From 1934 to 1945 Adolf Hitler was the Führer of Germany and leader of the Nazi party. Signing the Treaty of Versailles therefore ended the state of war between the allied powers and Germany imposing extreme sanctions and reparations onto the country as well as the exception of the war guilt clause. Fundamentally, Germany underwent mass economic hardship and unemployment leading to the economic depression. The Nazi party were favoured by German citizens as they conveyed a sense of decisive leadership and promoted a populist policy but were unable to convince the country’s administration due to the communist and social democrat parties holding the majority in the Reichstag. The destruction of the Reichstag aided in countering this opposition
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The propaganda appealed to emotion rather than intellect by focusing on one enemy, particularly the Jews. Hitler had claimed the entire Jewish race to be the root of all problems associated with Germany to convince the broad public. Well known Professor Randall L. Bytwerk (2007) is beneficial in providing reliable primary evidence present to the time of the Reichstag election (1930). A propaganda poster displays a large snake with the Star of David positioned on the head to dehumanise and alienate the Jews (citation). Red words such as Versailles, war guilt lie and unemployment are coming from the snake causing the viewer to respond with an initial emotive reaction rather than an educated understanding. It can be inferred that German citizens viewed the Nazi party as their only solution to restore the country after its extreme change post WWI causing Germans to favour them. In corroboration with the election poster an extract from Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf is relevant in depicting the Nazi party’s ideology towards the Jews. It is important to acknowledge the reliability of a source written by the leader of Germany himself as the orthodox view of the Nazi party is presented providing a representative account; Hitler
The propaganda appealed to emotion rather than intellect by focusing on one enemy, particularly the Jews. Hitler had claimed the entire Jewish race to be the root of all problems associated with Germany to convince the broad public. Well known Professor Randall L. Bytwerk (2007) is beneficial in providing reliable primary evidence present to the time of the Reichstag election (1930). A propaganda poster displays a large snake with the Star of David positioned on the head to dehumanise and alienate the Jews (citation). Red words such as Versailles, war guilt lie and unemployment are coming from the snake causing the viewer to respond with an initial emotive reaction rather than an educated understanding. It can be inferred that German citizens viewed the Nazi party as their only solution to restore the country after its extreme change post WWI causing Germans to favour them. In corroboration with the election poster an extract from Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf is relevant in depicting the Nazi party’s ideology towards the Jews. It is important to acknowledge the reliability of a source written by the leader of Germany himself as the orthodox view of the Nazi party is presented providing a representative account; Hitler