To what extent did the Nazis remain in power due to support from popular policies? The Nazis ruled germany from 1933 to 1939 and were relatively unchallenged. This is a source of debate given that when they came to power although they were the most popular party they had never won the majority of public support in elections and Hitler had twice been beaten by Hindeburg in the Presidential election. Furthermore once in power the Nazi power was limited as Hitler only had 2 other nazis' in the government. The reason behind their remaining in power has been put down to genuine support gained from popular policies introduced by Hitler.
Study sources A and B; compare these sources as evidence for Hitler’s style of government. The two sources have both some differences and similarities. Sources A and B are similar in the way in which they suggest that it was insanely difficult to meet Hitler, never mind get the chance to speak to him and discuss things. This can be seen in source A when it says “Everyone with opportunity to observe it” is showing us that they must not get to see Hitler very often and when they do it will be a rare occasion and you will be lucky to see him. Source B backs up this evidence when it says “might for months on end and even years, have no opportunity of speaking to Hitler…” this strengthens the fact that Hitler was a hard man to reach.
However, as Rothfels puts it in B, no one will be tempted to consider the 100% plebiscites in favor of Hitler as genuine expressions of support, reckoning the totalitarian methods and practices. Indeed it can be argued that the vote was biased as space on voting paper for “yes” was much bigger than “no”. Taking into consideration this fact, it remains doubtful whether Hitler really gained the consent of the Germans. In contrast to this, Johnson in D stresses that the German civilian population played a large part in its own control and in accommodating and colluding
However, at the election, Nazis didn't win majority of the votes, therefore a coalition government was formed with the National Party. Hitler was disappointed as he needed two thirds of the seats in order to change the constitution. Although it seems as if the election hadn't really helped Hitler, I think it gave him the incentive to move on to his next step of passing the Enabling Bill, making it a key reason as to why he was able to form this dictatorship. The Enabling Bill was the next big step for Hitler as it allowed him to make laws without
Hitler’s attempt to win them over had so far failed. Germany was going through its ‘Golden age’ because Stresemann economic policies had helped to solve many of Germany’s problems e.g. loans from America under the Dawes plan. Political violence had decreased so this meant things were more stable, so people didn’t want to vote for extreme parties anymore. At that time people didn’t take the Nazis anti-Semitic ideas seriously because they were too extreme.
Opposition, church resistance/Why was there so little opposition to Hitler from the churches in Germany? To identify churchmen who did speak out against the Nazis: Niemoller and Bonhoeffer.To explain why there was relatively little Christian opposition to the Nazis. * Opposition, youth resistance/Why did some young Germans oppose the Nazis and with what results? To identify the aims and methods used by youth opposition to the Nazis, particularly the White Rose Group and the Edelweiss Pirates. To evaluate the impact of this opposition on the Nazi regime.
Even though Todt had built up a vast organization it was with much inefficiency, such as resources being diverted into non-essential consumer production as toasters, that was intended to keep German public life normal as possible and keep their support in the bid for war, other inefficiencies included some factories still operating on single shifts. Speer without delay demanded the increase of armaments production, however Nazi ideology opposed of using women for war work as they believed that a women's place was to have children, in the kitchen or church summed up in the slogan ˜Kinder, Kuche und Kirche,' and even though Speer saw through the benefits of this and to an extent protested, but without avail he was resorted with the use of much of the workforce of armaments production which was done through a vast human cost exploiting the use of labor in the concentration camps and in occupied countries. Speer made a remarkable transformation with regards to the boost of numbers to the production of the armaments output between 1941- 42 and 1944- 45. It was said that Speer himself with the use of his organizational skills was able in directing fourteen million workers and was responsible for the whole of the German war economy who also maintained in helping out
Additionally, these gender roles negatively affect men in ways that the founding fathers would have never predicted. Many of the gender restrictions that Stanton outlines in The Declaration were enforced with actual laws, such as single women being denied the right to own property as well as being denied the right to vote. Over the years, Americans have decreased the number of explicit restrictions previously imposed on women, but several of these laws remain. In paragraph fifteen, Stanton mentions that women are not allowed to hold positions of power in the church that would supersede or equate to the power of a man. While many women have since become Protestant ministers, they are still not allowed to become priests in the Catholic Church, as decided by the Vatican.
Now we will discuss the legitimacy of the German chaplain during World War II. Wanting to become a German chaplain during this time, in my opinion, would be absurd and completely contradictory to Christianity. Few chaplains that did not uphold the Nazi views were allowed to be chaplains (Bergen, 2004, 176). The German army could basically hand pick their chaplains to meet
Martin Luther was a well-educated German monk who developed strong opinions against the Roman Catholic Church. Luther wanted an end to the greed which was leading the Church away from the true message of Christ. Luther attempted to allow christians to focus more God's mercy than his judgements. Martin Luther had strong foundations for a Reformation, which he never even planned on leading. Luther was confident and passionate about what he believed.