Foremost, to understand the document fully its fundamental we establish the background of this source.
The source was written in 1920 Adolf Hitler at the time, an active speaker for the party along with Anton Drexler the then chairman of the German Worker’s Party or ‘DAP’ created the party program, and which later that year changed its name to the the ‘Nationalist German Worker’s Party’ (NSDAP), and is considered a primary source. Whilst the document itself is a program demanding the re-construction of Germany and its social, political and economic agenda as highlighted within its 25 points, containing a combination of socialist and nationalist policies, such as demands for state owned industry, pensions, and nationalistic policies based on …show more content…
Particularly as its effects encompasses point 1 concerning self-determination, as well as 2 and 3 which demands its ‘revocation’ of the treaties and access to colonies for its population. This inclusion was highly appealing the source at the time was , since Versailles brought mass humiliation and bore resentment in Germany- by the restriction of the army to 100,00 volunteers, the abolishing of the air force, the war guilt clause, and loss of over-sea colonies and territory, and spiralling inflation caused by its heavy burden of reparations and loss of trade. Therefore, in the context of the document it useful and understandable for Historians to see the documents relevance, and why extreme right-wing parties such as the NSDAP and its policies laid out in the document were so popular, as the document can be seen to satisfy a popular want and certainty for change, particularly as there was a deep political feeling that Germany had been ‘stabbed’ in the back by its politicians by agreeing to peace …show more content…
It depicting Jews as almost responsible for the economic problems of Germany in this context, by pointing to them being self-seeking and prohibiting the general well-being of society by undermining ‘common interest’ and therefore the social cohesion of society within volkisch thought. Consequently, it also points the finger at the Jewish populations responsibility for point 12; the immoral gain of war profits as well the prohibition of points 13 and 14 which include ‘profit sharing’ in industry, and nationalisation of business which threatened business owners and workers. Usefully then, historians may al be able to identify from this, an explanation for the growth of Jewish
The source was written in 1920 Adolf Hitler at the time, an active speaker for the party along with Anton Drexler the then chairman of the German Worker’s Party or ‘DAP’ created the party program, and which later that year changed its name to the the ‘Nationalist German Worker’s Party’ (NSDAP), and is considered a primary source. Whilst the document itself is a program demanding the re-construction of Germany and its social, political and economic agenda as highlighted within its 25 points, containing a combination of socialist and nationalist policies, such as demands for state owned industry, pensions, and nationalistic policies based on …show more content…
Particularly as its effects encompasses point 1 concerning self-determination, as well as 2 and 3 which demands its ‘revocation’ of the treaties and access to colonies for its population. This inclusion was highly appealing the source at the time was , since Versailles brought mass humiliation and bore resentment in Germany- by the restriction of the army to 100,00 volunteers, the abolishing of the air force, the war guilt clause, and loss of over-sea colonies and territory, and spiralling inflation caused by its heavy burden of reparations and loss of trade. Therefore, in the context of the document it useful and understandable for Historians to see the documents relevance, and why extreme right-wing parties such as the NSDAP and its policies laid out in the document were so popular, as the document can be seen to satisfy a popular want and certainty for change, particularly as there was a deep political feeling that Germany had been ‘stabbed’ in the back by its politicians by agreeing to peace …show more content…
It depicting Jews as almost responsible for the economic problems of Germany in this context, by pointing to them being self-seeking and prohibiting the general well-being of society by undermining ‘common interest’ and therefore the social cohesion of society within volkisch thought. Consequently, it also points the finger at the Jewish populations responsibility for point 12; the immoral gain of war profits as well the prohibition of points 13 and 14 which include ‘profit sharing’ in industry, and nationalisation of business which threatened business owners and workers. Usefully then, historians may al be able to identify from this, an explanation for the growth of Jewish