Fascism In The Third Wave

During the 1930’s, the majority of the world was going through a major economic recession, known as The Great Depression. Many people were not satisfied with their lives, as they expected much more to come out of the post-war times. The satisfaction tied to the economic boom in the 1920’s wore off, creating longing for being able to have luxuries in a time where basic needs could not even be met in most circumstances. People wanted radical change. This is the main reason as to why the rise of totalitarian leaders throughout Europe occurred. Totalitarian leaders promised this change, typically delving into stabilizing the economy, lowering unemployment rates, and improving the quality of life for citizens. Freedom became less important in the

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to find out the answer to a question yourself, so you conduct a small experiment? Well that is what this teacher did to get through to his students. But it got a little out of control and the outcome was not expected. The Wave by Todd Strasser is about a history teacher showing students how the Nazis functioned as a group through a little experiment that soon got out of hand.

It is incredible to think that any political group much less the Nazi Party could have supporters throughout so many different groups and social classes. They had followers from the middle to the upper class and from workers and farmers to professionals. This leads to the question of why the Nazi party gained such widespread support and became such a mass movement. The Nazi’s were so widespread because of economic and social upheaval and discontent, their flexibility and ability to adapt, and having a leader such as Adolf Hitler.

Have you ever thought about World War Two? Did you ever understand how the German people could have followed Hitler and the Nazis? Well that’s what the book The Wave by Todd Strasser is about. The Wave is based on an incident that took place in a high-school history class. Ben Ross’s students didn’t seem to understand how the German people could have followed Hitler and the Nazis. Since they didn’t understand Ben creates an experimental movement called The Wave. Ben Ross and his history class are about to learn a lesson they will never forget.

In this essay, Ulrich Herbert’s article “Good Times, Bad Times: Memories of the Third Reich,” will be discussed. This critique will focus on identifying Herbert’s main argument and how effective he was at executing that argument.

Ben Ross teaches his students a remarkable lesson about the Nazi by creating The Wave. The purpose of his experiment is to teach his students how the Nazi was able to manipulate the German people. In this process, propaganda is pivotal; this was used by the Nazi to gather support from German. Nazi propaganda relied heavily on slogans and symbol; for instance, the Swastika was used to symbolize “good fortune” and “well-being”. Likewise, Mr. Ross draws, “a circle with the outline of a wave inside it” (43; ch. 6), as a symbol for The Wave because, “it has movement, direction and impact” (43; ch. 6); or, he uses a simple slogan, “Strength Through Discipline, Strength Through Community, Strength Through Action!” (62; ch. 8), to demonstrate the importance of discipline in reality. Next is the illusion. The Nazi Germany gives people faith in a superior

By letting Hitler take over they were giving up all this. They would now be Fascist states. Within these states, the individuals had no right of free speech, free publications, and free associations. The individuals had no right to form political parties. There was only one governmental party which imposed its dictatorial rule on the people. This party was called the Nazis'. This one-party regime was concerned with the total activities of its people. Their work, their leisure, their religion, even their private lives. Everything that

This essay will assess the nature and impact of fascism in Britain in the inter-war period. With the first part focusing on the nature of it, how it originated origins. The second part focused on the impact it had and why it failed. Both, direct and indirect factors combined, contributed to the fail of fascism in Britain. This paper will examine in more depth the indirect or long-term factors.

Fascism is a political movement which originated in Italy, deriving its name from fasces - bundles of sticks tied around an axe symbolizing authority of leadership and the unity of the people tied to it. It holds that the individual exists for the State, to whose good all his work and interests should be directed. It is an ideology of liberation, yet one which is constructed around direct subservience to leadership. This form of hierarchy within the state is the first key theme within fascism. Elitism entails a strong distrust of democracy, fearing that it manipulates law and society through influencing public opinion, they believe in the iron law of oligarchy, in a hero / leader, and in elite values. However, there are many paradoxes within fascism. It has characteristically been at opposition with democracy, yet fascism has also characteristically enacted the same system of oppression within its political regimes. It is similar to Marxism in the ways in which the victims of each system suffer under dictatorships, and expansionary practices. Fascism tends to completely glorify war however, deeming it an "outlet for heroic and grand passions". Following this, there is an irrationality which fascism follows. It is a very subjective ideology and expresses a diminished role of reason. Most Fascists were in agreement with Sorel on the grounds of justifying a proletarian war

‘Fascism’ is one of the most controversial political terms in modern history. The lack of a universally accepted definition for the term has meant that it can and has been applied to a wide variety of political contexts. Fascism developed from the destruction caused by the First World War. Its origins can be traced, however, to the intellectual revolt against liberalism in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century. While there was a revolutionary reaction against the ideals of the French Revolution before 1914, it was the First World War which acted as a real catalyst for the emergence of fascism. The war swept away the Hohenzellern, Halsburg and Romanov dynasties in Germany,

Examples included how “blacks and whites were not allowed to live together, and children of mixed marriages were not considered legimitate. Colonial administrators created separate facilities for Italians and Africans, including separate buses, restaurants, and movie theatres. Italians could not serve Africans in shops.” It would not be because of this racist system that would lead to Britain using Nyasaland KAR forces, but to reclaim their former territories. For the Nyasaland forces however, their desire was to save their homelands from the tyranny of fascism.

During the late 1920’s and 1930’s, Hitler and Stalin were leaders of Germany and the Soviet Union respectively. These states were under fascist and communist rule, which essentially were very similar. It was due to their full run of government that resulted in a dictatorial rule, also known as totalitarianism. Civilians’ lives were regulated in every aspect, some of which were their property and the military forces. Both parties used propaganda to bring awareness of their movement’s ideologies to their states in hopes that they would influence a large number of civilians, or if anything, all of them. The most comparable and recognizable aspect of fascism and communism was the fact that both Hitler and Stalin wanted a radical change for

Fascist ideas and leaders become popular from people wanting to feel valued and social issues being exploited with propaganda, but failed democracies also pushed the nation towards a government with a strict

Strictly speaking, fascism is the name of the radical right-wing movement that took power in Italy in 1919, but the world is also used to refer to similar movements in other countries, including the Nazis in Germany. The Italian and German Movements sprang from two conditions: a social crisis and the weakness of liberal-democratic government. The movements were propelled by violent nationalisms growing out of the frustrations of the war.

There was nothing inevitable about Hitler and his Nationalist Socialist movements rise to power, or indeed the consolidation of that power into a Nazi dictatorship, with mass support for their extreme fascist ideology whose appeal transcended all classes. This essay will attempt to explain how in a very short period of time, due to a combination of factors that came together to create the right conditions, for an extreme fascist movement to emerge out of what was essentially then the most democratic state in the world and seize power, but moreover, how adroitly power became consolidated under a one party dictatorship of Hitler. Hitler used the internal machinery of the Weimar Republic to not only seize power, but also to consolidate it by passing a series of legislation that would legally transform the Democracy into a Fascist Dictatorship. In addition to constitutional methods, violence, intimidation and coercion also became a very effective tool to enforce Nazi ideology and objectives, particularly the centralisation of the state apparatus. Great use was made from mass propaganda in subsuming the German masses into the ideological grip of the Third Reich; part of Hitler’s success was his ability to find the necessary scapegoats such as the Jews (Larkin). But overall, the swift elimination of political rivals and threats was crucial to maintaining, as well as enhancing Nationalist Socialist power.