ideology was a promise to birth a new Germany. This promise of national rebirth resonated strongly in the early 1930s‚ when the Weimar Republic was shaken to the core by economic and political crisis. At the centre of the Nazi vision stood the ‘national community’‚ depicted as the polar opposite to the conflict- ridden Weimar society. In a speech witnessed by the nation in January 1932‚ one year before his appointment as German chancellor‚ Adolf Hitler concluded that the resurrection of Germany depended
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and German national pride. This representation of the future Aryan race that Hitler was trying to create did not include the Jews‚ as well as several other minority groups‚ that he deemed unworthy or “unclean” to be a part of German society. This twisted version of the Swastika‚ created by Hitler himself‚ “became associated with the idea of a racially ‘pure’ state. By the time the Nazis gained control of Germany‚ the connotations of the swastika had forever changed.” For those that did not fit
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ambitions and want simple political power and wealth. This form of government was more prominent in earlier centuries of Europe. However‚ a new‚ radical‚ and ruthless form of absolute monarchy arose during the 20th century when Adolf Hitler became the ruler of the Nazi Party‚ Germany‚ and several other countries. Nazism
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In order to pay the large costs of the First World War‚ Germany suspended the convertibility of its currency into gold when that war broke out. Unlike France‚ which imposed its first income tax to pay for the war‚ the German Kaiser and Parliament decided without opposition to fund the war entirely by borrowing‚ a decision criticized by financial experts like Hjalmar Schacht even before hyperinflation broke out. The result was that the exchange rate of the Mark against the US dollar fell steadily
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opposition to a Republic when he handed power to the Reichstag so an armistice could be negotiated. On November 9th Prince Max of Baden handed the Chancellorship to Friedrich Ebert‚ leader of the SPD‚ and Philipp Scheidemann declared Germany as a Republic. The new Weimar Government was thus forced to sign the armistice which shocked the German population as they were under the illusion that they were winning the war since the Ludendorff Offensive and the bombings on Paris. From that moment on the negative
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THE UNIFICATION OF GERMANY In 1871 the thirty-eight states of what was once the Holy Roman Empire‚ re-united to become what was known in the early twentieth century as simply‚ The German Empire‚ united under the rule of the German Emperor‚ or Kaiser. There are many factors which led to the unification of the German states; liberalism‚ nationalism‚ Otto Von Bismarck‚ fear of another Napoleon’‚ the Prussian King William I‚ and the three wars Prussia fought. One of the key factors which led to
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`Hitler became Chancellor in January 1933 because he was leader of the most popular party in Germany. ` How far do you agree with this judgement? The Nazi party was slowly making its ascent into the whirlwind world of politics; at first glance they appeared to be making no progress‚ due to this they were paid very little attention. The government’s negligence of the party allowed them to grow gradually and undetected. Although their popularity contributed to Hitler`s appointment as Chancellor‚
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Was the Medical Renaissance an important period in medical history? The renaissance period was the rebirth of medical research after the middle lack of the development during the middle ages. This was an important period because of new discoveries about anatomy. These new breakthroughs began with Andreas Vesalius challenging the great Roman doctor‚ Galen’s ideas towards the human body. Two major mistakes that Vesalius found in Galen’s work were that the human jaw had one bone‚ whereas Galen wrote
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Adventures in Germany (Final Draft) Carl Page Mr. Tedrow Germany is a country that has exquisite beauty as well as a vastly different culture‚ which has over the years made me a far richer individual. For every year since I was born‚ my family and I go on an extensive trip every year to Germany for three weeks to visit the mother’s side of my family. When I visit Germany‚ I stay with my grandma‚ who resides in Hanau. Hanau is a city comprised of 90‚000 people‚ around 20 kilometers away from Frankfurt
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“Romantic Period” Fired by the turn of the century‚ the ideas‚ personal‚ and political liberty broke in a bond of the 18th century convention. The work of William Godwin and Jean Rousseau influenced the Romantic period; But the French Revolution influenced the period mostly. During this time in England the support for the Revolution was purely idealist and the French didn’t live to its high expectations. The intellectuals of English denounced the French Revolution. In the 1770’s romanticism
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