Nazi Germany: Defeat Of Adolf Hitler And The Nazi Party

Even though Germany was left in a period of struggle and economic weakness after WW1, Adolf Hitler would take a stand by creating a party that would help refine the structure of the economy. This party, when abbreviated, was called Nazi, would also create harsh laws and unrelentless punishment. Due to the Nazi party’s quick growth, there was an immediate impact on lifestyle and politics for the people of Germany. The long term impact brought forth by the consequences or legacy of the Nazi party included a population decrease and an increase in deaths. To make both of these impacts, Hitler had to overcome many hard challenges.

Upon the rise of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party (the Nazi Party) in Germany, homosexuals, were one of the various groups targeted by the Nazis and were ultimately among the Holocaust victims. Commencing in the early rule of Hitler, homosexual organizations were expelled, scholarly books about homosexuality, and sexuality in general, were destroyed, and homosexuals within the Nazi Party itself were detained or executed. The Gestapo assembled lists of homosexuals in Germany, who were obliged to sexually obey or conform to the "German norm or expectations." This is evident in direct reference to the memoirs of Pierre Seel and the atrocious suffering he endured due to his sexuality in Nazi Germany. “I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror” provides historians with an insight into the Nazi regime and the miseries endured by the minorities of that time. This response will consider the context, content and importance of these texts, as well as the difficulties that it poses as a primary source to historians.

Do unto others what one would want done unto him or herself. In World War II with Nazi control in much of Europe, even if individuals had problems with how certain people were being treated, not many actually took action. A particular person who decided to counter the flow of what was accepted, was Pastor André Trocmé. That particular pastor was a member of a small French village, Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. There, many Jewish people were housed and protected as much as the small community could provide from their Nazi persecutors; who otherwise would have put into concentration camps or in some cases death camps. The entirety of the village needed to work together in order to achieve the pursuits they hoped to accomplish. The level of their

From January 1933 to May 1945, the European Jewish people experienced one of the most miserable events in the history of mankind, the Holocaust. Due to Nazis’ anti-Semitic doctrine, the Nazis legislated anti-Jewish policies since the beginning of 1930s. Later with the invasion of Poland in September 1939 and of Soviet Union in June 1941, the German Nazis performed elimination of Jews in a world scale. After the Wannsee Conference taken place on January 20, 1942, the notorious Nazis evacuated Jewish people around Europe to the death camps in the East, committing mass murder of 6 million Jews. Adolf Hitler, the leader of all the German Nazis, held anti-Semitic tendency as early as he was studying in Vienna, and frequently expressed his anti-Jewish

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

The Holocaust is one of the most famous events in history because of how large scale the destruction was. Over a course of twelve years, Hitler and the Nazi party developed a comprehensive solution to the Jewish problem. Through a series of three solutions, Hitler and his party sought to eliminate European Jewry. Through a series of calculated actions over a decade, Hitler used political, situational, and physical violence to break down the European Jewry. In order for Hitler to win his war against the Jews, he had to break down the autonomy of the group into docile individuals where no collective could fight back. Many people who do not understand the history of the Holocaust often ask why did nobody fight back? Why was there no resistance to what was happening? Though it is absent from mainstream textbooks, the European Jewry did put up a resistance to Hitler’s war. European Jews fought back against Hitler and the Nazi party in ways that corresponded to each phase of Hitler’s Solution to the Jews. Throughout these three phases, European Jewry responded to the conditions created by the Nazi party through individual responses, organizational responses, and armed responses. Each response exhibited by European Jews is completely dependent on the social atmosphere and legal practices of the specific situation.

The ease with which Hitler and the Nazis were able to consolidate their power by August 1934, was due to the combination of luck, manipulation of legal procedures and a willingness to be uterly ruthless. The Nazi position was extremly unstable and in shaky circumstances during January 193. However, after the events and actions taken to consolidate their power the Nazis grew stronger and became invulnerable for the time they were in power.

The contents of culture are a good way to gauge the morals and beliefs of a society. Movies specifically are good indicators. It then comes off as more than a lighthearted issue when few American-made movies characterize Nazi Germany as actual people and instead dehumanize them. The Germans are nearly always shown in a negative light when in reality fewer than 40% of Germans voted for Hitler when he was elected. Furthermore, even fewer Germans knew about the Holocaust during the war. Most films inevitably depict all Germans as a single force hellbent on killing every Jewish person at whatever cost. World War II films such as Inglorious Basterds that dehumanize Germans through guilt by association, making them seem like an evil force, and

