Compare The Dictator's Rise To Power
The Democrat’s and the Dictator’s Rise to Power
Two major leaders who rose to power during the Great Depression had different approaches to the economic and social problems of the era. Franklin D. Roosevelt who was elected President of the United States and Adolf Hitler who was appointed chancellor of the Nazi Party for Germany. They entered office within a month of each other. Hitler and Roosevelt had similar objectives when they stepped into office. They both began addressing the great depression. Both kept the interest of what was best for their people and prepared their nations for a war that was never forgotten.
Hitler’s rise to power over Germany took several twists and turns, which in the end taught him how to maintain absolute control. Roosevelt made his way to office with diligent and honest work for the people. A major point discussed in the documentary, “A Walk Through The 20th Century- The Democrat and the Dictator Bill Moyers stated, “a man is a child before he is a man.” The documentary compared Hitler’s childhood and Roosevelt’s childhood. Hitler’s poor childhood is believed to have shaped him into the man he became.
Hitler grew up in Northern Austria …show more content…
Later on the German Army employed him as an educator and a confidential informant (Adolf Hitler and World War I: 1913–1919"). In 1923 he tried to take Germany by force. First Hitler went to a beer hall, jumped on a table and announced, “a national revolution was coming!” In this beer hall the commander of the Bavarian Army was having a meeting with several government officials. After escaping the beer hall, Hitler was confronted by the storm troopers at the center of Munich and was sent to jail. While in jail for a year Hitler wrote a book, Mein Kampf (My Struggle or My Battle). In his book Hitler discussed the meaning of being a pure race. He blamed the Jews and other non-Germans for the loss of WWI
Two major leaders who rose to power during the Great Depression had different approaches to the economic and social problems of the era. Franklin D. Roosevelt who was elected President of the United States and Adolf Hitler who was appointed chancellor of the Nazi Party for Germany. They entered office within a month of each other. Hitler and Roosevelt had similar objectives when they stepped into office. They both began addressing the great depression. Both kept the interest of what was best for their people and prepared their nations for a war that was never forgotten.
Hitler’s rise to power over Germany took several twists and turns, which in the end taught him how to maintain absolute control. Roosevelt made his way to office with diligent and honest work for the people. A major point discussed in the documentary, “A Walk Through The 20th Century- The Democrat and the Dictator Bill Moyers stated, “a man is a child before he is a man.” The documentary compared Hitler’s childhood and Roosevelt’s childhood. Hitler’s poor childhood is believed to have shaped him into the man he became.
Hitler grew up in Northern Austria …show more content…
Later on the German Army employed him as an educator and a confidential informant (Adolf Hitler and World War I: 1913–1919"). In 1923 he tried to take Germany by force. First Hitler went to a beer hall, jumped on a table and announced, “a national revolution was coming!” In this beer hall the commander of the Bavarian Army was having a meeting with several government officials. After escaping the beer hall, Hitler was confronted by the storm troopers at the center of Munich and was sent to jail. While in jail for a year Hitler wrote a book, Mein Kampf (My Struggle or My Battle). In his book Hitler discussed the meaning of being a pure race. He blamed the Jews and other non-Germans for the loss of WWI