. Was the Reichstag Fire more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to consolidate power? The activities of the SA were to make sure Nazi meetings were safe and undisturbed. Besides that, the SA is supposed to disrupt other political meetings and support Hitler and the Nazis. Finally, the SA’s activity is also to put fear on the street to get votes for the next elections.
Source A is about removing opposition and the use of propaganda to control what the population thought and did this is challenging the question as the consent is not given but actually forced out of the none Arian people of Germany. The source suggests that the Nazis removed the peoples basic rights like freedom of speech because they feared that the people would speak out against the laws that had been created to keep them under control. This is a strong argument against the Germans giving support towards the regime because it suggests that the Germans. Source A also suggests that after the war Germany still wasn’t ready politically so Hitler had an easy task in taking power the
Many people, especially Americans, believe that Germany killed the passengers on the Lusitania for no apparent reason. Now, the government of America tries to call the incident a horrible mistake. Germany did not, however, completely act in error. Surprisingly, the Lusitania had many dark secrets. Germany sunk the Lusitania because
Those who were unaware of the crimes committed by the Nazis were not responsible for their government's actions, such as in the cases of Junge and Knappe. Those who were aware of the crimes committed and were in a position to protest them, but didn't should be held responsible for keeping silent. All of the individuals that kept silent during the Nazis reign allowed the Holocaust to happen. Although not directly responsible, the Holocaust and WWII would not have been possible if so many people hadn't kept
Slaughterhouse Five was banned on political grounds for showing the American firebombing of Dresden in World War II. The destruction of 135,000 people (almost twice as destructive as the atomic bombing of Hiroshima) is something that I had never even heard of. Obviously, the US Army has done a good job in keeping it quiet. Teachers and administration claimed that the book displayed "un-Godliness, bathroom language, and an unpatriotic portrayal of war." I believe that the unpatriotic aspects of the war is the main reason the book was banned.
The Jews were not the perfect image to Hitler, but it wasn’t just him. The “Jewish problem was prevalent before Hitler,” where extermination was a frequent suggestion. Nazi’s had targeted them since early 1920’s. So why was He targeted and not the Nazi party? It was simply because Hitler was in charge of the Nazi
To what extent was the Great Depression responsible for the collapse of the Weimar Republic? While the Great Depression had a huge impact on Germany, it is too simplistic to say that the Depression alone led to the collapse of the Weimar Republic. The Depression had a great impact both economically, socially, politically and psychologically, but its main significance was the opportunity it provided radical politicians such as Hitler. The collapse of the Republic itself can almost be described as inevitable, having being built on unstable and weak foundations. As well as the Depression, the collapse of the Republic can be linked to a large number of factors, including the influence of the army, political instability and constitutional weaknesses.
Several attempts from both the left and right sides of government tried to imbue the nationalistic beliefs that were embodied in Germany before they were destroyed by their humiliating defeat in WW1. These include the Spartacist uprising, the Kapp Putsch and the Munich Beer Hall Putsch. The disillusionment felt by the people and their need to restore pride in their nation influenced many factors that led to the failure of the democracy, and to the rise of the Nazi political party and its leader Adolf Hitler. In hindsight, a mixture of political, social and economic issues, combined with nationalistic goals give grounds to the reason that nationalism mainly brought about the fall of the democracy of the Weimar Republic in Germany. By the outbreak of WW1 in August 1914, Germany was well established as a major and prominent world power.
Clearly, the method mentioned is unfeasible and this had the role of causing a sensation. Similarly, many of his other comments, such as “If the international Jewish financiers in and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into world war, the results will be… the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe” have double meanings, and originally referred to their planned deportation out of Europe. Also, the comment “But the final objective must be the complete removal of the Jews” clearly does not refer to the
Harleigh Judah Mrs.Peipkorn English 2/ 3rd 1st February 2014 Did the burning of books lead to the burning of people? Nazi Germany is not famous for the burning of books or the burning of people, but why would people burn books at all? Nazis didn’t just burn any book; they burned books that offended the Jews, communist, socialists and all of the other degenerates. They didn’t burn books that were found disagreeable but the books that made people have ideas and the books that interfered with the health, safety, and welfare of Germany’s nation. People don’t burn books just because of the message but because the message is a threat to them and Germany.