Throughout Hitler’s reign over Deutschland, Germany was fundamentally monopolized by propaganda. This method of reaching out to large groups of people has been used throughout all of history, despite many people’s’ beliefs that the idea of propaganda use is new and modern. From as early as the 1400’s, the Athenians began creating an empire using methods of propaganda through playwrights, religious festivals, and handwritten books, which all gave opportunity to shape man 's beliefs and ideals. The first influential and arguably most successful use of propaganda in history was that used under the control of Hitler, which caused the majority of a powerful nation to discriminate against an entire group of people. “Hitler and Nazi officials believed it was possible to manipulate public opinion by using propaganda techniques including euphemisms, name-calling, fear, and ‘bandwagon’ which set the tone as “you are either for us or against us”. Hitler and the Nazi regime rose to power using tactical strategies to take advantage of Germany’s disorientation and vulnerability following World War I, “Coupled with this rejection of democracy which had failed Germany was a growing belief that strong leadership was needed to transcend class and sectional interests and provide a new start” (Welch). This historical investigation will focus on Hitler’s reign as well as the Nazi regime and war propaganda during the Third Reich, and will discuss the extent to which propaganda aided the success

During the period of 1933 to 1945, the treatment of the Jewish people by the Germans changed and was influenced by the ideals and beliefs had by the Nazi Party in power at the time. This event in history is named the Holocaust and the changes that occurred during this time will be accounted for in this report. In the lead up to 1933, the Nazi Party worked to gain the support of the German people by presenting them with the idea of a “perfect” Germany. This desirable Germany would be traditional, hard working and abolish the Republican system of government for which they believed was the source of all hardships experienced in Germany after the commencement of WW1. It was presented to the people that this “perfect” Germany could only be achieved

Although the notorious Nazi party is ridiculed more than feared today, it was once the most formidable political group in Europe. Until the ending of the World War II, the full extent of its malicious intentions and actions remained unknown to the world. When soldiers uncovered the death camps, files and citizens the true horror came out. The governments of the world asked how this could have happened? Adolf Hitler’s nightmarish political ideas consumed an entire nation. The Nazi party assumed complete control of not only Germany, but almost the entirety of Europe. More importantly however, was its control of the youth of Germany. Together these elements set the stage for a war machine like no other.

September 1, 1939: Silence in Europe is brought to an abrupt end! German forces storm the Polish borders, and break the Non-Aggression Pact laid forth over five years before (EyeWitness). The Fuhrer spoke of the Poles breaking down the peace talks, and of the atrocities committed upon the Germanic people by them (Hitler, Adolf), but these highly exaggerated claims veiled Hitler’s true intentions: Though Hitler’s primary goal was the conquering of Europe, hindsight shows that the removal of groups of people he disliked or thought of as ‘lesser’ were included in his plans from the start. Two days later, on September 3rd, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany: This was it, the Second World War had begun (EyeWitness).

It is undebatable that Hitler and the Nazi party abused propaganda and distorted the media in order to rise to power and then deceive the German population. Propaganda was incorporated into every German citizens’ life through broadcasts, posters, newspapers and speeches put on by the Führer himself. This propaganda was filled with lies and deceptions about certain ethnic groups, held strong nationalistic ideals and contorted the national German opinion. In Goebbels’s efforts to create a unified German opinion he targeted several all-encompassing groups; the military, workers, the middle class, housewives, the church and youth. The goal of targeting these groups was unified; however, the details and effects of propaganda differed throughout these groups. Occupation and social place effected the influence of propaganda over an individual and the strategies used in making propaganda effective.

When the Hitler came into power in 1933, the future of minority groups looked grim. The Nazis first eliminated majority of the Gypsies and Jewish population, but these weren’t the only groups. Touting to create an utopia consisting only of the pure German blood, the Nazis began to exploit other groups such as the homosexuals, and the disabled. These groups were mass murdered. Unlike them, the “asocials”, “habitual criminals”, Afro-Germans and foreign workers were not mass murdered but intimidated to the extent that some habitual criminals self mutilated and some foreign workers were hanged. There were many similarities and differences in the maltreatment of these groups. Nazis wanted a purified German blood nation, so how and why did these minorities came to live in Germany?

The rise of the Nazi regime in Germany in the early part of the 20th century was an impressive, and nearly unforeseen incident that had long-lasting implications on the rest of the Western world. While the Nazi party was extreme in their ideologies, the circumstances in which they came to power were dire; Germany had been crippled by a massive depression and was being forced to pay reparations through the “Young Plan” which required Germany to pay the Allied forces “a series of annual payments extending until 1988”(Bullock, 160). The German people were left without any leadership in a time of disparity, but naturally, a strong leader filled this vacuum. Even though the actions of the Nazi party were extreme and unjustifiable, they needed