewish Virtual Library). “The Nazis would blame Herschel Grynszpan in particular and the Jews in general for Kristallnacht” (Fitzgerald 60). The Nazis needed a reason as to why they were getting rid of the Jews and that's why they blamed the Jews for everything. The laws that led to the "Night of Broken Glass" marked the beginning of the Holocaust and because Jews or Germans did not react to the laws or complain about the laws. Hitler continued to apply them, working on his plan to get rid of all the Jews..