Communism: The Rise Of Hitler After World War II

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By 1929, Hitler had won over 40 percent of the vote and became the largest party in the German parliament. After America’s stock market crash in 1929, multiple countries who were dependent on the United States were looking to strengthen themselves economically, politically and socially. Germany, in particular suffered from this and was desperate for a leader who could bring back Germany into power. Adolf Hitler had seen an opportunity to propagandize the society by promising jobs, abolish the Treaty of Versailles and come back into power. The desperate society needed answers and Hitler had them; unfortunately, Hitler’s message was not clear and by the end of World War II, over six million Jews were killed. Nazism rise to power was not a result …show more content…
Firstly, Hitler’s speeches were full of propaganda, which was specifically targeted to certain groups of the society. The main enemies were the Jews and Communist. These groups were specifically in Nazi’s targets, due to Hitler’s ideology which was Jews being the reason for Germany’s problems. However, he never mentioned anything about using violence to extinguish the Jewish society. Unfortunately, the society did not get Hitler’s message and at the end of WWII, over 6 million Jews were killed. Furthermore, the founder of Communism, Karl Marx was ancestrally Jewish, therefore Hitler thought that Communism was a Jewish conspiracy meant to destroy Germany. By spreading propaganda around the society, Hitler convinced the society that Jews and communism were the scapegoats of Germany's problems. In addition, Hitler was a talented, natural speaker and his unique way to speak to the society gained loads of popularity among the society. He edited and rewrote the speeches multiple time and rehearsed the speeches in front of a mirror. In his speeches, Hitler used a lot of body movement and always shouted. This gave the society an image of a confident leader who always had an answer to his country’s problems. By using his natural skills, he could brainwash the society to his

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