Hitler's Role In America After World War II

Amid a poverty-struck German nation, Adolf Hitler arose and seized power in 1933. Hitler, determined to achieve worldwide domination, created a step-by-step guide for himself to reach his goal. Propaganda, his most utilized tool in his rise to power, guided the most pressing steps of his international rule. Hitler appointed Joseph Goebbels as the minister of public enlightenment and propaganda. Goebbels essentially played the role of Hitler’s public relations agent by presenting him in a positive light. He also regulated the content of all German media and instructed the media to promote Anti-Semitism. The propaganda’s intent centered around strengthening German morale and the incentive to prepare for war by emphasizing their superiority
Recently elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated a series of federal programs in an attempt to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to suffering Americans. However, the Roosevelt administration’s efforts only prevented America from falling further into collapse; thus, the American public did not have high expectations for the Olympics Games of 1936, as most of their efforts went towards improving the economy. In correlation with America, Germany was also suffering the effects of the Great Depression. America became the leading international superpower after World War I. With this role, America took upon itself the onus of the principle financer of postwar Europe; the economic climate after the war left several onerous burdens with war debts and for defeated nations like Germany, the demand to pay war reparations. Once the American economy fell into the Great Depression and the American investors withdrew from Europe, the European economies plummeted. Germany’s fragile democratic economy included. With the unraveling of the German democracy, the Nazi party easily seized power and Hitler then initiated a series of acts in preparation for war. These pre-war preparations created numerous jobs for the German citizens and allowed the German economy to recover from the Great Depression. As a part of the preparation for war, Hitler wanted
The public regarded rowing in high esteem as it was even more acclaimed than baseball, basketball, and football. Rowing was viewed as a test of one’s intelligence, strength, and character. The UW Freshman Coach at the time, Tom Bolles, spoke in one of his lectures that to make the crew team was a sign of one’s overall worth. It was more than just a popular sport, however, it was a reflection of the state of American culture. The sport required an ample amount of funding, as an equipped team required boats, uniforms, travel costs, and oars. On that account, elite east coast Ivy League schools produced the most powerful teams and correspondingly, people in American society. When California Berkeley and UW began rising to their level in rowing, it reflected the transformation of the West Coast’s economy, values, and culture as their finances began to correspond with those of the East Coast. Furthermore, because rowing was so expensive, the sport emulated a country’s wealth. Therefore, if the nation offered rowing as a sport, the nation was provided with a wealthy and elite front. After track, rowing rose to the second most popular Olympic event at the time. Daniel James Brown, author of The Boys in the Boat, explained how “‘crew was, in fact, enormously popular in the ‘20s and ‘30s. Hundreds of thousands of people would turn out for a regatta. Oarsmen were sometimes featured on the cover of