In order to pay the large costs of the First World War‚ Germany suspended the convertibility of its currency into gold when that war broke out. Unlike France‚ which imposed its first income tax to pay for the war‚ the German Kaiser and Parliament decided without opposition to fund the war entirely by borrowing‚ a decision criticized by financial experts like Hjalmar Schacht even before hyperinflation broke out. The result was that the exchange rate of the Mark against the US dollar fell steadily
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minority groups‚ that he deemed unworthy or “unclean” to be a part of German society. This twisted version of the Swastika‚ created by Hitler himself‚ “became associated with the idea of a racially ‘pure’ state. By the time the Nazis gained control of Germany‚ the connotations of the swastika had forever changed.” For those that did not fit into the category of being racially “pure‚” or were not included in the development of the “Aryan race‚” it became a symbol of fear
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In 1933‚ over 9 million Jews populated Europe. Most European Jews lived in countries that Nazi Germany was later influenced to attack during World War II. “It is likely that Hitler experienced and possible that he shared the general antisemitism common among middle-class German nationalists. Nevertheless‚ he had personal and business relationships with Jews in Vienna and was‚ at times‚ dependent in part on Jews for his living. This may have been a cause for discretion about his actual feelings about
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Strong interest in Computer concepts since school days and burning desire to become an engineer motivated me to clear one of the most difficult engineering entrance exams in the Indian subcontinent. I got the opportunity to study Electronics and Communication at Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering‚ Bangalore-Karnataka. Right from my school‚ I had a penchant towards Mathematics‚ Science and research in general. This basic interest led me to take up Mathematics‚ Physics
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3/25/12 Essay 3 The reunification of Germany in 1990 ushered in a new era for the German people. For 50 years since the end of World War II‚ Germany was divided both ideologically and geographically. West Germany‚ the former occupation zone of the British‚ American‚ and French forces‚ developed into a parliamentary democratic government with a free market economy. East Germany‚ the former occupation zone of the Soviet Union‚ developed into a one party state with a socialist economy. Ideologically
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1945. The two bombings were the first and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in wartime. Following a firebombing campaign that destroyed many Japanese cities‚ the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of Japan. The war in Europe ended when Nazi Germany signed its instrument of surrender on May 8‚ 1945‚ but the Pacific War continued. Together with the United Kingdom and China‚ the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July
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During the 1920’s and early 1930’s‚ Germany was unstable socially economically and politically. The government was very often in a state of confusion. The population was disappointed and scared‚ as the Great Wall Street stock market crash of 1923 pushed the economy to a collapse before the people’s eyes. These unfavorable events made a nation in a state of insecurity‚ while fed up‚ the people looked for a rescuer. This came in the form of fascism‚ an ideology in which the individual is controlled
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which eventually resulted in his role as Fuhrer in August 1934. These factors included the weakness of the Weimar Government‚ in particular Article 48‚ which permitted Hitler to contain power to gradually force his ultimate goal of dictatorship upon Germany. The Reichstag Fire of 1933 further provided Hitler with the perfect opportunity to further strengthen his control‚ using it to his advantage; blaming a communist for the destruction and introducing the decree for the protection of people and state
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Two nations arose from the ashes of the Third Reich‚ West Germany‚ the BDR‚ occupied by the Western members of the Allied powers‚ and East Germany‚ the GDR‚ occupied by the Soviet Union. As a result of conflicting ideals between East and West‚ the two Germany’s would develop separately until their eventual reunification at the end of the 20th century. It is an indisputable fact that German culture was forever changed as a result of the outcome of World War II‚ and the horrors perpetrated by Adolf
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establish a democratic form of government in Germany? 1871 marked the start of the new German Empire with Wilhelm I as Kaiser and Otto von Bismarck as chancellor. The National Liberals wanted a democratic constitution‚ which would limit the power of the Kaiser and give more power to the people of Germany by allowing them to vote. Despite his traditional conservative views‚ Bismarck joined the National Liberals in order to fulfil his wish for a strong‚ united Germany. The Kaiser‚ who was also the King of
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