There have been many different people in history state many different reasons of the rise of Adolf Hitler. The point really isn’t what happened or who is right, the point is that is happened and we as the human race need to learn from these events. I think this is why I am so interested with WWII for the pure fact that because a nation was treated so terribly it changed the mindset of a people which would let them allow a very terrible man leading a whole nation. In Sally Evans article on teaching WWII Why was Hitler's path to war so smooth? She will state that because of the factors of the Treaty of Versailles would create tension in Germany and surrounding countries. In Geoff Eley the German Right from Weimar to Hitler discuss factors such as Nationalism, Racism, and the mass use of propaganda. Adolf Hitler alone holds
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From the conditional alliances, to the Treaty of Versailles, to even the pure personality of the man himself. These articles have required me to think about the event of unintended consequences. The Treaty of Versailles was to ease the pain of war but instead hurt many Germany people as well as aided in the creation of a terrible moment in history for the entire world. With all of history we look at it to learn from it so in that way these articles will always be relevant in current times, but I also think that the relevance is for political leaders for look for unintended consequences of political documents or even political leaders. Today with have a man running for president that has clearly stated several minority groups should be removed from the country, as well as using his personal security team to remove protestor come campaign rallies sometimes violently if needed. Is this the type of person we wish to have as commander and chef of the largest and strongest militaries in the
From the conditional alliances, to the Treaty of Versailles, to even the pure personality of the man himself. These articles have required me to think about the event of unintended consequences. The Treaty of Versailles was to ease the pain of war but instead hurt many Germany people as well as aided in the creation of a terrible moment in history for the entire world. With all of history we look at it to learn from it so in that way these articles will always be relevant in current times, but I also think that the relevance is for political leaders for look for unintended consequences of political documents or even political leaders. Today with have a man running for president that has clearly stated several minority groups should be removed from the country, as well as using his personal security team to remove protestor come campaign rallies sometimes violently if needed. Is this the type of person we wish to have as commander and chef of the largest and strongest militaries in the