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Adolf Hitler and the authors of "The Way of Subjects" are concerned with ordering the various "races" or peoples of the world in a way that might justify their plans for harsh repression at home and murderous warfare abroad. These arguments paved the way for the Holocaust in Europe and the brutal treatment by Japan of other Asian peoples within its various zones of occupation.

In your essay, 1) provide brief summaries of the arguments made by Hitler and the authors of "The Way of Subjects." Make note in particular of the criteria used in both arguments to rank different kinds of people and assign them specific roles in a hierarchical order. Then, discuss 2) Aime Cesaire's critique of the notion of European superiority underlying Hitler's racial logic, and 3) the episodes in Doctorow's account of wartime Kovno that show the imprint of Hitler's way of thinking. In what ways did placing Jewish people at the bottom of a racial ladder benefit Hitler and the Nazi party, and how did that ideological conviction translate into specific actions and events as witnessed by Yehoshua?