German Jews were popular targets of blame because they stood out from the population at large. Hitler accused these Jews repeatedly of damaging the war effort and being employed in safe jobs far away from the front lines. A historical investigation will be conducted regarding a thorough analysis of what the holocaust was and what reasons paved the way for the holocaust to occur. Basically stated, Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany for the duration of approximately twelve years spanning from 1933-1945. Hitler possessed a vision of creating what he thought could possibly be a “perfect race” (Aryan race).
The Germans, immediately after sinking the ship, accused Britain of the Lusitania carrying munitions, not just passengers. The government tried to justify the sinking of the Lusitania by saying that the Lusitania contained weapons (“Sinking of RMS Lusitania” para. 2). The Germans must have known that the Lusitania held weapons, years before future historians and scientists would prove their existence true. If not, Germany would have looked at all the positives and negatives of sinking the Lusitania, and would have realized the cons outweighed the pros in this situation.
Taylor wrote a book called “The Struggle for Mastery in Europe”, in this book A.J.P. Taylor claimed that German ambitions were the cause of the war. All of these views have merit; however, while imperialism was one of the causes of World War 1, the Alliance system and militarism in the pre-war period were definitely the major causes of the war. The Marxist historian, Eric Hobsbawn, came up with a theory, the "zero-sum game" theory. This theory was applicable to World War One because it was an "age of total war", therefore the war was "zero-sum game".
When a fire started in the Reichstag building, Hitler used it as a way to start series of terrorist acts against politicians he considered enemies (“Hitler, Adolf”). Hitler claimed that these politicians were part of a Communist plan. By influencing the public, Hitler gained special powers to “protect the nation against possible Communist acts of violence” (“Hitler, Adolf”). Hitler went a long way by being influential. Anyone that he didn’t want alive, didn’t have much of a chance to survive.
Hitler aimed gradually to purify the German race, and this would be achieved by eliminating racial mixing, to create in von Shirach’s words “the perfect and complete human animal- the superman” the main obstacle to this as Hitler thought was the “eternal enemy”, the Jews. There is no historical topic that is protected to controversy, even the holocaust. There are three debates concerning this event. The first is whether it happened or not, the huge majority of historians accept that the evidence for holocaust is overwhelming. A small minority consider that the gas chambers were the creations of the Allied propaganda.
The Reichstag Fire led to the Enabling Act because Hitler had managed to convince Hindenburg that it was a ‘communists uprising’. This manages Hitler to prove to Germany that communists were bad people and he would have get more votes, in the next elections. However, I also disagree with the statement ‘the Reichstag Fire more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to consolidate power’ because of other several reasons. Firstly, the Enabling Act made a Hitler a virtual dictator. Nobody could stop him, even Hindenburg.
Therefore by having Rohm killed in the Night of Long Knives, Hitler gained the support of the army as the army had gotten what they wanted. The support of the army helped cement Hitlers political power. By eliminating certain people Hitler could gain safety as some posed a threat to his life. Without Hitler of course the development of the Nazi state may well have ceased so it was important to eliminate threats. Not only did Rohm cause problems for Hitler in ganing the support of the army, he also was a threat to Hitlers life.
n 1919, Anton Drexler, Gottfried Feder and Dietrich Eckart formed the German Worker's Party (GPW) in Munich. The German Army was worried that it was a left-wing revolutionary group and sent Adolf Hitler, one of its education officers, to spy on the organization. Hitler discovered that the party's political ideas were similar to his own. He approved of Drexler's German nationalism and anti-Semitism but was unimpressed with the way the party was organized. Although there as a spy, Hitler could not restrain himself when a member made a point he disagreed with, and he stood up and made a passionate speech on the subject.
Hitler has been labeled the most evil man of the twentieth century, but for better or worse he has also been the most influential. He indirectly changed the economic state, military strength and the role of women in America. Hitler
Key Nazi Leaders January 9th 2012 Name: | Date of Birth: | Date of Death (Age): | Role: | How evil were they? (1-10, 1=Good, 10=Evil): | Explanation of Rating: | Adolf Hitler | April 20th 1889 | April 30th 1945 (56) | Leader of the Nazi party, dictator of Germany | 9 | Although Hitler’s crimes were truly atrocious, he did, at times, believe what he was doing was for the best. He also was brought up in a broken household and so this harsh childhood scarred him. His genocide of the Jews was, in part revenge for his mother’s death at the hands of her Jewish doctor. If Hitler had not committed such atrocities, he could have been the most successful politician ever, dragging a slumping Germany from a great Depression into an economic boom.