Germany

Following World War One, Germanys economic, social and political systems suffered immensely from the crippling aftermath of war. Germany was held responsible for the war, hyperinflation and unemployment were both increasing rapidly, and the country was made to pay reparations to the Allies. This caused chaos, violence, anger, mutinies and revolution throughout Germany, in particular towards the nation's leaders. While there were various failures of the German democracy, there are also various…

During the Third Reich, the Nazis continually searched for an answer to the “Jewish Question.” Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, Germany attempted several solutions including discriminatory laws, sterilization, and segregation. In early 1942 the Nazi Party had the answer to their “Jewish question” and called it the Final Solution. What is known as “The Final Solution of the Jewish Question” was the Nazi’s attempt to purify Europe and create their master race by eliminating the Jews of Europe…

In the book Hitler and Nazi Germany by Jackson J. Spielvogel and David Redles, they portrayed Hitler’s life and many of his ideas including the three important theories of the idea of struggle, the racial conflict of Aryan versus Jew, and the role of leadership. These theories described Hitler as a person and determined how he was going to rule the German nation. The idea of struggle, the racial conflict of Aryan versus Jew, and the role of leadership played an important role in the foundation…

The people of Germany, Austria- Hungary, and Italy were bitter because of the hardships imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. World War II was the most catastrophic and horrific war in history. Every continent was involved in this conflict to eradicate totalitarian dictators who wanted world dominion. Political ideologies fed the motivations of Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini. The defeated Triple Entente, angered by the Treaty of Versailles, would lead the world to war. The Great Depression of the…

Revolutions There were many similarities and differences that the different revolutions throughout Europe had. Germany, Egypt and Spain all had similar and contrasting events and characteristics during their revolutions. While some sides in these wars justified the war in terms of self-defense, others had alternative motives. Germany and Egypt had very contrasting revolutions. Germany fought violently whereas Egypt protested peacefully. Egypt justified their revolution because Britain was…

The treatment of European Jews by Nazi Germany, during the Second World War, was appalling. They were faced with horrific circumstances and inevitable fates. They were stripped of their basic human rights without explanation or justification. Jews were dehumanised and treated as if they were a threat to Germany and if they were not disposed of, their supposedly evil and nefarious nature would lead to the destruction of Germany, itself. This is one of the worst atrocities that history has to…

However, unlike other countries, Germany was decimated at the end of World War I, forced to make partitions to the other countries, and put in a state of extreme poverty and bankruptcy. Germany was deeply damaged and upset so they resorted to blaming the Jews for all of their problems. (Anti-Semitism in History: World War I) Hitler rose to power under the guise and premise to rebuild Germany, and rid them of their Jewish problem. We see this in the distributing…

treaty all of the countries made Germany take blame for the whole war. Germany had to take blame and pay reparations; they also were restricted from going to certain areas, and lost a lot of land and military. A few years later Hitler came to rule Germany in hope to make the economy better and more stable. The citizens of Germany were helpless and needed someone to look up to. Adolf Hitler made Germany better but he did it in a bad way, he decided that to make Germany a perfect society by…

of extensive propaganda in attempts to persuade the nation to believe in a ideology developed by Hitler himself. Propaganda was used extensively to build the concept of an Aryan race during a time of great poverty and political instability within Germany following the defeat in the First World War and abuse from the allied nations in crippling…

The German Democratic Republic (East Germany), was comprised of the territories, that had been administered by the Soviet Union. Berlin, the former capital of Germany, remained divvied. “East Berlin” became the capital of East Germany. While “West Berlin” aligned itself with West Germany. Contrary to popular belief, West Berlin was actually not part of West Germany. Under international law, it was illegal for either of the two Germanys, to declare Berlin its capital. For 41 years, no…