Ian Kershaw

the public opinion of German society in the 1930s. Hitler was seen as a Messiah and the Nazi party was seen as a positive aspect of German politics, and these views are represented in Riefenstahl's editing and camera techniques. The historian, Ian Kershaw, describes the film as "a celluloid exposition of the Fuhrer cult", highlighting that her work was influenced by…

The Volksgemeinschaft was the Nazi ideal of a perfect Aryan society. It was created to bridge and replace traditional class and social divisions. Hitler wanted all ethnic Germans who were considered pure to come together into one community to be a superior dominating race. People, who were not ethnically German, possessed communist, homosexual or Jewish values would be omitted from this community. For Volksgemeinschaft to have existed violence had to exist too. Violence has always been used in…

The word “Holocaust,” from the Greek words “holos” (whole) and “kaustos” (burned), was traditionally describe a killing providing burned on an altar. Since 1945, the word has taken on a replacement and horrifying meaning: the murder of some half dozen million European Jews by the Nazi regime throughout the Second warfare. To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community. To the once years of Nazi rule Germany,…

It is true that some wars can be avoided by talking to terms. However, leaders, most infamously dictators, refuse to give up until they are killed themselves. As stated by Sir Ian Kershaw, “Well that [German’s 1918 surrender] was, of course, a critical component in Hitler’s own thinking, and of those who thought like him, which was that the First World War had ended in, from his point of view, this humiliation of the surrender”.…

Taking one’s thoughts and ideas then convert them to putting the words on paper, it is a very simple concept yet it can have such a strong impact it has the power to change the world as a whole. This is demonstrated in 1925 when Adolf Hitler, also known as the Führer, published his novel Mein Kampf which included his views on nation and race and the anti-semitic ideology that many agreed and related with. With this novel the Führer was able to convert a whole civilized nation and turn it into…

Hitler - one of the most prominent figures in WW2. It is widely assumed by the public that he was a strong dictator; he successfully organised and implemented the Holocaust, had total control over Nazi Germany, and his subordinates. However, if he was defeated in the end, how strong of a dictator can he be? Historians have analysed the structure of the Third Reich, as well as Hitler himself, to determine the breakdown of the Third Reich. From this there have been differing conclusions in the…

Reich as it advanced their military strength by a substantial amount. The production of planes increased from 9,500 in 1941 to 34,300 in 1944, and tank production increased from 2,900 tanks in 1941 to 17,300 in 1944. In the words of the historian Ian Kershaw, “Over the next two years, despite the intensified Allied bombing and the fortunes of war ebbing…

Minor League, Minor Pay In an age where professional athletes make more than accomplished doctors and surgeons, it is surprising to find that minor league players make below minimum wage. Minor league baseball players should be paid more than what they are being paid today because it takes away from their time with family and provides with no opportunity alternative source of income. Minor league baseball players deserve to be paid more because they do not have time to have other jobs.…

Was Hitler seeking a World war in 1939 when he invaded Poland? On the morning of September 1, 1939 the decision was made to invade Poland. The German army attacked Poland. We now know today that this was the beginning of the Second World War. Today there is a lot historians know about what happened but, one thing historians have not come across the answer to and continue to debate about, Did Hitler intend to start the second world war when invading Poland? This is a complicated debate. One…

Tucker Lagerstrom Ms. Hauber English 10 May 30, 2018 The Holocaust Have you ever wondered why the germans and the jewish followed the nazi rule? This has been referred to as the holocaust. The leader of the holocaust was Adolf Hitler. Adolf came to power when the chancellor died. He then started a party called the nazi party and they were against all jews. I am going to explain some of the many reasons that the germans and the jewish followed the nazi rule. One of the main reasons that the…