Nazism

to be towards the betterment of the state as a whole. Volodya is depicted as the ideal, selfless Soviet sportsman while Getzke exhibits a Western ideal of a sportsman favoring individual freedom. Volodya puts his body on the line when he jumps in front of the German team’s shots. His saves were described as “mathematically impossible” (103) and feats that “violated physics” (103) which depict Volodya as a larger than life individual worthy of his depiction as an ideal Soviet man. Volodya…

nation to abandon democracy and return under one strong leader, a totalitarian nation. In order to have an Aryan Race, he used propaganda against the Jews and other minority groups, which were considered enemies (Adolf Hitler: Wars 2) the frontier of Nazism was that the Arian race was considered to be the enablers of…

cultural control over German citizens. He also upheld fascist ideas, a form of right-wing totalitarianism, which emphasized the subordination of the individual to the advancement of state interests. Author Bertolt Brecht, a proud supporter of anti-Nazism, alluded to both fascist and totalitarian principles in his play, “Fear and Misery in the Third Reich.” In this literary work, Brecht walked his audience through Nazi Germany during the 1930s, a land full of poverty, violence, and fear. The…

As the power of the Nazis rose, so did their desire to be perceived as super human. Hitler portrayed himself as a tireless workaholic that only wanted German greatness. He built a society that excelled in athletics, academics, wholesomeness, virtuous, and above all, military might. Germany’s military was limited by the Treaty of Versailles. To expand the borders and to project the perceived superhuman mystique of Germans, Hitler needed an edge, and he found it the form of performance…

The Triumph of the Will, a documentary from 1935 set in Germany, revolutionized cinema when Leni Riefenstahl captured and exalted the fearless Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler and his infamous Nazi party. The film uses powerful imagery of Hitler himself and adoring crowds to emphasize his deity like leadership and the people’s love for him. In a time of insane rule, Riefenstahl’s picture was the propaganda for the Nazis that pushed its ideals through techniques that gave them false hope for the future of…

Archie Brown makes the claim that the cult of the leader was of the ‘utmost importance’ in the totalitarian regimes of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Communist Russia during the twentieth century. One cannot deny the increased emphasis on personal leadership as a fundamental characteristic of totalitarian states. This is essentially due to the personality cults of Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini that were formed during this era. E.A. Rees maintains that a leader cult is an ‘established system…

The Holocaust: Extermination or simple segregation? The spark that ignited the flame of Adolf Hitler’s hate started in 1918, when he learned of the German surrender to the Allies of World War One. Enraged, he blamed the surrender on the people in Germany, such as the Jews and Slavs, which he considered to be undesirable and sought to build a Germany were no weakness could hold it down. Hitler sent the undesirables of Germany’s occupation to camps where they were exterminated, and the evidence of…

The 1930 's and 1940 's was a dark period for Germany. Their economy, based on foreign captain, suddenly collapsed when loans were due and the world market for German exports dwindled. Hitler seized this opportunity and grew the Nazi party reaching one hundred thousand members. (Thesis:) Hitler used the Jews as a scapegoat for the depression because the Jews were rich and prosperous and were easy to blame, yet he targeted other racial groups such as Slavs and Blacks and carried out his promises…

Different Countries, Same Crimes “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions” (Primo Levi). There are common people every day who experiment; however, experiments turn evil when they prove genocidal to races. Throughout history, there have been events which most would like to change or forget; likewise, there are events which are repeated, even though the event…

The perception of myself is very subjective, it is never concrete, but rather develops as my experiences and biases change. The one book I have read explore the concept of the loss of an identity. Set pre to post 9/11, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid explores, the engaging narrative of Changez, who is a Pakistani living in the terrorism altered America. He recounts his life story to the reader, who is presumed to be an American agent or a business man. On the other hand, Schindler’s…