World War I was supposed to be the “war to end all wars‚” but ironically‚ it was a major contributing factor of World War II. The second World War (1939-1945) tore families apart and claimed millions of innocent lives‚ mainly Jews. Once Hitler was in power‚ he orchestrated the murders of over 6 million Jews‚ Gypsies‚ Homosexuals‚ elderly‚ poor‚ and sick in the different Nazi concentration camps. The rise of the Nazi Party was due to the use of strategic propaganda‚ fear‚ and playing to the emotions
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Hitler expands:Rhineland‚ Austria‚ Sudetenland‚ In 1935 Hitler began to re arm Germany by rebuilding its military. All necessary war material were being manufactured in factories across Germany. As a result of world war one the Rhineland was to be a demilitarized zone‚ but in 1936 Hitler Ignored that rule and went ahead and sent troop into the Rhineland to give his Blitzkriek strategy a head start. Hitler incorporated the Sudetenland and austria in his reign of terror with little effort. There was
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The Holocaust was a prepared and organized plan by the German government known as the Nazis that lasted through 1933 to 1945 where people were massacred freely in Germany and territories controlled by Germany. Over this time period‚ ten million people were killed and six out of the ten million were Jewish people. There were other minority groups that were also killed during this time like the Homosexuals‚ elderly‚ disabled‚ and the communists. The Nazis organization had the power to conduct the Holocaust
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in not only WWII‚ but even world history. What was truly intriguing about concentration camps were the ignorance about it’s existence considering concentration camps alone killed nearly a million of their prisoners. The treatment that citizens like Jews had to experience still influence people nearly 70 years later‚ after the end of World War II in 1945. The establishment that began this process was known as the Nazi Regime. Their ideas lead by Adolf Hitler brainwashed millions of Germans to believe
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WAS HITLER A WEAK DICTATOR? Introduction The question of whether Hitler was master in the Third Reich or a weak dictator’ is one of the central debates amongst historians of Nazi Germany. It is not necessary to spend too much time here outlining the debate‚ as this information can easily be found elsewhere (see‚ for example‚ the excellent chapter on this subject in Ian Kershaw’s The Nazi Dictatorship). Broadly speaking‚ historians who have participated in this debate can be located on a scale
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Nazi Germany was resplendent with many forms of propaganda that were vivid to all German audiences including films‚ music‚ radio and newspapers. As the minister of propaganda‚ Joseph Goebbels believed in the power of film as a form of Anti-Jewish propaganda‚ which could assist in growing popular support. Moreover‚ propaganda films were used to exclude Jews but also other groups such as homosexuals‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses and gypsies. In the Nazi era‚ Germany was at the cutting edge of movie production
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How Did Life Change in Germany Under the Nazis? Hitler became German chancellor in January 1933. He immediately took steps to complete a Nazi takeover. Following the Reichstag fire‚ the night of the long knives‚ the 1933 election and the death of Hindenburg Hitler took over as supreme leader in 1934. Hitler believed he was the saviour or the people. He did not want opposition of any kind in Nazi Germany. There were to be no other political parties and no debate. His vision was of a strong‚ militaristic
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‘Hitler was able to establish a dictatorship because he banned other political parties’ Do you agree? Explain your answer. I think that Hitler was able to establish a dictatorship because he banned other political parties. There were other reasons why he was able to create a dictatorship but in my opinion the main reason was banning other parties. Until 1934 Hindenburg had the highest authority of Germany and the only one with more authority than Hitler but on the 2nd of august when Hindenburg
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A final way that the Nazis created their perfect race was through the Hitler Youth Program. The Hitler Youth Program was a program in which the children of Germany learned how to be the perfect Nazi citizen. Originally‚ the program was created in the 1920’s‚ but membership increased rapidly when Hitler came to power because he banned all other youth programs (Hitler Youth Movement). Hitler’s authoritative demand shows that this certain program was important to him because it taught the beliefs of
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What are you capable of doing if you’ve been brainwashed? If you’ve heard and know of the "Hitler Youth" and "Charles Manson and the Manson Family"‚ you would know the answer to that question. The Hitler Youth and Charles Manson and the Manson Family are very similar in the fact that they both used a form of indoctrination and brainwashing to recruit members into their organization/cult. They both were prejudice against other
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