Anschluss

Kim Diaz Humanities II/History II Mrs. Lamanteer 13 February 2015 Amon Goeth Amon Goeth was born in Vienna, Austria on December 11, 1908. He had a career as an author, since his family was involved and acclaimed in the book world. However, Goeth’s path changed when he joined a Nazi youth group at the age of 17. When Goeth was 22 in 1930, he joined the Austrian Nazi Party. That same year, he became affiliated with the Security Police, the Schutzstaffel (SS). Goeth also encountered two marriages. The first ended shortly with a divorce. Goeth married again. Seven months after his first child had been born, the baby died. Later, two more children had been born into the Goeth family. The reason why the authorities put Goeth in the SS is…

Emmy Goering was born in Hamburg, Germany on March 24th 1893. From her youth she was always interested in show business and became an actress at the National Theatre in Weimar. She married actor Karl Köstlin in late 1916, but they later divorced. Through Hitler, Emmy met Hermann Goering in 1931. He was a widower who was still mourning his first wife who had died a year earlier. Emmy was his mistress for four years until they married in April 10, 1935. Their daughter Edda was born in 1938. As…

Hitler had dreamed of making his birthplace of Austria a part of Germany and now that he is Chancellor he now has the opportunity and power to do that. In 1938 Hitler ordered his troops to mobilize on the Austrian border and demanded that the Austrian government to allow Austria to become a part Germany. In response the Austrian government surrender to Hitler demands and resigned and was replaced by Nazi cabinet. “The huge welcome he received,vote, vindicated his actions.” The Anschluss was…

German reoccupation of the Rhineland, the Austrian Anschluss, the Czechoslovakian Crisis, and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. These consecutive events ultimately culminated in the Invasion of Poland on the September 1st 1939, but were foreseen well in advance and were of no surprise to anyone when they transpired. The proliferation, from crisis to crisis, of Hitler’s ego would make, with each mounting event, the chance of peaceful coexistence exponentially less likely and, therefore, making each…

The second term was named Reparation and it says that Germany had to pay the 6.6 million pound debt for the damage caused in World War I. The third one was known as Disarmament which allowed Germany to have a small army and only six naval ships. Not to mention no tanks, no air forces, and no submarine. The Germans then had to dismantle the Rhineland area. This final punishment was called the Territorial Clause and it made sure that land was taken from Germany and then handed over to other…

During this time, the quantity and composition of the camp inmates varied as thoroughly as the conditions of their life and chances of their survival. In the period of time between the opening of the camp March 22, 1933 and the anschluss of Austria in February 1938 Dachau held only German citizens. Primarily they were political opponents of the National Socialists, but as well camp contained Jehovah's Witnesses who refused military service, Jews, "lazy" (who refuse to work), and offenders…

The Anschluss occurred when German troops entered Austria, forcing Austria to unite with Germany. Half a year later, Hitler returned to his expansion plan and turned his focus to Czechoslovakia. This demand of the Sudetenland was reluctantly allowed by Chamberlain on the condition that the remaining land in Czechoslovakia would not be invaded. Several months later, Hitler once again went against his word and invaded Czechoslovakia months later. France and Britain still refused to stand in…

Reich was to create a "Gross Deutschland," also known as Pan-Germanism, which supported the unification of Germans in Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. A majority of these grievances derive from the Versailles settlement, which split many Germans from the motherland due to partitioning of German territories. The Hossbach Memorandum, a meeting between Hitler and his top advisors, outlined Hitler's "last will and testament" of external policy regarding Austria and Czechoslovakia. Hitler's…

With the aggression of the dictators in Europe the Democratic European leaders wanted to find a solution to the growing problem. Hitler and Mussolini violated the Treaty of Versailles and built up their armies to invade other countries. Italy invaded Ethiopia to start another Italian empire. Germany built up its army, created a new air force, the Luftwaffe, and sent troops into the Rhineland. Japan left the League of Nations and invaded Manchuria. By the time European leaders wanted to take…

Post World War I, Woodrow Wilson outlined 14 points in a speech to the American Congress in January 1918. Wilson's Fourteen Points became the foundation for a peace programme. On the back of the Fourteen Points, Germany and allies agreed to an armistice in November 1918. Failure to adhere to Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points possibly triggered World War II. The Treaty of Versailles indicated: 1) that Germany had to accept blame ‘for all the loss and damage’ of the war, 2) the Germans were allowed no…