Political Ideology and Other Factors Leading to the Holocaust & Wwii

Political Ideology and Other Factors
Leading to the Holocaust & WWII

Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2
Political Ideology………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………3
Government
Economies
Fascism……………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………5
Socially
Economical
Origin
Nazism……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………6
Economically
Socially
Foreign Influences and the Military
Time Line of Key Events Leading to the Holocaust……………………………………………….………………9
History of Adolph Hitler & Nazi Party Uprising……………………………………………………………………12
Hitler’s Upbringing World War I
Post World War I
Mein Kampf
Rebuilding
Politics
Heinrich Bruning
Hitler runs for office
New Chancellor in town Franz von Papen
General Kurt von Schleicher
Revenge of Papen
Chancellor Hitler
Nazi Party Election Results (Chart)
Enabling Act
Enforcement
The Fuhrer
Laws and Decrees
Power Hungry
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……21
References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………22

Introduction
The Holocaust is one of the most horrific events in modern history. It is estimated around 11 million Jews were killed during the time frame of the Holocaust (Wegner G.). That time frame spans from 1933 when Hitler became Chancellor of Germany to 1945 when WWII ended. During that time period Jews, cripples, mentally handicapped, Jehovah witnesses, homeless, homosexuals and many other undesirables were removed to purify the Aryan race and to advance the German people or so it was believed.
There are many facts, factors and beliefs surrounding the Holocaust. This paper is designed to discuss some of those many different aspects such as contributing factors, political ideologies, and some of the general history about Adolph Hitler, the government and people of Germany prior to the beginning of WWII. This paper won’t look into WWII because there are just endless amounts of knowledge and the main

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