Totalitarianism is a political system in which there is only one party and that party controls everything. Hitler established such a state in Germany from 1933 with himself and other leading Nazi figures at the helm. As the state sought to regulate every aspect of German life‚ German society in the Nazi state had certain hallmarks. At the core of the Nazi State was the concept of German superiority. The Herrenvolk was the idea which claimed that the Germans were members of a superior race and were
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"A Need for Speed" During World War II in Nazi Germany‚ the only thing considered more imperative than committing genocide against the people of Jewish descent‚ was devising ways to inevitably defeat their foes. The merciless German researchers would stop at nothing to try and enhance their chances at constructing the "super race". Along with all the pharmaceutical help‚ researchers needed to experiment with these new drugs to ensure their effectiveness. Prisoners of concentration camps were
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December 2008 Art as Propaganda in Nazi Germany Having been an artist himself‚ Hitler understood the potential power of imagery in moving the masses. “We shall discover and encourage the artists who are able to impress upon the State of the German people the cultural stamp of the Germanic race . . . in their origin and in the picture which they present‚ they are the expressions of the soul and the ideals of the community” (Hitler‚ Party Day speech‚ 1935‚ qtd. Nazi Approved Art). It is true that‚ with
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The Nazi Germany pursuit of happiness changed throughout the war. As the war changed so did the thoughts behind what Nazi Germany wanted in the end. They didn’t expect to lose the war so why change what the end result is? At the start of WWII Nazi Germany wanted to be the power house in the world. They wanted revenge from WWI when they got defeated and had to pay for the war. Germany was not happy so they needed a man to make them happy again‚ Adolf Hitler. At the start of the war Germany wanted
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Impact of Nazi Policy on Jews 1933- 45 Once the Nazis came to power‚ Jews were subjected to increased discrimination‚ though anti- semitic policy developed in a typically haphazard manner. In 1993 some Jews were deprived of their jobs and in 1935 all lost their citizenship. The pogroms of the Night of Broken Glass in November 1938 symbolised the radicalisation of the regime. The Nazis‚ by then politically and economically secure‚ were free to pursue their aim of Jews out of German life. Jewish
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The Research of Nazi Germany Origins The rise of the Nazi Party began with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg on January 30‚ 1933. Soon after his appointment‚ Adolf began to prepare the state for Nazi rule. The Nazi party was guided by authoritarian principles and began to invoke a Volk society in which religious and class differences would be eradicated. Any political enemies of the Nazi party were subject to intimidation and legislation
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The SS Control People? Fear was equally important‚ Hitler had a range of followers known as the SA (Brown shirts) and the SS who were like a Nazi military police who made sure the public were following the messages preached by the Nazis. Those who did not fit in with the Nazi way of life were "eliminated". How Did The SS Seize Control Over Nazi Germany? In November 9‚ 1938 the SA murdered many Jewish people‚ their businesses were destroyed and star of
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History CH 8-9 The Police State Nazi Censorship and Propaganda * The police state was one of the most important factors in Hitler’s establishment of a dictatorship after Hindenburg’s death‚ as it allowed him to persecute and get rid of his social‚ religious and political enemies that lived among the German people. * As in many cases‚ indoctrination (converting people to different ideals using education and propaganda) did not work‚ so Hitler had to used force and terror using the Nazi’s
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government from 1918-1933‚ was known as the Weimar republic‚ until the rise of Nazi Germany. A series of revolts by German sailors and soldiers led to the loss of support by the military and the German people led to Kaiser Wilhelm II being advocated on November 9th‚ 1918. The day after a provisional government was formed‚ with members from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USDP). Shifting the power from the military. December 1918 they met in the
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roles in Nazi Germany. Three Prominent groups that had a substantial effect on the period in which the Nazis ruled are the Youth‚ the German women and the Churches. Each responded differently to the ideas and policies of the Nazis. The indoctrination of young people was an important factor in the Nazi regime. Hitler saw that implementing the Nazi Party’s ideology in the children of Germany was a key part in ensuring the validity of the ‘thousand year Reich’. Adolf Hitler‚ leader of the Nazi Party
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