Life in Nazi Germany had many positive and negative effects on the people that were living there between 1933-1939. The treaty of Versailles was when Germany was in great despair. The Germans had to pay back repatriations for losing the war, they lost territory, accepted the blame for causing World War I and there was also the near elimination of the Germany army. This all lead Germany into suffering badly through the Great Depression. The Nazi party and their leader Adolf Hitler brought the Totalitarian rule into place and promised the German people a better life. Totalitarianism was used by the Nazi party to have control of education, militarism, propaganda, economic policies and their power to elimination any of the opposition. The positive impacts under the Nazi rule were full employment and economic growth, increase in national prestige and pride, huge successful at hosting the Olympics in 1936 and regaining lost territories. The negative impacts under the Nazi rule were persecution of minorities, economic growth focused on the militarily, expansionism as the path to war and loss of the personal freedom. Overall, rule of Totalitarianism that Adolf Hitler made caused some of the worst moments for the German people living between 1933-1939.
Conditions in Germany in 1930-1933
Between 1930-1933 Germany suffered from cruel conditions after they had to sign the Treaty of Versailles. The Great Depression also lead Germany into economic despair and the weakness of the Weimar
Hitler also brought his country out of an economic depression. The German depression was caused mainly by the Treaty of Versailles, and its detrimental economic impact on Germany. Basically, Germany was forced to pay for all damages caused by the First World War. Hitler’s policies that helped the German economy were part of his Third Reich. Hitler’s Third Reich led to one of the greatest expansions of industrial production and civil improvement in German history. This success was mainly due to the expansion of the military and the expansion of the money supply through deficit spending.
This was the longest and most severe slump ever to hit the industrialized world, which lasted through most of the 1930s. The Great Depression caused mass unemployment, wide spread poverty and despair. The German economy was especially vulnerable since it was built out of foreign capital, owing mostly to debts to the United States and was very dependent on foreign trade. Adolf Hitler knew his opportunity had arrived to strengthen extreme political movements that promised to end the economic problems.
A factor that caused economic instability in Germany was the Weimar Republic. The Weimar Republic was put in place of the old German government post-WWI. The Weimar Republic caused many problems such as economic instability for Germany. An example of this is, “...the economic instability of the 1920s and early 1930s [made things worse for] the
One thing which remained the same for almost all Germans was the guilt complex of possibly stopping the horrific atrocities committed by the Reich if enough of them had stood up. Already, “Germany’s economy was in a mess when Hitler was elected Chancellor in January 1933” (Trueman). In other words, Hitler had fed off of Germany’s economy which was already collapsing at the seams. Yet the fact remained that they had all been blinded by the scapegoats they were given to what was really happening. Hitler concealed the truth of his tyranny and informed Germany that “the Jews were the reason for the inner poisoning of Germany and that they had stolen the victory from Germany” (Hall). However, the event was also beneficial as “Germany has largely lost its connection to the generation of perpetrators” and anti semitism was condemned where less than twenty years ago it had been predominant among most of Europe (Beste). The Germans had lost two wars now in which they had been led by a single, dictatorial authority figure. This, ultimately, alienated them from authoritarian governments and began to lead them into democracy's
Post-war, there were also many problems the Germany faced. German banks and export industries were badly crippled as a result of the war, and food supply was also very much limited. The war caused a reduction in the ability to import raw materials. Hence, insufficient food was available for the
After world war one Germany was a part of the great depression, this hit their country hard. In 1933 the people of Germany made Hitler their president/dictator thinking they he was going to help and get rid of all their problems. Hitler told the people of Germany that he
The Nazis made Germany economy weaker and affected Germany socially. They made Germany feel like they did have any control over their country. Germany had to worry about both Hitler and his crew. Every time Germany fought off the Nazis, Hitler was gaining power. Germany tried to get money and loans but, Germany had done so much damage that no one wanted to help them find a way to fight off Hitler. While Germany was trying to find out a way to gain all their land and country back that they had lost. While Germany was trying figure out a way to take over their land Hitler had hepatized the German people into believe everything he said. Also, Hitler was killing the Jewish people that disagreed with him. Hitler gaining power had influenced the German economy very horribly. Germany had to pay for a lot of things while Hitler was in
The Great Depression shook the the whole world and few countries were unaffected by its consequences, with Germany being one of the worst hit. It was also one of the main causes for the rise of the Nazis which then led to Second World War. The depression can be traced back to the Wall Street Crash or Black Tuesday, October 29th 1929, where the stock market plummeted in America. Germany heavily relied on American loans, and when they were taken away, the Weimar Republic couldn’t do anything which ultimately led to its collapse. Other factors will also be explored such as how the Nazi government played the people’s feelings to get into power, German population and how it affected the different classes and German economy before and after the Great Depression.
The Great Depression played a big role in helping the Nazi Party capture power. Many nations were suffering from the Great Depression in 1930, including Germany who had to pay for the war reparations. During this period of economic and politic crisis, the country had been easily influenced by the politics parties. They wanted someone who is capable and had what it takes to be their leader to lead them through the huge crisis that they were facing. Most Germans who are in desperate state as they wanted Germany to be like once, able to be proud of and not in such a state where they had to struggle to fulfill the almost impossible terms of the Treaty of Versailles. They considered that period as a disgraceful decade in their history. Due to
Germany had very low employment rates in this time and it made it even harder to get back to a stable economy. In this time a lot of people had no jobs so this also did not help Germany because companies were going out of business. This directly led to the decline of Germany's economy. When having no business’s running the country as no money coming in and can not send anything out.
The life in Nazi Germany was getting worse under the Nazi rule between 1933-1939. Hitler was using terror and violence to scare the residents of Germany. If anyone looked as if they wanted to over throw Hitler, or anyone who got in his way of becoming the leader was killed. Germans who challenged Hitler or policies he had were to be arrested and questioned under torture. Their punishment usually included enslavement in a concentration camp or execution. Hitler did offer a lot of good things to the people such as work to the unemployed, expansion to the army and even the ending payment of war reparations to the Allies and to tear up the Treaty of Versailles. (Sheridan, 2014)However there was still again no more privacy for the people and a lot
As of the treaty of Versailles and the failure of the Weimar republic it caused the great depression. The depression began on the 29th of October 1929 due to the fall of the wall street stock market forcing the U.S. to take back loans from Germany leaving them in a desperate state. The U.S. notified Germany giving them 90 day to pay back all the money that was loaned to them by America. During the great depression the German government provided no solution to help resolve the depression sooner but if the depression wasn’t harsh it was possible that the republic may have survived but then the unemployment rate was 6 million assuring the failure of the republic. This impacted the German people in many ways such as suddenness of the great depression,
Germany was on an economic roller coaster from the early 1930’s until the rise of the Berlin wall. Germany escaped a so called Great Depression of the early 30’s with the rise of the National Socialist Party. At the height of an economic boom, Germany entered into a second World War and as a result nearly be destroyed. After Germany’s surrender in 1945, the country fell into another depression greater than the last. Germany as a whole was divided into two separate sectors.
which resulted in dictatorship. This was the key point for Hitler to rise and have unlimited powers. The year 1930 was significant for the Nazi Party because it the first time that it was
There were Positive and Negative effects of Nazi rule of the people in Germany from 1933-1939, before Hitler got into power of Germany, Germany was controlled by Paul Von Hindenburg. The Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression meant that life in Germany was bad; The Treaty of Versailles meant that Hitler was basically the blame for the war and his army had to be reduced and the Great Depression meant that people lost their job; people had no food or money and the people that lost their Jobs had to go overseas to find another Job which meant that they were not with their family.