Nazi Germany

Holocaust in Nazi Germany No one could believe it. No one could imagine such a massacre ever happening in history, but it did. During the darkest hours for the Jewish people, nearly 7,000,000 perished during the Holocaust. During the short period of time from 1933 to 1945, the Nazi regime led by Adolf Hitler was quick with their work on exterminating as many Jews as possible. Hitler’s anger and jealousy quickly led to hatred and the desire to kill the Jews and anyone who stood in his way.…

Hitler with Nazy Germany, aimed to essentially rule the world with the Aryan race as its head. Germany’s conflict with the Soviet Union was especially a significant one, and this operation was to mark the beginning of Nazi Germany’s offensive toward the USSR. Although the objective of the operation was to take of the eastern front swiftly in order to focus their personnel on the British, there is something more significant to the matter. There is a lot of history and conflict between the…

It is difficult to discuss sterilization and euthanasia in regards to the Nazi Party without also explaining the ideology of the party in regards to race science. Race science in the 21st century is now regarded as pseudoscience, used to validate or support views that are deemed racist. Unfortunately, Germany, and other nations of the time, viewed race science with confidence, and with this science as a basis, Germany euthanized or sterilized thousands of people to clean itself of impure races…

In 1933, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) took the controlling power of the Reichstag and turned Germany into a dictatorship under the leadership of the Führer. The goal of was to break Germany down and create a new Germany that will never be embarrassed or be defeated in warfare. To achieve the goal of turning around Germany’s current status in economics, industrial production, quality of life, and military strength, Hitler needed a plan to push National Socialism values on the German People therefore he…

Christian writings have been used to demonize the Jewish population of Europe throughout history. This was no different during the Nazi regime in Germany and this is discussed in detail in Demonizing the Jews Luther and the Protestant Church in Nazi Germany by Christopher J. Probst a visiting assistant professor of modern European history at Saint Louis University. The author has written an analysis that provides insight into the how German Protestants used the anti-Jewish writings of Protestant…

release in 1924 with Nazi Propaganda and by criticizing the Treaty of Versailles claiming it’s ruining the German Nation. The Nazi Party soon became the largest elected party in the German Weimar Republic with the help of Hitler, leading to his appointment of chancellor in 1933. Once he obtained chancellor the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act, allowing Hitler to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag. This started the process of turning the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany, a…

Nazi Germany was Adolf Hitler 's unsuccessful attempt to emulate the Roman Empire. While he did successfully recreate many aspects of the Roman Empire (most of which led to his ultimate failure), Hitler failed to recreate aspects that could have created a successful regime. The Nazis’ (and Hitler’s) image of the Roman Empire was nearly entirely incorrect. As a result, their recreation was a weak, distorted version of what could have been a long lasting empire. Adolf Hitler’s ill-fated quest…

Germany in 1933 was in an economic crisis, the people were starving, and the government was unstable. This was the post World War I society Germans lived in and they were desperate for a leader to emerge in the chaos. This leader was Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. Hitler and his Nazi party used a convincing combination of persuasive rhetoric and propaganda in the German people’s everyday lives in order to control the nation. With conditions just right, Hitler organized the perfect atmosphere…

population understood that intense racism was a major factor of Nazism, his mixture of Volkish ideals and a clear direction for Germany ensured many people that “Hitler’s New Order would ensure peace for a thousand years.” Hitler was able to legitimize these mass killings through the idea of the Volk to the German population. The last hindering aspect of the Volkish ideals from controlling German politics was its lack of direction in a political party. While the ideology was popular and was…

official treatment of homosexuality in the Nazi Germany in 1933-1945 Introduction The period of the Nazis rule in Germany (1933-1945) is an extremely important period in the world history. Coming to power, Adolf Hitler and his supporters created the political system based on ideology of the purity of so-called “Aryan” race – in other words, German race. This ideology was characterized by absolute intolerance towards other nations and cultures. The Nazi idea of racial cleanliness presumed that…