Reichstag

In this essay, I will be examining the significance of the Wall Street Crash (WSC) by exploring its impact in socio-economic and political impacts on Germany up to 1934. This will include exploring its significance in terms of unemployment political crises, the rise of Nazis as the largest party and ultimately both the enabling act and the early stages of Gleichschaltung, up to the NOTLK and the death of Hindenburg as well as the Army oath and how this affected the German people. I will also…

It is well known that Adolf Hitler is a master of persuasion and in his Reichstag speech of December 11, 1941, he shows why. In this speech he gives reasons for the outbreak of war in September 1939, explains why he decided to attack the Soviet Union in June 1941, and announces that Germany was now in a war against the United States. Throughout this speech, he was able to maintain an air of righteousness while successfully manipulating his people into fighting for him. To accomplish this task,…

How significant were the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic? The Weimar Republic was the government that control Germany from 1919 to 1923. This government was designed to be the perfect democracy, but it ended having many economic and political problems. All this because of its very significant weaknesses that include ineffective constitution, weak leadership, and the army. The Weimar Republic was created after the First World War. Right after the Kaiser, William II, was renounced of his power…

- Despite gaining power ‘the point is often made that Hitler and the Nazis never gained an overall majority in the Reichstag elections.’ Page 24 - The Nazi party relied heavily on the political parties with a lower socio-economic status, especially after the financial crisis’ as these were the most harshly effected and in need of the replenishment Hitler offered. - A simple graph in the book (insert title) shows that Hitler and the Nazi party were elected to power with only approximately 35% of…

based on substantial evidence. Von Bismarck’s constitution worked in a way that the Kaiser, whilst being head of state, had to obey and work within the constitutional framework. This included legislation only being passed after consent from the Reichstag had been given. For instance, Von Bulow’s policies of Flottenpolitik and Protectionism needing laws to have been passed in order to progress. The respective Naval Laws 1900 and 1906 and the Tariff Law 1902 were passed in Germany, but only…

In this essay I will argue that the economic depression got the Nazis to a powerful position in the Reichstag, however when the economic depression declined the amount of votes that the Nazis obtained also decreased in the Reichstag elections. Therefore the economic depression did not make Adolf Hitler Chancellor but other main factors including the oratory skills of Hitler, the propaganda campaign of Goebbels and the fact that Hindenburg and Von Papen thought that they could control Hitler once…

With a lot of diversity in the Reichstag and coalitions needed to pass legislations which would end up causing even more conflict in the Reichstag that would lead the fall of the Weimar system. When the Great Depression occurred in Germany the people started to lose hope in the mainstream democratic system and began to vote for more radical…

• Diverged directly with articles 1 and 114 which assert that “Political authority derives from the people” and “Personal liberty is inviolable” . • permitted the president to cast aside the power of the Reichstag; the apparatus for the people to rule themselves. • According to Richard Evans, the emergency powers were a growing problem, and, in the hands of Hindenburg, “would prove to fatal to the Republic’s survival”. • Abuse of Article 48 set the precedent…

Battle of Oder-Neisse (the Battle of Seelow Heights) The first operational phase of the attack on Berlin came on April 16 at Seelow Heights, the last main line of defense outside the Berlin border. Seelow Heights served as the “Gates to Berlin” and was defended by 100,000 German soldiers in the German 9th Army Division. The Battle of Seelow Heights lasted from the 16th to the 19th, and after suffering severe losses (20,000 casualties) Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front broke through the German line…

In the Aftermath of World War 2 the Soviet army controlled Berlin and to show that they are in control the Red army raised the red flag over the Reichstag to show to the German's that they have lost and that the Allies have defeated them. The picture of the flag rising on the Reichstag became instantaneously recognized as the defeat of Nazi Germany. The picture symbolizes how much scarifies that the people in Europe have to go through and the location of the picture also shows the destructive…