My historical review will be on Adolph Hitler’s speech from October 6, 1939 in which he addressed the Reichstag, the German capital building. This speech is in response to the German invasion of Poland and thus the initial start of World War two. Many in the world at this time saw the issues that Hitler and the country of Germany proposed, and as many had feared, Germany began to take action. The exigencies which lead up to this speech are many. Hitler was born on April 20TH 1889 and grew up as a child in Braunau am Inn, . His childhood had a large effect on his psyche and his beliefs. When he was a child, he was beat by his father on a regular basis, which possibly led to his volatile and angry personality. He was a decent student, …show more content…
“Hitler was no tyrant imposed on Germany. Though he never received majority support in free elections, he was legally appointed to power and became, between 1933 and 1940, arguably the most popular head of state in the world. It has been suggested that at the peak of his popularity nine Germans in ten were ‘Hitler supporters,’ ‘Fuhrer Believers.’”(Rosenbaum 167) With such a large support structure already established in Germany, winning the hearts and minds of the German public was not Hitler’s goal at this point. At this point in history, I feel Hitler is looking for one thing, Propaganda. Hitler writes that a fundamental principle of propaganda (and rhetoric) is repetition: “The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is born in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. Propaganda
Around the time, he was trying to gain support for the Nazi party the mood of Germany was not too particularly great. The depression's effects had hit Germany and its people hard with millions of people losing their jobs. Still fresh in the German people’s minds was the humiliating loss of WWI. Also, people did not like the Weimar Republic government because it agreed to the terms of The Treaty of Versailles. Due to this, the German people lacked confidence in the Weimar Republic. These conditions provided the chance for the rise of a new leader, Adolf Hitler, and his party, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or the Nazi party. Due to Hitler’s extravagant speeches, he was able to attract many followers to the Nazi party. In the article, it states “Hitler was a powerful and spellbinding speaker who attracted a wide following of Germans desperate for change”, but this quote doesn’t even show how impactful the speeches really were. The article later states that “The party's rise to power was rapid... the Nazis were practically unknown, winning only 3 percent of the vote to the Reichstag (German parliament) in elections in 1924. In the 1932 elections, the Nazis won 33 percent of the votes, more than any other
Hitler was born April 20, 1889 in a small Austrian town. Throughout his childhood he did not do well in school and was
To fully answer this question one must look at the underlying philosophies behind Hitler’s leadership. What did he stand for and did his ideologies have any redeeming characteristics? Indisputably he had an ability to lead and motivate. He was revered with almost God – like fanaticisms by his people. This essay will set out to establish the basis of his leadership and within that framework, the nature of the man and his vision for the world.
Hitler once said, “through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.” For example Hitler put up many posters that were used to show how the Jews were “sneaky” and how they fed off of other people that were in trouble and in need. Furthermore he put up posters showing him as a great leader. These two combinations of putting down Jews and showing how he is a great leader attracted more and more people to vote for him. Along with these posters came his uniforms. These made people look the same and made his party look more formal. Furthermore, looking more formal made him different from other parties. Also it made all the people in the party follow one dream and think very similarly. Having all this one sided information put towards them the German people knew only what was show, Hitler was a great person to have as a
Hitler is often seen as a horrid, cruel person, but as John F. Kennedy states, he did many wonderful things for this world. Although Hitler had his way in doing the things he wanted to do, he created many new ideas that are still in use! Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. Adolf Hitler was the fourth of six children born to Klara Hitler and Alois Hitler As a child, he was known as “Adi” and attended a Catholic church. When Hitler was three, he moved from Austria to Germany. He was then raised in Germany.
After watching Adolf Hitler’s speech, he is very intimidating just because of the way he looks. He states what his audience wants to hear and gives them courage to fight for the change that they want. He builds fear in the audience by stating, “Once, our enemies worried us and persecuted us and, from time to time removed lesser elements from the Movement for us” (News and Politics). In other words, saying that enough is enough. No longer can the German people let their enemies step all over them and do as they please with them. Basically, stating that their enemies have made them believe that they are superior to them, when they aren’t. The camera often focuses on the audience which are well dressed in suits and who can be trusted.
