What was Hitler’s role in the Holocaust? Studies of the Holocaust have provoked passionate debates. Increasingly‚ they have become a central topic of concern for historians particularly since the early 1970s‚ as the Holocaust studies were generally limited. However‚ one of the most intense debates surrounding the role played by Hitler in the ’Final Solution’. That is‚ whether and when Hitler took a decision to initiate the extermination process. Of course‚ this issue has caused incredible controversy
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He was the prime force in domestic and foreign policy. So important was the leadership principle that they equate Nazism with Hitlerism. * Intentionalist historians: Hugh Trevor-Roper‚ Alan Bullock‚ Jane Jenkins‚ Bracher‚ Hildebrand‚ Jackel * They stress the centrality of Hitler’s personality‚ ideas and strengths. * Regard Hitler as having predetermined
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How Successful Was the Indoctrination of the German Youth Under the Nazi Regime? Hitler expressed the need for indoctrination in many speeches from the beginning of his leadership. This is shown in a quote from a meeting with radio officials on 25th March 1933: ’the mobilisation of the mind is as necessary as‚ perhaps even more necessary than‚ the material mobilisation of the nation.’ The Law on the Hitler Youth also emphasised the indoctrination of the youth: ’All German young people...will be
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Nazi Seizure of Power. Chicago: Quadrangle Books. Berman‚ S. (1997‚ April). Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic. World Politics‚ 49(3)‚ 401-429. Retrieved from JSTOR‚ October 2‚ 2010. Collingwood‚ R. G. (1940‚ April). Facism and Nazism. Philosophy‚ 15(58)‚ 168-176. Retrieved from JSTOR‚ October 2‚ 2010. Eyck‚ E. (1962). A History of the Weimar Republic (H. P. Hanson & R. G. Waite‚ Trans.). Cambridge‚ MA: Harvard University Press. Falter‚ J. W.‚ & Zintl‚ R. (1988‚ Summer). The Economic
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DBQ: Fascism After World War I and the Great Depression‚ why did some European contries turn toward fascism while other European countries stayed democratic? After World War I‚ Europe struggles to return to peace and stability. Many new democratic governments fell apart under the attack of the Great Depression. As a result‚ new totalitarian regimes emerged such as Fascism and Communism. Totalitarian is a relating system of governments that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete
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appeal to the people to be elected whereas Stalin blackmailed many of the leaders in the communist government until he was able to eliminate his rival (Cote). At the time the communist government kept business in the ownership of “the people” while Nazism allowed business owners to keep business if they followed all desires of the government (Floderus). Another great difference between the two totalitarian types is the level of racism embedded into the ideologies. Nazi racism against Jews is well known
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helps build the metaphor of her father as a Nazi. As the poem progresses‚ Plath becomes more blunt where she depicts her father as a Nazi. She uses the metaphor of her father not being like God‚ but rather like a Swastika which is the symbol of Nazism. “Not God‚ but a swastika / So black no sky could squeak through”. (lines 6-7) Plath’s use of metaphors helps give the reader a clear image of her relationship with her father and her hatred towards him. We also get deeper insight into the type of
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collapsed. Civil unrest broke out. Frightened and confused‚ Germans now turned to Hitler hoping for security and firm leadership. One thing the two fierce leaders shared was fascism. Although not completely similar because of Hitler’s Nazism had racism involved towards the Jewish. They were both supported by the middle class‚ industrialists‚ and military. Also‚ they had censorship‚ indoctrination‚ and secret police. Economic functions had been controlled by state corporations or state
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Germany – Summary Notes Weimer Republic Emergence of the Democratic Republic: • On 2 October 1918‚ the Reichstag was told that Germany could not win the war. This was a shock to the German people who were led to believe that they would win. • The Allies demanded that the defeated Germans have a democracy before peace could be discussed‚ and that meant that the Kaiser had to abdicate. He refused to. • The German revolution started at Kiel‚ where there was a mutiny in the navy. Workers and
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Germany had to pay high reparations‚ take the blame for the war‚ have land taken from them‚ have their military reduced‚ and League of Nations taking over seas colonies. If it was not for this treaty Germany would not have had the rise of Nazism. The main goal of Nazism was to reunite the German speaking people and they could not do that if all the German speaking countries were spilt up. Alsace Lorraine was taken from Germany and given back to France. Other countries were stripped from Germany and were
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