Art And Culture During The Third Reich

Totalitarian leaders used propaganda to persuade followers to believe that their country would be restored again. Propaganda is when information deliberately spread to help or harm a person, group, or institution. This allows people to be pursued by the leaders and gives the leaders the advantages. In document C, poster created by the Nazi government in 1938, encourages Germans to vote for the annexation of Austria. In the poster you can see that their is hands in air showing that Germany is always united. In this poster, you can see that at the top there are some letters, these letter in English means United Germany. At the bottom the word “Ja!” means YES!. This means that the people are proud of their country. In document B, a speech by

The interdisciplinary project made in both the class of History and English helped me to enhance different abilities as well as to apply knowledge learned before. In the past, I have worked in teams, which helped me to efficiently and effectively work in the production of the short film. We had no troubles in planning the ideas of the project as well as organizing the final product. Also, I was able to succeed in understanding Hitler’s regime by getting to know his life. This allowed me, as a student, to understand the reasons why Hitler’s government hated jews. Furthermore, I was able to practice my pronunciation and help my team to improve their writing in English. I made some corrections in the text and helped in the production of the draft.

The Bauhaus movement began shortly after the world war 1 in 1919 to re imagine the materialistic good to reflect how we perceive art works. It was a movement initiated by a German architect named Walter Groupius.The Bauhaus movement embraced and emphasized on the simplicity and the basis of a design. (Griffith 2007) The idea behind the movement was to design and manufacture beautiful and practical products using simple and economical techniques. The ideology of the school was not only to reflect society but improve it by combining simplistic beauty with productivity. (Naylor 1968) The Bauhaus implied form follows function which is created by a cross platform of functional craftsmanship in every field whilst experimenting and using different materials.

The Third Reich was a period of time from 1933-1945 where all of Germany and some of Europe were ruled by the Nazis. The Third Reich developed from an idea in the brain of leader Adolf Hitler, to a world power that no one thought could be stopped. The Reich was originally just a small group of people that wanted change in Germany. Eventually though, the Reich developed into the main power of Germany and most of Europe. This new government felt that Germany needed to expand its power. They did this by invading Poland in 1939. However, in doing so, they started a major war that would eventually lead to their defeat. The Third Reich was a devastating period of time in Germany, Europe, and the rest of the world. The ideas

World War ll was the most deadliest war in history that resulted into a massive loss and displacement of cultural treasures. The powerful and infamous dictator Adolf Hitler knew that conquering Europe would require more than war; it would call for a complete domination of the culture, especially its art and architecture. Hitler would not only kill, but he would destroy museums, libraries, and historical buildings. Thankfully a team was created to protect the cultural sites, monuments, and buildings from Allied bombing. This Allie Army team were no soldiers, they were art curators, scholars, architects, librarians, archivists, and professors.

The Weimar Constitution was a genuine attempt to create a perfect democratic country. In his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960), American historian William L. Shirer described the Weimar Constitution as "on paper, the most liberal and democratic document of its kind the twentieth century had ever seen ... full of ingenious and admirable devices which seemed to guarantee the working of an almost flawless democracy.” The constitution guaranteed equal rights to the German people, yet also contained the fundamental structural flaws that would play a major part in the Republic 's downfall (and thus the Nazi Party’s rise). Two clear examples of such weaknesses were the use of an excessively proportional electoral system and the

Thousands upon thousands of Berliners cheered and celebrated as Hitler spoke of his new ambitions and plans for Germany. The crowd, which was labelled by a fellow member of the group as ‘deafening’, were excited by the Hitler’s enthusiasm; this had been lacking under the reign of Weimar democracy. (Fritzsche, 1998) The editor of Berlin’s Nazi newspaper, Der Angriff, Joseph Goebbels, remarked: “Uprising! Spontaneous explosion of the people. Indescribable!” (Fritzsche, 1998) Even though later in history we see Hitler’s ultimate motive to be his own rise in political hierarchy, his speech introduced himself to the German public as a populist and a “revolutionary political genius.” (Grunfield, 1974) Hitler endeavoured himself to all economical classes, whether it be the bourgeoisie, peasantry or the aristocracy; to them it appeared Hitler’s priority was to move Germany out of the current economic crisis and strive to develop Germany into a world superpower. The passion illustrated in Hitler’s goals was prevalent in his speeches, which led to the acceptance of a nation and the new title of “our Fuhrer” (Grunfield, 1974)

