Rise of Hitler(2 Page Paper)

Matt Flint
3/11/13

Nazi Paper
The Rise of Hitler and the Nazis

Looking back on history, it almost seems impossible that an entire nation of people could follow and accept Adolf Hitler and the Nazis to govern their country. When the first World War suddenly slammed to a halt, the soldiers felt betrayed. They came back to Germany and saw that their families were still living in poverty. The people of Germany didn 't want to blame themselves for how they were living, so, almost naturally, Jews became the scapegoats. Everything was a mess and Germany seemed to be spiraling down into nothingness. The German people started to seriously question the democracy they were under. It obviously wasn 't working, and they started to believe that they needed one man to fix these issues, and that man just happened to be Adolf Hitler. The reason Hitler rose to power was the aftermath of World War I, his charisma and popularity, and the miscalculations of the German people and Government. After World War I, Germany was held completely responsible for the war. Reparations were forced down up on them through the Treaty of Versailles. The German government panicked and started to print an overabundant amount of Deutschmarks, causing a legendary amount of inflation. Millions of Germans were suddenly unemployed and in utter fright. They were lost, but Hitler came up with a short term patch to the economy. Through the power of Militarism, he created one of the largest armies in Europe. People had jobs making weapons, bullets, uniforms, and anything else that a military would need. Germany was finally feeling some economic prosperity, and the Hitler became extremely popular with German people for that very reason. Hitler and his staff were the masters of propaganda. Hitler 's speeches would talk about how the Treaty of Versailles was a crime against Germany and that the Jews were to blame. The treaty of Versailles states that Germany was unable to have a military, and must repay the damages of World War I. This made many Germans humiliated and loss of pride was prevalent throughout the nation. The Jews in Germany had some positions that couldn 't be held by other citizens because of their beliefs. Those positions involved banking, and since the economy was in complete turmoil, it was almost too easy to blame the Jews for the turmoil. The Germans then felt good about themselves because they convinced themselves that they pulled themselves out of the horrible economy and Hitler had also taken back German speaking Austria. All of Germany was pleased with Hitler because it was on the path to becoming the world power it once was. The people who were in power before Hitler thought he wasn 't technically a good guy, but there was no way to foresee what kind of madness the Nazi Regime would unleash upon the Earth. Business owners saw communism as a threat, which was the Nazi 's political competition, so they decided to roll the dice with the Nazis. The people were still unsure and there was no way to tell if the Nazis would bring a lot of good with a little bit of bad, or a lot of bad with a little bit of good. Everyone eventually petitioned for a Nazi party to hold a position of power, so President Hindenburg made Hitler Chancellor. When Hindenburg died, Hitler proclaimed himself supreme ruler and dictator of Germany, and no one objected. Economic disaster, Hitler 's influence over the German people, and the flat out misinterpretation of what the Nazi party was is the reason Hitler was lifted to power. The moment Hitler got into power was easily one of the most significant events in the history of mankind. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis are the reason for the bloodiest and most horrific war and war atrocities of all time. The world changed because of Adolf Hitler. 55 millions lives were claimed because of World War II, and many more would 've lost their lives if the Nazis weren 't stopped when they were. It 's up to the future generations to remember what happened through 1939 to 1945 to make sure something similar never happens again.
Work Cited
BBC History of World War II. BBC Video. 2005. London.

Cited: BBC History of World War II. BBC Video. 2005. London.