Versailles‚ Germany was forced to pay large amounts of money to France and Great Britain. In addition‚ the treaty also forced Germany to give up thirteen percent of its land. For the next ten years most of Germany’s citizens were unemployed and by 1930 the great depression had begun to hit Germany. Hitler rose to power throughout the 1920s and finally by 1933 President Paul Von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler Chancellor of Germany. Hitler focussed on the younger generation in order to control Germany. By
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Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy). 11 November 1918‚ World War One officially ended. Germany surrendered to the Allies and conferences were established in order to restore the world. But why was Germany defeated and why were the Allies victorious? Back then‚ Germany faced a lot of problems in the war. German strategies and submarine campaigns failed‚ naval blockades were set up‚ USA joined the war and German morale was low‚ the Spanish Flu broke out and the
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Funder describes the Stasi as ‘innovators‚ story makers and Faustian bargain-haunters” How successful is she in the portrayal? As did Alice in Wonderland‚ Funder finds herself plunging deep into a world unknown. A world bathed in grey‚ where ‘story makers’ could ruin your future and a world where the Stasi ‘brainwashed its citizens into glorifying the GDR and spying on their friends and family’. Funder’s’ didactic text‚ ‘Stasiland’ explores the personal and societal effects of life under the constant
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In October 1923 a group of Allies was created to think of a way to help stabilise the German economy and find a better system for paying reparations. The former Director of the US Bureau of the Budget Charles G. Dawes chaired the meetings and six months later the Dawes Plan was accepted. With the Dawes Plan in action the French troops were to withdraw from the Rhur‚ which they did in full by 25th August‚ 1925. When the Dawes Plan was written‚ it was thought to be a temporary plan which would
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repeated words like “peace” and “courage”. Hitler spends much time condemming the enemy while assuring the people of his own goodness. When speaking about himsel‚f he always indirectly attaches some positive attribute. He gives positive images of Germany‚ the Reich and himself‚ and he creates negative emotions when speaking of the enemy and uses reference like “them” or
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After World War II Germany was divided into sections‚ with the section including Berlin belonging to communist controlled Soviet Union. Many nations‚ including America‚ had friends and family living in the city. These nations did not agree with the communist ideals of the Soviets‚ and wanted to make sure they were not being mistreated in the city. The Berlin Airlift is important to American history because it showed that Americans were not afraid to stand up to their former allies and aid their people
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Life in nazi Germany June 10 ‚ 1939 Dear Michael Jordan‚ I know i haven’t replied for a while now but I am really confused and scared of the condition my country is in today‚ life is not the same as it used to be when our grandparents where children‚ before your family moved to England. Germany has changed dramatically. The brownshirts (SS troops) are very intimidating and do anything that Hitler orders them to do‚ they all have guns with them and have been trained in military trainings
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range. Little by little families and people left to go to West Berlin causing East Berlin to lose their population little by little.
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Why Germany lost the First World War The First World War ended with the triple entente as victorious (with help from the Americans). Some reasons to why the allies won the war were because of; Germany had to fight a war on two fronts‚ the unstable political situation in Germany‚ the allied naval blockade‚ German economy‚ failure of the schlieffen plan‚ interception of the Zimmerman telegram‚ the German naval blockade on Britain (sinking of American ships)‚ development of the tank and anti-submarine
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Examine why and how film was used for propaganda purposes in Nazi Germany. “The function of propaganda is‚for example‚not to weigh and ponder the rights of different people‚but exclusively to emphasize the one right which it has set out to argue for.it’s task is not to make an objective study of the truth‚…its task is to serve our own right‚always and unflinchingly”(Hitler‚1971‚p182).Propaganda as defined by Welch(1983‚p2)‚is the art of brainwashing‚so as to alter attitudes and ideas.Though the
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