Charisma as Power
The Holocaust was the result of Hitler’s extremist attitude and Germany’s need for a leader after the devastating loss of World War 1. Germany needed a powerful leader to instill hope in the people and maintain a strong sense of nationalism. Adolf Hitler never displayed or possessed any strong talents while growing up but he soon realized the power of speech. Hitler captivated millions of Germans by creating a vision of unified Germany that the people had not seen since the war. Germany needed a leader that possessed the ability to captivate all social classes and appeal to the needs of the people. Hitler understood the value of power and the impact that it can make on a person. The Holocaust can be attributed to Hitler’s …show more content…
This unrest created a time for someone in Germany to step up and assure the citizens that there was someone to blame for this disaster. While Germany was searching for someone to blame, anti-Semitism was fully in place. Many Germans believed that during the war many Jews had lost faith in Germany and in conclusion “stabbed Germany in the back”. Many of those who felt oppressed by the Weimar Republic needed another organization to voice their anger and restore Germany to power. The organization that was formed to voice these opinions was the NSDAP or the Nazi Party and the leader was an emerging charismatic speaker, Adolf Hitler. Hitler had a group of men that were angry at Germany for the outcome of the war and with anger comes violence. In 1924 Hitler and his followers decided to march into Munich and fighting broke out between his Nazi Party members and the police. Hitler was clearly in the wrong for this incident and should have been deported to Austria due to his constant interaction with the law and treason attempts. But after a trial that was presided over by an enemy of the Republic, he allowed Hitler to turn the court room for this wrongdoings into an advocacy for the Nazi Party initiatives. Hitler was found guilty of treason and was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Although Hitler was behind bars for a mere nine months, this did not stop him from making a huge impact on the Nazi Party. During this time he wrote his most influential piece, Mein Kampf. At this time it became apparent how much power and influence Adolf Hitler possessed. The ability for him to still control the Nazi Party from jail was a huge test of his power and led to the reign of one of the most influential groups in Germany. “Yet Hitler’s understanding of politics began and ended with his ability to rouse the hateful passions of nationalist true
The Holocaust was the result of Hitler’s extremist attitude and Germany’s need for a leader after the devastating loss of World War 1. Germany needed a powerful leader to instill hope in the people and maintain a strong sense of nationalism. Adolf Hitler never displayed or possessed any strong talents while growing up but he soon realized the power of speech. Hitler captivated millions of Germans by creating a vision of unified Germany that the people had not seen since the war. Germany needed a leader that possessed the ability to captivate all social classes and appeal to the needs of the people. Hitler understood the value of power and the impact that it can make on a person. The Holocaust can be attributed to Hitler’s …show more content…
This unrest created a time for someone in Germany to step up and assure the citizens that there was someone to blame for this disaster. While Germany was searching for someone to blame, anti-Semitism was fully in place. Many Germans believed that during the war many Jews had lost faith in Germany and in conclusion “stabbed Germany in the back”. Many of those who felt oppressed by the Weimar Republic needed another organization to voice their anger and restore Germany to power. The organization that was formed to voice these opinions was the NSDAP or the Nazi Party and the leader was an emerging charismatic speaker, Adolf Hitler. Hitler had a group of men that were angry at Germany for the outcome of the war and with anger comes violence. In 1924 Hitler and his followers decided to march into Munich and fighting broke out between his Nazi Party members and the police. Hitler was clearly in the wrong for this incident and should have been deported to Austria due to his constant interaction with the law and treason attempts. But after a trial that was presided over by an enemy of the Republic, he allowed Hitler to turn the court room for this wrongdoings into an advocacy for the Nazi Party initiatives. Hitler was found guilty of treason and was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Although Hitler was behind bars for a mere nine months, this did not stop him from making a huge impact on the Nazi Party. During this time he wrote his most influential piece, Mein Kampf. At this time it became apparent how much power and influence Adolf Hitler possessed. The ability for him to still control the Nazi Party from jail was a huge test of his power and led to the reign of one of the most influential groups in Germany. “Yet Hitler’s understanding of politics began and ended with his ability to rouse the hateful passions of nationalist true