in 1939 and officially ended in 1945‚ can be linked to the results of World War 1‚ which ended just two decades before. The Allied nations‚ who emerged victorious in WWI‚ imposed bleak punishments on Germany‚ through the peace treaty agreement known as Treaty of Versailles. Instead of accepting their penalty‚ Germany became bitter and the harsh terms of the treaty fuelled the rise of nationalism‚ Economic factors‚ and Appeasement and isolationism. An armistice was signed on 11 November 1918 and
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underpinned by racial division and discrimination; the formal exclusion of not only those belonging to “foreign races” in Germany – such as the Jews and the Gypsies – but also included German individuals of “Aryan” race‚ whom they considered asocial. This included but was not limited to homosexuals‚ the disabled and mentally ill. This essay argues that Germany had become by 1939‚ to a great extent‚ a racial state. Nazi radicalism had
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By 1939‚ the Nazis had been in power in Germany for 6 years. Was there much change in the lives of German women and children in the period 1933-1939? When the Nazis came to power in 1933 there were many changes in society. Hitler’s aim was to make a super race of pure German blood people and to expand the German empire‚ to make it the best. In Hitler doing so many people were effected by these changes that had to be made. And women and children were part of this change. Before Hitler‚ women
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When studying the Holocaust‚ it is critical to understand how the science of eugenics influenced the Nazis‚ however it is just as important to recognize how the United States influenced eugenics in Germany. Prior to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany‚ the Weimar Republic was in an economic depression with uncontrollable inflation. Similar to the American Great Depression‚ German elitist looked for how they could save their country from complete ruin. The small community of German eugenicists
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The role of Hitler in the formulation of Nazi policy between 1923-1939 Hitler was the most significant figure in the formulation and the implementation of Nazi policy. However‚ it is interesting that some of the most famous Nazi policies were not produced by Hitler and this has caused fierce debates between the intentionalist historians who believe that Hitler was in control and personally determined policy and its implementation opposed to structuralist historians who believe he actually was
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Changes in “Old” and “New” Industries in the UK Economy‚ 1870 – 1939. Compare and contrast the economic performance and regional impact of the Lancashire cotton industry before World War 1 and during the inter-war era (1918-1939). From the time of the coronation of Queen Victoria and the outbreak of World War One‚ Britain stood in a period of economic transition. There are several observations on whom or what caused the rise and fall of the cotton industry. The late 1840s saw Britain enter
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Hofstede’s Five Dimension comparison of Germany and China Hofstede’s Five Dimensions Hofstede’s five dimensions are a useful tool to give someone an insight of different cultures. These elements give a country’s behaviour tendencies rather than an exact prescription. There are weaknesses to Hofstede’s Five Dimension theory as it may too easily encourage stereotyping. Even in countries as small as the UK‚ not all citizens are alike – e.g. it is argued that the culture in the North of England
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solved. Events in Europe and Britain between 1989-1939 pressured Chamberlain into abandoning his policies for appeasement. Events in Europe pressured Chamberlain to abandon appeasement. On September 28th 1938‚ Chamberlain‚ Mussolini‚ Daladier and Hitler came together to sign the Munich Agreement which handed Sudetenland over into German hands. The Munich Agreement was the turning point for British opinions about Hitler and Chamberlain. On August 21st 1939‚ Hitler tried to make a deal with Great Britain
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would not unreasonable to presume that the country had become a totalitarian state under the Nazi Regime. This was not‚ however‚ the case. Nazi Germany‚ although projecting the efficiency and organisation of a totalitarian government‚ was only successful in controlling some aspects of German life. The basic concept of the totalitarian state is best expressed by Mussolini’s well-known phrase‚ "all within the state‚ nothing outside the state‚ nothing against the state". The state is the master‚ and
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Nazi Germany fervently tried to restore and instill traditional values‚ giving men and women separate and distinct roles with the usage of propaganda to promote their message. Women‚ of course‚ were a necessity to Hitler’s vision of an Aryan world‚ as they were the key to the continuation of the lineage that Nazi Germany strived to keep alive and pure. In the same manner‚ Nazi Anti-Feminism actively demonized women from being independent and career driven by advocating them to marry‚ start families
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