Weimar Republic

The whole foundation of his party was opposition to the Weimer Republic and the Treaty of Versailles. In his Proclamation to the German Nation speech, delivered at the Sportpalast in Berlin, Germany on February 10th of 1933, Hitler addresses the economic issues of the nation. He talks about inflation, referring to it…

England not a moment too soon as the bloody June days swept through Paris (O'Sullivan). Far from Paris, Napoleon distanced himself from the terrible uprising and even more brutal crackdown and came into limelight. The new constitution of the Second Republic called for national elections and Napoleon became a candidate. In his candidacy Napoleon, “evoked Napoleonic memories of national glory” and, “promis[ed] to bring back those days with his administration” (Larson). Furthering his popularity,…

responsibility for the cost of the war whilst setting a reparation payment amount, which would not destroy Germany completely. Contemporaneously, exhausted economically and spiritually by post war events, including the instability of the Weimer Republic, the financial and moral terms of the Treaty of Versailles, and the impact of the World Economic Crisis with associated hyperinflation and unemployment, the German people had developed an appetite for a more prosperous future. , The…

World War II (The Second World War) was arguably the most significant period in the 20th century, lasting from September 1st, 1939 until September 2nd, 1945. There were many factors that interconnected together before and after World War I had ended, which progressed into a development of World War II. These events include: the failure Treaty of Versailles with the resentment it caused, the failure of the League of nation and the outbreak of the Great World Depression. However, Germany and the…

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 The German produced film by Robert Wiene, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) hit American shores with a thunderous bang—albeit a divisive and tumultuous one. Though reaction was polarized, from a purely critical perspective, Caligari’s slick and surgical artistic precision exposed a glaring staleness in the air of American cinema, prompting a veritable arms race to match it’s creative force. In his book The Monster Show, author David J. Skal writes, “Caligari built up a…

At the end of World War I, Germany was harshly punished in the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and faced a state of disaster. Adolf Hitler gained power and combined his roles of Chancellor and President in the Reichstag into Fuhrer. Hitler had planned for a long time to commence the war of his own volition. Hitler and his fellow Nazis insisted that the eradication of Jews was justified in its response to a war launched against Germany by the Jews. At the core of the Nazi justification for the…

After all that had happened in Germany, there was now a new leader in charge. In 1933, Hitler and the Nazi party were able to take over Germany and change it drastically. Many thought that with Hitler in charge there would be drastic change for the country. Hitler did change things in Germany, but the things he changed were not at all helping the people, rather Hitler having complete power. Eventually Hitler was able to eliminate democracy, create a totalitarian dictatorship, eliminate civil…

The day Adolf Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany, the world changed forever, whether the public knew it at the time or not. Looking back, it is obvious to see that Hitler’s reign would end catastrophically for the republic of Germany and the world; however, the German public was convinced Hitler was their savior due to his extensive use of propaganda. Through a series of cleverly thought out plans to manipulate the working class and propaganda to enforce Nazi ideologies, Hitler was able to…

Adolf Hitler officially became Füher of Germany at 9 am on August 2nd, 1934 following the death of Hindenburg. Hitler had planned to use the death of the 87 year-old former president to establish himself as absolute, undisputed leader of Germany and its people. Hitler achieved this by merging the office of Reich Chancellor and Reich President to form the position of Fürhrer. Almost immediately after Hitler demanded mandatory loyalty oaths throughout the Reich. Public officials and Soldiers did…

War World I was a global experience new to many countries. It caused great divides and was only ended by the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was made mostly against Germany in order to force them to make the reparations equal to the damages they caused during the war. Though the Treaty of Versailles was meant to end a World War, it instead resulted in building the tensions that would erupt into the Second World War; the faultiness in the Allies’ formation of the treaty ultimately…