Their intentions included ridding the gaps between religious and social classes, learning how to be the ultimate leader, tolerance of violence against Jews, and discrimination against nations that gained territory at Germanys expense. These sub goals were meant to ensure a “culture” that depicted Nazism and national pride. Scholars for many years have argued that Nazi propaganda was a sure successor in gaining German support, but recently this argument has been scrutinized. After analyzing many articles and journals, it is clear that the third Reich had failed in their attempts to mobilize public opinion through propaganda. They were unable to mobilize the opinion of multiple social classes that Adolf Hitler was clearly aiming to sway, which results in failure according to his definition of success that will be later analyzed.

In the early 1930’s, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party used the widespread discontent of the German people to gain support from them. There was resentment at the territorial, military, and economical terms of

Shirer explains Hitler’s early life in a very descriptive way. He explains Hitler’s relationship with his parents, his negligence and failure towards formal education, his attempts towards sustaining his artistic talent, and frustration towards his rejection. Hitler was never interested in getting formal education. His father Alois Hitler was a civil servant, but Hitler never wanted to be like his father. He has the urge to become a painter or an artist. His father’s life never interested him. According to the book “The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich,” Hitler explains his negligence towards getting a formal profession.

As a great leader, one must first convince himself about what he is going to say in order to arouse others. The strength of Hitler’s conviction decided the amount and loyalty of

The Rise and fall of the Third Reich was written by William L. Shirer. William L. Shirer was a well-known author. He was born in Chicago in 1904. While growing up in Chicago he became a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. William L Shirer was very intrigued by the drama in Germany. He decided to help inform the Americans about Nazi Germany before World War II. William used all of his findings about Germany and created this book. William L. Shirer wrote several other books. William L. Shirer wrote The Berlin Diary, The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler, A Natives Return, etc. William is a national book award winning author. William L. Shirer typically writes nonfiction books. The Rise and fall of the Third Reich was a nonfiction book. William wrote this book to inform people about the many horrific and glorious things that were happening in Germany. One could conclude that he wrote this book for Americans to read. One could also believe he wrote this book for anyone who wanted to be informed about the commotion in Germany. The Rise and fall of the Third Reich is an extremely interesting title. If you are young and you aren’t really informed about the history in Germany the title could be very confusing. After reading the book you can easily tell that the title is perfect for the book. If you read it carefully it tells exactly what the book will be about. The Third Reich is another name for the Nazi party. One can conclude that the title of the book is a hint to the

Wild civilians cheering, an emotional fuhrer giving speech after speech, children with cheerful smiles and company after company of infantry walk past. There was constant celebration of triumph of National socialism. All these performances are from the 1935 film Triumph des Willens which was one of the most greatest pieces of propaganda created during the third Reich. This powerful film was just one piece of thousands of propaganda created by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry. There were various types of control and manipulation each one effective in it’s own way. The propaganda was also carried out by many people which effected the behaviour of the German Public. The way Hitler controlled and manipulated the German public was the core reason of Hitlers rise to power and was essential to gaining support from the German people.

Most of the previous authors looked at the "typical" German woman of the Third Reich, but what Anna Marie Sigmund's 2000 text Women of the Third Reich set out to do was to educate readers about the women in the sphere of the "Nazi Elite. Sigmund focused on eight women: Eva Braun, Magda Goebbels, Carin Goering, Emmy Goering, Geli Raubal. Lenu Riefenstal, Getrud Scholtz-Klink, and Henriette von Schirach. Each of these women was either related to Hitler, married or related to one of his officers, or worked for the Nazi party (both directly and indirectly). By working in the same style as Owings, Sigmund gives reader glimpse into individual lives, utilizing written primary and secondary sources rather the personal interviews, and from these stories, commonalities can be found, and conclusions drawn.

The journal focuses on the restoration of Nazi looted artworks. During the time of WWII, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rolled over Europe conquering nations, and people. In addition, Adolf and his army looted several very known artworks from national museums. The Nazi art confiscation program was seen as one of the greatest art displacement in human history. This was because artworks were taken from all these museums and