Mein Kampf

and for the tragic genocide of an entire religion. How was he able to obtain so much power? Hitler rose to power in Germany as a dictator in 1934 with the help of the rising power of the Nazi Party, the immense popularity of his autobiography “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle), and his convincing leadership, propaganda, and oratory skills. Hitler was able to use his intuition to know the right time to unleash all these factors. Adolf Hitler was infamously known for leading the Nazi Party in Germany…

Hitler’s Mein Kampf has been attributed to developing the party’s worldview. It is regarded by Richard Overy and Andrew Wheatcroft ‘that the worldview outlined in Mein Kampf shaped in all kinds of ways the choices Hitler made only eight years later when he later gambled on world conquest.’ However, historians are divided on the influence of Hitler’s worldview on foreign policy. The aggressive foreign policy can be first pinpointed to ‘Lebensraum’ outlined in Mein Kampf. Hitler believed that…

11,000,000. Many suffered from the power that arose in Hitler which is very similar to the antagonist in Macbeth. In the Tragedy of Macbeth, William Shakespeare reveals how the Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth, becomes a tyrant through his decision to kill the king, the murder of Banquo, the murder of Macduffs’ family, and going to the three witches to learn his fate to stay in power. Society has created individuals to become egocentric. In the play Macbeth, the Thane of Cawdor was driven by learning…

intrinsic difference between censorship and political correctness. People should not censor literature, but they should definitely contradict it. Mein Kampf is an absolutely horrendous piece of literary history, but it should still serve as a testament to modern history. This does not mean that the populace should go around espousing the views represented in Mein Kampf; they should openly seek to oppose said views. This is the heat of political correctness, taking the wrong views and striving to…

Similar to the saying of ‘think before you speak,’ words play an important role in many human interactions. The strength of words is present in that of Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief. In it, Markus Zusak tells the story of a young girl, named Liesel Meminger, who lives in Nazi Germany. To have her cope with her surroundings, Zusak has her read. While reading, she learns that kind words can make a huge difference in a loathsome occurrence. Of the books she reads, two of them represent this…

there is a psychology behind its methods. Every choice made and style used in a piece of propaganda is meticulously planned to target the audience. Some of the most influential propaganda originates from Nazi Germany. From Adolf Hitler’s memento Mein Kampf to Leni Riefenstahl’s film Triumph of the Will, the Nazi Party has become a prime example of the influence that propaganda can have on its people…

Hitler was strongly influence by the anti-semitic community. In Hitler’s book name Mein Kampf, which is full of anti-jewish passages and theories about the superiority of German race. Race played an important part in inhumanity in the German society. “As a result of this, we shouldn’t be surprised if our people someday view the personification of the Devil, the symbol of all evil, as the Jew himself” (Mein Kampf). The Jews were so inferior to Hitler that he symbolizes them as to be the devil.…

good and bad things contribute to an individual's story. in this novel, Liesel and her family love in Germany. They hide a Jewish man named Max in their basement so that he is not persecuted by the Nazi’s. Max has a copy of Mein Kampf and he decides to write over Mein Kampf and write about his own life and the emotions that he feels so that he can give it to Liesel. All the while, Liesel is helping her foster mom, Rosa, deliver laundry to people who live near them. The mayor's wife is one of…

We live in an age where many of us do not clearly understand the power of words. In The Book Thief, many words are used in books that were read or wrote by a character. Sometimes words help you rise in power. Other times books can hold you back. In my opinion books make you think a lot, especially the words used in books. In this book Liesel steals a total of six books, every book having something behind it. One of the books Liesel stole was found by Liesel lying in the snow at her brother’s…

president, there have been many comparing him to a fascist and painting him as a demagogue. While I may have already formed my opinions about his behavior, the best way to understand his similarities to fascism is to read the fascist guidebook, Mein Kampf. Starting with a journey into the way Donald thinks, The Art of the Deal would aid in making the President’s…