Albert Speer’s rise through the nazi party according to King was, ‘vertical and loser like’. However his complex personality as a result of his traumatic childhood, a combination with a cunning intelligence and tireless work ethic saw Speers rise to becoming one of the most powerful and prominent figures in the Third Reich. Three key events that ultimately established the position of Speer in the Nazi Party include: his joining of the Nazi Party on 1st of March 1931, becoming Hitler's architect in projects such as Germania and Nuremberg Party Rally, and, eventually titled as minister of armaments in 1942.…
World War II was a catastrophic tragedy. What we can cultivate from the war, however, is that the war was fought for peace, for the future, for the people. The casualties and pains of the soldiers were not without a cause. That is the case with Joe Beyrle, an ordinary soldier who found himself on many sides of the war in Thomas Taylor’s Behind Hitler’s Lines. Beyrle’s life can be seen as a microcosm of the entire war, where families, friends, and comrades in the battlefield were all split apart.…
Melody Clavesilla P.1 4/1/16 Teens against Hitler Ben Kamm was one of the Jewish teens who fought the Nazis, 60 million people died in the war. Ben grew up in Warsaw, Poland, in the 1920s and ‘30s. Adolf Hitler, Germany’s Leader, hated the Jews, he was plotting the Annihilation. Ben Kamm’s experiences during the Holocaust changed him by making him clever, terrified, and stronger.…
“Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler: Two Powerful Figures in WWII” The world has gone through countless turmoil and countless change. So many events have happened that we remember for one reason or another. Arguably the biggest incident to happen was World War II. WWII was an eye-opener from when it began to when it ended.…
Ian Kershaw’s article “Hitler and the Germans” analyzes the approach used to assert Hitler’s position in German politics. The main theme of this article is the creation of the “Hitler myth” and its spread throughout German society. This critique will discuss Kershaw’s argument and how effective it was. Kershaw argues that Hitler’s personality was not the key to his success and neither was his own personal Weltanschauung. He believes that it would be more accurate to study the popular image of Hitler, what the average German would have experienced.…
Hitler’s anti-Semitism took root in the Nazi party and contributed to their policies and attacks against the Jews. It is clear within his writings in Mein Kampf, that Hitler believed that he would be fighting for a just cause and protecting the world from the Jewry. Hitler stated “I believe myself to be acting in the sense of the Almighty creator: by defending myself against the Jew I fight for the Lord’s work.” This fight against the Jew became part of Nazi ideology and was embraced by the German people. Social Darwinism and racial superiority also became part of the Nazi ideology.…
Imagine you are a teenage girl who actively believes in ideas that differ from the rest of society. In addition to this, you are born in the tumultuous times of the Nazi Era. How would you react? Would you conform to society’s standards and expectations or stay true with what you believe is morally right? It is a natural human instinct to feel the need to adapt and “fit in,” so that others accept us.…
Adolf Hitler’s ill-fated quest began with the Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923. Hitler (and Nazi followers) attempted to take over the government of Bavaria by kidnapping the leaders of the Bavarian government and making them accept the Nazi Party as the new government; he thought he…
The National Socialist German Workers Party, formally known as the Nazis, was established in 1919. The profound group was directed by Adolf Hitler. Hitler was an Austrian native but he served as a German soldier. After partaking in the military, he became the leader of the Nazi party. Beginning in 1918, a fiscal crisis devastated the German economy.…
In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler received power and created his Nazi Party. The Nazis wanted to create a perfect Aryan race and the Jews did not fit into that category. The disabled were also targeted because they were not created in the most perfect physical form possible, unlike the Aryans. This party mainly targeted Jews, but it also targeted many other religions and races. The Nazi Party would classify Jews by their actions, by their appearance, and by their beliefs and mindset.…
Hitler Myth The Fuhrer of Germany is depicted as one who holds great heroic leadership. Adolf Hitler fit the title of the Fuhrer through his policies, ideologies and institutions that created an influential third regime. Through mass support of the German people, Hitler took action to restore the greatness of Germany. In attempt to improve the country, Hitler became a slave to his power and what it signified.…
The rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party was inevitable. The rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party was practically inevitable. Germany had previously had a legacy of authoritarian rule, and the majority of German citizens wished for a strong leader to run the country, the description of which Hitler fit perfectly. Also, National Socialism appealed to a wide variety of people, making emotional promises to several key groups in society in order to gain their devotion.…
The Holocaust On the Saturday morning of April 20, 1889, one of the most vengeful dictators in all of history was born, his name was Adolf Hitler. Adolf was a German idealist that believed in the so-called “master race”, he believed that Aryan’s, blonde hair, blue eyes, were the pure breed and that they could dominate in anything (Altman 8). He viewed Jews as a threat to the master race, so he came up with a plan and called it the “Final Solution”. In this, he believed that if he killed or “exterminated” all the Jews across Europe he could potentially make Germany one of the largest, strongest, and most beautiful empires in the world (Gray 15). After gaining enough power, Hitler built ghettos and concentration camps across all of Europe (Introduction).…
From ancient Greece to Nazi Germany, propaganda has been used by many throughout history as a tool to alienate and influence groups of people for an ulterior motive. During the Holocaust, propaganda was used to influence people’s belief that certain races are genetically superior to others. Nazi propagandists did this by publicly identifying groups for exclusion and inciting hatred for often insignificant differences like nose and frugalness (“Defying the Enemy”). They depicted Jews specifically as inhuman, even vermin, in order to provide a scapegoat for the problems that their people encountered so they themselves would not be blamed. In the graphic novels, Maus: A Survivor's Tale and Maus: A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began,…
Kaitlyn Lott Mrs. Conn & Mrs. Ehlen English Language Arts February 15, 2017 Finial Annotated Bibliography; Was Hitler’s aggression preventable? Darby, Graham. "Hitler's Rise and Weimar's Demise. " History Review 67 (2010): 42.…