spawned some of the most extremist ideologies to ever guide major world powers. On the left‚ the Soviet Union gripped eastern Europe with its militant enforcement of communism. On the right‚ Nazi Germany sought to assert its rule of racial hierarchy across the continent. The struggle for these states to achieve their respective ideals of utopia manifested in death tolls that reached millions. While many contemporary scholars point to the differences in ideology and stated goals of these two states
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How important was the role of the leader in the rise to power of the Nazis in Germany On the 30th January 1933 Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Hitler came to power as the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party‚ more commonly known as the Nazi Party. In the July election of 1932 the Nazis received the highest vote ever achieved by any party in Weimar History with 13.7 million votes. This is a crucial point in history as it was Hitler who led the world into World War II which
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How did Hitler and the Nazis use youth and education in their endeavours to develop a Third Reich in Germany? Hitler focused on the youth of Germany because he believed that the Third Reich in Germany would last a 1000 years so why waste time and resources on the older people of Germany? The youth of Germany were open to manipulation because they were vulnerable from World War 1. Also there were already structures in place where Hitler could educate young people on the Nazis. Hitler thought that
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support for political ideologies and conflicts such as war. To increase support for the Nazi party and ideals‚ Adolf Hitler not only had to gain support from adults‚ but increase support from youth. He needed to devise and implement a system that was powerful enough to manipulate the youth‚ but subtle enough for them to follow willingly. That system was propaganda. Through the use of propaganda‚ Hitler successfully persuaded the youth to believe and follow his political ideologies. Education played
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Throughout Hitler’s childhood‚ he did not live the life like any child would. Getting beaten and degraded lots of the time by his father‚ having very few friends and not having best grades really took a toll on him later on in life. But what really got him going at a young age is showing interest in German nationalism‚ this drove him to have the ideas he had for his country. Hitler’s childhood contributed to his leadership style by getting beaten and shamed of at such a young age‚ not doing well
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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 Germany was one of the largest parties to ever gain power. The beliefs‚ rituals‚ symbols‚ myths and practices all contributed to the Nazi’s becoming a political religion. Political religion in Nazi Germany was understood to try to erase or replace existing traditional religion. They were striving to have control over the culture and politics throughout the entire country. They wanted their country to be focused on the Nazi beliefs and practices. The Nazi’s believed that they were a part of an
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Fascism shared many similarities with each other. Driven by their ideologies Stalin‚ under Socialism‚ and Mussolini‚ under Fascism‚ used these ideas to advocate and carry out their own policies. However‚ it is important to realise that many areas of their policies did veer away from the direction of their original ideologies. This shows that‚ although Stalin’s and Mussolini’s policies were decided largely by their respective ideologies‚ they were in many situations neglected by the leaders for personal
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Would you like to have lived in the Nazi rule? Would you have survived as a child during the war? The time of the Nazi rule was a time of great chaos around the world. Many countries were affected by WWII to include the youth. Although Hitler’s Youth was taught to be helpful by creating future generations of soldiers‚ Hitler’s Youth played an important role in Hitler’s agenda because the youth provided a strong army that shared his ideas‚ taught girls how to be obedient housewives‚ and promoted nationalism
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History Assignment Hitler attained power in 1933 as the result of a complex set of factors. He was the right man at the right time to take advantage of the problems that had arisen in Germany in the post war years. In the post war years of the 1920’s to the 1930’s‚ the German people had many grievances. The biggest of which was the economy. The hyperinflation of the early 1920’s‚ in January 1921 the German mark was 65 marks to the American dollar and on November 1923 it was worth 4 200 000 000
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