World War Two was a very catastrophic time period for most people, especially Jews. Millions of Jews were taken hostage and were killed. This War was thought to be “The most widespread and deadliest war in history” (World War II). Hitler created and led many disastrous events and a great deal of people suffered because of it. In 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, starting the war for the next heinous six years (World War II). He had a strong desire for world domination (World War II History) and would do anything to get it. World War Two was a very serious and devastating war, millions were killed out of spite.
This investigation will explore the question: Was Hitler’s greatest reason for starting World War II to create a Master Race or to regain Germany’s lost territory? From years 1889 to 1945 will be the focus of this investigation, to allow for an analysis of Hitler’s greatest reason to start World War I.
Hitler capitalized on Germany's feeling of having been wronged. The loud projection of his voice and emphasis really invoked a feeling of dedication among the audience, so many believed that he was the solution to the economic and political problems Germany faced. He told them they deserved their land back, that they hadn't deserved the unfair treatment they got, and that he would lead them back to greatness. He told Germans what they wanted to hear. He restored the spirits of many Germans were were depressed and angry from WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler promised to improve the economy and make Germany just as powerful, if not more, as it used to be. This appealed to many Germans because they were suffering greatly and wanted out. The Germans hated the Jews and Hitler promised to get rid of them because they were blamed for losing WW1. His public speakings made his followers increase in numbers and the wealthy gave money and supported Hitler to run his propaganda and election campaigns. He promises Germany a better future by overturning the Treaty of
Hitler was born in Austria in 1889. His childhood was quite hard because, “Alois (Hitler’s father) was the main male figure in Hitler’s life, and Hitler saw in his father that it was okay to have a short temper, be abusive and violent to others, and he saw that work, above all, is the most important thing in one’s
Germany was in a horrible economic state after terribly losing World War One, and they needed to find a way to totally reconstruct their entire economy, and Hitler fit the bill. With his phenomenal speaking skills, Hitler was unable to ignore. He spoke with great confidence,
Hitler had the ideas to commit horrible things, but how did he convince the public to help him do those things? We need to understand this to prevent things like it from happening again. Hitler gained the power of dictator, brainwashed the public with speeches, and Gave away copies of Mein Kampf to further brainwash the public. Hitler persuaded and made loyal to him most of the people in Germany.
How do you see Hitler’s dictatorship? As a powerful, dreadful management or as a meaningless, simple management that just took place after World War One? How did Germans respond to the situation? Were they very much involved with Hitler? Important issues will be explained covering the impact Adolf Hitler has left behind because of the tremendous amount of power he obtained.
Hitler’s leadership in Germany resulted in a variety of economic improvements that had mended the mistakes of the failed Weimar Republic. “He oversaw one of the most significant expansions of industrial assembly” and civil improvement in German History. Prior to the Nazi leadership Germany was in economic distress, suffering the “consequences of a culmination of negative long term and short-term economic strife.” Therefore the economic role Hitler played in Nazi Germany proved to be extremely significant as he increased output, decreased unemployment immensely as well as expanded the German economy and industry. “Hitler also supervised major infrastructure enhancement campaigns.” He played an imperative role in the establishment and improvement of many railroads, autobahns, dams and various other civil improvements. These economic developments initiated by the Fuhrer enhanced his popularity in Germany, further “solidifying his role as the ‘Father’ of Germany.” However by 1936 Hitler had implemented a terror apparatus to ensure his economic policy resulted in success for the Nazi State. This became a “pivotal aspect to the success of Nazi economic policy.” Without Hitler’s propaganda, well-crafted speeches, and his implementation of terror the Nazi State would not have been successful at an economic
Hitler was a very passionate speaker that was incredibly adept to connecting to his audience in order to influence or persuade. The people he was speaking to would feel his passion. His charisma for speaking combined with the weak structure of Germany at the time made him influential beyond any other. He had the combined skills of an actor and a politician, “he could talk well and he had the actor’s gift of mimicry to amuse his companions. (Green, 2001, pg. 12), and everything he said and did had a calculated