Single-party state

In the midst of world-wide depression and backlash of WWI , the German economy was at an all-time low, with records of unemployment reaching 30%. The value of money was decreasing due to inflation while the price of food soared to unimaginable numbers , families lost their homes, and a countless number of people died to hunger. Wherever you look it would seem that the world would never get better, but in every situation people look for hope, peace, and a strong threshold to hold onto. The German…

In the United States, one must be at least eighteen years old to vote in any public elections. This right is protected by the twenty-sixth amendment of the United State’s Constitution which states that any United States citizen over the age of eighteen cannot be denied the right to vote. Although this amendment allows young-adults to vote, it is argued that the teenage demographic does not register to vote nor do they voice their opinion during public elections. Some say that this is because…

the overall massive plan of medicalized killing. If the research provided “real” scientific results, or if the research was a “farce,” the Nazi doctors’ participation in the medical experimentation program served the greater purposes of the Nazi Party. Thus, in the case of the Nazi…

Adolf Hitler was born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. He was the fourth child that his parents are Klara and Alois Hitler had. Adolf had a wife named Eva Bruan that he married in 1945, which also happens to be there year of death. They were married for about 40 hours until they both decided to commit suicide. In Hitler’s early years he never got along with his Father, Alois. Alois died suddenly in 1903. Hitler’s mother, Klara, then allowed him to drop out of school. Adolf…

Hitler 's Rise to Power: When Illusion feeds Disillusion Back in May 1928, Germany had just voted for constitutional parties, leaving Müller, a Social Democrat to become the country 's new Chancellor. Four years later, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) had earned the largest portion of control over the Reichstag parliament, with 37.4% of the vote, compared to only 2.5% in 1928. How did the political and economical context help the Nazis mold their promises and image so as to appeal to the masses during…

office to promote a party agenda, or perpetuate “descriptive representation,” the idea that only a woman can represent women. Supporters of quotas view them as necessary to overcome cultural barriers that bar women from political office without waiting decades for gradual change. Regardless, the majority of African countries with high female participation in political office have utilized some form of gender quota, such as constitutional quotas, election law quotas, and political party quotas,…

participation in the Democratic Party. In general, people admire her determination, genuineness, simplicity, and perseverance. Moreover, Hillary Clinton is a fascinating woman in politics today (Shambaugh, 2010). Likewise, her career in politics had made an impact in today’s presidential election. Eventually, Hillary Clinton started as a lawyer continuing as the first lady of the U.S. in 19913. Later she continued as New York senator and then as a secretary of state in…

the end, there may be a reversal of morality. Killing the victims becomes the right, moral thing to do.” After her training at Ravensbrück under Dorothea Binz, she would have become more and more immune to the plight of her victims. Staub also states, “they come to see their victims as less than human and to exclude them from the moral realm.” Irma Grese called prisoners the names of animals disassociating them with human beings. This is interesting because as she disassociates the prisoners…

Similarities Between Two Powerful Leaders History had many great leaders, some of them extremely intelligent and strategic, and also had other amazing qualities. But with those qualities, there came some leaders with very bad intentions. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were two of those great leaders. Hitler took Germany out of the great depression, while Stalin took the Soviet Union and made it one of the top military forces in the world. However, as Machiavelli once said, the ends do not…

consequences of hiding a Jew, the Nazi party’s greatest aversion. There are many events that prove The Book Thief is set in an ideal location. For example, an event that occurred on page 102. In regards to the fire held on Hitler 's Birthday the book states, “It would commemorate not only the Führer’s birthday,but the victory over his enemies and over the restraints held on Germany since the WW1.” This line from the book supports that Adolf Hitler, Germany’s Führer, had a large influence on the…