To start off both of these events
were awful in their own way. The Holocaust affected a wider range of people
making it more deadly over the course of time. Whereas Japan only affected
the people in and around the city. But that didn’t make Nanking any less
brutal. There were beheadings and cases of murder all throughout the city. No
one was spared. Not even babies. In sheer brutality, this made Nanking worse in
my opinion. There has been very little like that in history and it was only one
example of how ruthless the Japanese were in their conquering of these
countries and cities. The Holocaust was a dragged on process over 10 years to
be exact. It involved the mass killing by gas chambers and guns. This led to
the deaths of millions of citizens living in those days. This can be considered
worse by the death toll. The systematic killing of Jews and other “minorities”
led to mass revolt against the Nazi Regime. They were at total control of a
country in tough times and what did they do with it? Used the country as a
chance to kill off an entire race of people. This was an awful time with
atrocities being committed everywhere and for whatever reason. In Nanking
people were killed for the basis that they were there at that very moment. Men
were slaughtered because they looked like a soldier. It didn’t make sense in
either situation. It was a tough time in history with many consequences.
Overall, I believe Japan was worse on a scale of brutality. While the
Holocaust was more widespread. The Nazi's responsible for this were allowed to go on trial I believe because of the fact that they were more well documented and more people witnessed them. Many didn't live to see the end of the war with Japanese atrocities committed at these hospitals and camps. The Japanese therefore got away with much more because Allied forces were focused on the Germans. These hospitals that these Germans and Japanese ran were absolute death traps. With chemicals being used that are lethal to humans. It was a very tough thing these poor citizens endured. That is why I believe that the Japanese got away with more. My opinions were solidified even after reading and I still believe Dr. Shiro Ishii and the Japanese were worse.
