Weimar Republic

The Fall of Germany After World War 1 Imagine celebrating the end of the war and getting to see your family members come home. You finally think your life is going to go back to normal after rationing off your food and worrying about your family in the war. But no, you fall into extreme poverty while the government is collapsing right in front of you. After the end of WW1, there were many major problems in Germany that caused mass chaos throughout the country. The first problem that Germany…

From 1934 to 1945 Adolf Hitler was the Führer of Germany and leader of the Nazi party. Signing the Treaty of Versailles therefore ended the state of war between the allied powers and Germany imposing extreme sanctions and reparations onto the country as well as the exception of the war guilt clause. Fundamentally, Germany underwent mass economic hardship and unemployment leading to the economic depression. The Nazi party were favoured by German citizens as they conveyed a sense of decisive…

Hitler: Negative but Effective Leader Not everyone is made to be a leader. Leaders are responsible for all the accomplishments and failures that happen while they are in charge. Not many people are brave enough to handle this pressure and many are unable to keep their followers happy. A great leader should be able to bring a group of people together and be able to help, teach, and motivate them on how to reach their goals. A great leader is able to keep his people in high spirits when…

The last words of Liesel’s novel are: “I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” (528). Words are an essential piece of Liesel’s life, which she shares both good and bad memories with and hopes to use for good, not evil. To exemplify this theme, Markus Zusak, the author, picks and apt setting: “She was a girl. In Nazi Germany. How fitting that she was discovering the power of words.” (147). This quote is significant as it connects the power of words to one…

For this paper, we will examine two of the most influential articles/ journals ever written. The “Treaty of Versailles”, an article composed by the allied powers (Britain, France and the United States), which imposed sanctions on the Germans and blames Germany totally for the first world war. The Second article that we will be comparing it to is Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf; which are the accounts Hitler composed while he was in “prison for treason” (***). This book focuses on how the Jews are…

The definition of what power is, is very symbolic and an idea based off of one’s points of view. Each person has a different perception because of the way that they grew up. One person in history that had a definition of power is Keynes; his definition of power was explained through economics and with his ideas of what the Treaty of Versailles actually did balancing out power between the different countries that were involved. He did not believe that the Treaty would do much or any good because…

German people towards the Weimar Government for signing the Treaty of Versailles to his advantage. Hitler also exploited the economic struggles of Germany and the hardships of the German people during 1920s and 30s. Finally, Hitler spread the Nazi message to a weakened and shattered German population to get the people to vote for his fascist ideals. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rose to power in 20th century Germany because they were able to manipulate the weaknesses of the Weimar Government. The…

World War Two included thirty countries and resulted in an estimated 50 - 80 million deaths. The start of the worlds deadliest conflict was Hitlers invasion on Poland in 1939, this however was not a spontaneous attack by the Nazi Party, it was a result of many factors that begun since the end of World War One. The failure of The Treaty of Versailles and The League of Nations, and the collapse of Wall Street allowed Germany to regain forces quickly and commence a powerful attack on the rest of…

“The Lottery:” Submit or Scream According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, prior to World War II Adolf Hitler scapegoated Jews, gypsies, and homosexuals for the economic problems that were facing Germany (Untied States Holocaust Memorial Museum). During the Holocaust, many in Germany, Austria, Poland, France, the Netherlands, and even America turned a blind eye while these individuals were rounded up and murdered. It is all too easy to call this atrocity history as if…

to being the second largest party.3 Hitler’s awareness of his surroundings aligned many citizens with the NSDAP during the time of the Great Depression. Hitler played on many of the negative emotions of the German people at the time. He blamed the Weimar Democracy for Germany’s current inferior position, giving the people a much needed outlet for their anger. This increased support for the NSDAP, as they were now seen as the only party that provided true leadership, as other parties could not…