The Rise of Hitler 1. Why did so many German people join the Nazi Party? In the early 1920s‚ Germany was especially hard-hit during the Great Depression after the first World War‚ mainly because of the Treaty of Versailles‚ which made Germany go into an extreme hyperinflation. People could not buy anything with a reasonable price. In 1922‚ a loaf of bread costed 163 marks. In September 1923‚ it would have costed 1‚500‚000 marks and in November of that same year which was the peak of the hyperinflation
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working classes‚ they received talks about “crossing the Atlantic on a sailing boat and colour photography”‚ but very little was said in terms on policies and the political context of the time. This suggests that the upper classes‚ mainly Hitler and his Nazi officers‚ had not lifted their preconceptions of the lower classes (a theme which is carried on in source Z‚ Hitler branded the lower classes as unthinking and easily placated by ‘bread and circuses’). But‚ by encouraging a feeling of content by improving
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eventually be resolved by those ahead of us in the timeline of what we call the future. Gerda Weissmann expressed her faith in humanity in an excerpt from her story. She did this by explaining why the Jews hadnâ t fought or rebelled against the Nazis during the Holocaust. They didnâ t fight back because they were astonished by the cruelty of what was happening. They just could not believe that humanity was capable of having so much hatred within itself causing it to destroy its own people. You
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Nazi laws aimed to remove the civil and economical rights of Jews in the 1930s. They wanted to create a biologically pure generation of people who had blonde haired and blue eyed. To be a Jew‚ you had anything but blonde hair and blue eyes. On November 15‚ 1938‚ German Jewish children were prohibited from attending German schools‚ and were banned from parks‚ pools‚ or any other public places. Children died‚ were hidden‚ rescued‚ starved‚ gassed‚ shot‚ orphaned‚ and experimented to create a pure
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censor their own doubts. Moreover‚ there is a belief that all members are in agreement--whether this agreement is expressed or not--and some group members function as gatekeepers to keep other members from getting information that might create diversity of opinion within the group. All in all‚ the whole process is laden with peer pressure that makes members go along with the group and keep their disagreements secret. Does this sound somewhat reminiscent of Nazi Germany? Once we have identified
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To what extent was the rise to power of the Nazis due to the Wall Street Crash? Historian Carr writes "It is inconceivable that Hitler could have come into power had not the Weimar Republic being subject to the unprecedented strain of a world crisis"‚ thus he thinks that the Wall Street Crash was the cause of problems in Weimar leading to the rise of the Nazis. In 1933 the Nazi party took control of Germany‚ installing Hitler as chancellor. Evidence would suggest that the Wall Street Crash was a
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insecure‚ egotistical man‚ who ominously controlled the German people. Hitler thought that he could change things with force‚ which soon got him into trouble‚ and landed him in jail. During his time in jail‚ Hitler had turned over direction of the Nazi party to Alfred Rosenberg. Rosenberg edited the party’s newspaper‚ the Völkischer Beobacter (Popular Observer)‚ but had no administrative ability. As a result‚ Hitler easily resumed complete control of the party upon his release in December 1924.In
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How important was the use of legislation in the Nazi consolidation of power by the end of 1933? The use of legislation was very important to the Nazis and their consolidation of power‚ and was a key tool for the Nazi’s to make there actions legal and justifiable. This way of legalising what other wise would have been deemed illegal and immoral ways of running a political party and government. This meant they could keep the balance of a respectful government and ruthless power driven party well
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The main reason for the rise of the Nazi Party was Hitler himself‚ Asses the interpretation? 45 minutes. I disagree with the interpretation to an extent‚ there are many factors that lead to the rise of the Nazis that were not directly from Hitler‚ firstly‚ there was a weak government in Germany – the Weimar government was weak with many different parties and fringe parties struggling to agree on anything‚ the Reichstag couldn’t pass many laws‚ decisions could not be made and many people also saw
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e Robert Suber Professor Gilbert Coon HMXP 102 31 February 2013 The Importance of Expression “If all mankind minus one‚ were of one opinion‚ and only one person were of the contrary opinion‚ mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person‚ than he‚ if he had the power‚ would be justified in silencing mankind”(Mill). This quote‚ by John Stuart Mill‚ is a quote that I originally disagreed with. Before reading the essay‚ I thought on all of the different examples in which the
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