In 1931 it lifted a ban on Catholics joining the Nazi party. Two years later is signed an agreement with Hitler that priests could not interfere with politics and the church would regulate its self. Although this seemed to work at the start, tensions rose as Hitler banned religious teaching in schools, and limited the influence of the church using his power over youth movements and newspaper. Hitler’s racism also enraged Pope Pius XI, and he condemned Hitler’s action in an encyclical saying that he was “sowing the seeds of suspicion, discord, hatred, and calumny”. In 1941, Cardinal Von Galen spoke out against the Nazi policy of euthanasia.
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
However the central committee and the politburo refused to order Ruitin’s execution, Stalin viewed this as a betrayal. In December 1934, Kirov was murdered by Nikolayev who claimed was working for a secret terror group who wanted to overthrow the soviet government; however Zinoviev and Kamenev were arrested for the conspiracy of Kirov’s Murder. This murder rid Stalin of his most powerful rival, whilst allowing him to imprison two of his old opponents, basically “two birds with one stone”. The Murder of Kirov allowed Stalin to establish dictatorship because with the death of Kirov, it gave Stalin an excuse to purge and the purges became more systematic and far-reaching.In the spring of 1937, Stalin argued that the conspiracy against the Soviet people was not restricted to the forty or so people involved in the show trials, and so the start of the purges against the party and army began. The effects on the party were dramatic.
2. Religion (Social Control) Hitler believed that religion was a threat to the Nazis' control over people's mind - so he tried different ways to reduce the power of the church over people. In 1933 Hitler signed the Concordat - he promised not to interfere with the Catholic Church - which was guaranteed freedom to worship and run its own youth organisations and schools. In return the Catholic Church agreed to stay out of politics (this instantly made it harder for it to voice the opinions of the religion nationally.) Within a year, Hitler began to break this agreement and attack the Catholic Church.
This paved way for the Nazi government in 1938 to rewrite the law and confiscate all weapons from those who they viewed opposed to their way of things, especially the Jews. Hitler was able to disarm a nation because he assumed that power that was granted to him by degrees from the previous administrations before him (Simkin,, Zelman, & Rice,
In Prussia he established a secret police or Gestapo to further intimidate people with violent actions against anyone who spoke up against the state - which they interpreted to be the Nazi Party. These policemen launched their own 'reign of terror' in February 1933, disrupting and breaking up meetings of political parties; making arrests and interrogating suspects. All this was aimed at anyone seen to be a threat to Hitler's aim of winning a majority. These police forces were ordered by Goring to use their firearms on anyone they suspected of being an enemy of the state - or face punishment themselves. More than 50 political murders took place in the month before the elections.
The first documentation about their intention to exterminate the Jews appears in the 1942 Wannsee conference, when Germany faced a difficult situation in the Soviet Union. This illustrates that the Nazis had decided on the complete eradication of the Jews as the war became increasingly difficult. The extreme anti-Semitism displayed by Hitler in his speeches and comments and Nazi propaganda has been used to support the belief that the Nazis had decided on extermination as soon as they gained power. However, Hitler was known to exaggerate in his speeches to the extremist audiences, with remarks such “As soon as I have power, I shall have gallows after gallows erected… Then the Jews will be hanged one after another, and they will stay hanging until they stink”. Clearly, the method mentioned is unfeasible and this had the role of causing a sensation.
For example, both Hans and Sophie revolted the Hitler Youth group. The organization started out like the American Scouts but quickly changed to a Nazi party. Hans and Sophie dropped out of the group and began to speak out against it. In 1988 Hans was sent to jail for his actions toward the group. After that they continued to show bravery by establishing the White Rose.
The U.S. State Department delayed publicizing reports of genocide. In August 1942, the State Department received a message about the Nazi plans for the murder of the European Jews (Hoffman, 1970, p. 26). America had adopted a policy of Isolationism after World War I, to prevent being involved in other countries domestic and international conflicts (Hoffman, 1970, p. 33). America had an anti-Semitic sentiment, within Congress and the general public against Jews (Davidson, Delay, et. al., 2008, p. 791).
Why was Hitler able to unite Germany with Austria in 1938? In 1938, Hitler was strong enough to plan a union or Anschluss with Austria. This was part of his aim to unite all the German speaking people into one country. But it was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles so Hitler had to plan it very carefully. Hitler started by ordering the Austrian Nazi Party to make as much trouble as possible.