To what extent was Nazi economic policy totally subordinated to the need to prepare for war? The Nazi economy became increasingly controlled‚ characterised by a mixture of ideologically driven and pragmatic policies. Though preparation for war was certainly an element of the Nazi economic programme‚ through the assessment of the early stages of Nazi rule and the New Plan‚ the drive for autarky‚ foreign policy and expansionism‚ as well as the treatment of workers within Germany‚ it is evident that
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The German Singspiel was “a musical work popular in Germany‚ especially in the latter part of the 18th century that is characterized by spoken dialogue and interspersed with songs.” The fame of the German Singspiel came in the late 18th century‚ having its roots planted in comic opera; the Italian Opera Buffa‚ the French Opera-Comique‚ and the English Ballad Opera. This was a musical form that famously known for its light quality‚ and its incorporation of German folk songs and themes that were
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How and why did German Nationalism develop in the 19’th century? The development of a sudden national pride‚ began during‚ through and after the French revolution‚ things began to seem more grand and to a larger scale‚ people saw things in a different light. Nationalism suddenly emerged‚ relatively quickly‚ and with immense presence all across Europe‚ the rulers of the time did not like this‚ but what could they do? Germany is probably one of the most prevalent examples of how Nationalism
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The relevance of Hitler and the Nazis Hitler’s rise to power in Germany in the 1930s is in several ways reflected in Gilead: • Hitler promised his followers a new Germany with a stress on family values. However‚ this rapidly turned into oppression of any who did not share his vision and the slaughter of those who were not of the ‘pure’ Aryan race he demanded • He encouraged the fanatical adulation of the young through the Hitler Youth movement - a situation echoed in Atwood’s Gilead when she
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In 1930 the number of seats held by the Nazis in the Reichstag sky rocketed. In 1928 they only had 12 seats‚ but 4 years later they were by far the biggest party. There were a number of reasons why this surge of popularity took place. One key reason was the state of the economy. After the Wall Street crash of October 1929‚ the country experienced economic collapse. Unemployment doubled as a result of this. Also‚ all the foreign loans were suddenly called in and the Weimar government was forced
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To What Extent did Opportunities for African-American’s Improve in the years 1953 to 1960? Prior to the years of 1953 improvements had been made to the lives of African-American’s. During 1953 to 1960 opportunities for African-American’s improved significantly in many areas such as social‚ economic‚ political and justice. In saying that however‚ during this period the areas that improved opportunities for African-Americans also stayed the same as many of the improvements were quite limited. Limitations
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allied aid‚ the German state was able to rebuild itself and become one of the leading economies in the world. The German government played an important role in the rejuvenation of the economy so the German state and the economic system are closely intertwined. The relationship between state and market in Germany is known as the social market economy. Germany’s social market economy defied expectations and by the 1960s it was the envied by most of the world. The success of the German economy is due
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Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War‚ two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations‚ the EC‚ which became the EU‚ and NATO‚ while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then‚ Germany has expended
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effects. Fallout from the Great Depression - A young and hopelessly unemployed Berliner panhandles for spare change. Below: A run on a bank in Berlin. Below: May Day 1930 brings a huge turn-out of pro-communist Berliners expressing admiration of Soviet Russia. The German economy was especially vulnerable since it was built upon foreign capital‚ mostly loans from America and was very dependent on foreign trade. When those loans suddenly came due and when the world market for German exports dried up
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Do People have a moral obligation to respect and preserve places and things that have symbolic importance to others but not to them? People have a moral obligation to respect and preserve places and things that have symbolic importance to others but not to them. Moral obligation is performed on the basis of what right and wrong‚ and the notion that people have a requirement to do what they know is right. (1) Respect in this case is intended to mean acknowledging that the symbol is important
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