The Crucible And The Nazi Party

During the Second World War, Hitler ran the Nazi party. The Nazi party, first called the National

With all of the kills, the holocaust became one of the most genocides known to man. You can compare the holocaust with the Crucible picking facts, like, in the Nazism, as the leader of the party had convinced that the world would be a better place if all of the Jews were killed. In the Crucible, Abigail Williams convinced the town of Salem that certain people throughout the town were practicing witchcraft. It is possible to see in the both situations that when one person have the power, this can change ideas and

In the 1940’s America was living in fear.Communists were violating the country and the Government Employees were being forced to testify before Congress.The reason behind the cause of this event is because of Senator Joseph McCarthy.McCarthy scared the country into large groups.This obsession lead to a congressional committee of accusing and imprisoning the citizens.The reason for their imprisonment was because of the beliefs they had.Arthur Miller’s Play “The Crucible” has a similar connection to this time period,where there was fear and continuous accusations.Miller connects The Salem Witch Trials and The House Un-American Activities Committee and the damage of their communities.

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a stark and brash commentary on the Joseph McCarthy era, which was at its height in 1953. The book was modeled on the social and political climate of post-World War II, when Communist associations and accusations ran rampant in the government and the public was instilled with fear. The characters in The Crucible were intentionally made by Miller to represent figures from the McCarthy era, and he made a strong connection between the witch hunts of Salem and the Communist “witch hunts” of the 1950s. Scare tactics fueled the propaganda for both generations, and became the impetus of those in power controlling the masses and exposing the weak for the supposed greater good, resulting in an ever distant rift between

The Nazi Party began in 1919 as the German Workers' Party in Munich created by Anton Drexler(“Nazi Germany”). The Nazis came to true power with an influential leader in Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a powerful leader who tapped into the fear of his followers to guide them into becoming strong followers. The Nazi’s propaganda seemed to promise the citizens of Germany to pull them out of the depression they were in at the time (“The Nazi Rise To Power”). The Nazis wrote each of their speeches depending the audience they would have. An example of this is, “ when speaking to businessmen, the Nazis downplayed antisemitism and instead emphasized anti-communism and the return of German colonies lost through the Treaty of Versailles”(“The Nazi Rise To Power”). On January 30, 1993, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany after a series of previous failures of

The Red Scare was a period in time where fear and paranoia were instilled into Americans over the possibility of a communist uprising. During this time there were witch hunts conducted by the House Un-American Activities Committee to get rid of any communists, lack of trust among citizens, discrimination against some ethnic groups, and innocent people were accused or even punished. Arthur Miller was a famous play-writer who, during the time of the Red Scare, created the widely known theatrical work, The Crucible. It depicts many similarities between the people and events during the Red Scare and the Salem witch hunts, such as the fact that many people were being accused for being something that they really weren’t and Judge

Adolf Hitler joined a small political party in 1919. Hitler was the precursor to the Nazi party, and was committed to have a "pure" Germany. Hitler was good at giving emotional and captivating speeches. He was sentenced to five years in prison for leading the Nazis' to an unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch." In 1921, Hitler gains

Throughout history people have had fears of a group or culture that they believe are evil, or are a threat. In the 1600?s people feared witchcraft because they believed that it was evil. This belief is not very different from the 1950?s beliefs when Americans feared Communism, and big government taking over their lives.[endnoteRef:2] Many Americans also feared the threat of Black Americans being equal in status to White Americans during the Civil Rights movement. Although the crucible takes place in 1692, Salem, it reflects the concerns of 1950?s American life and is an allegory for the Red Scare, and Homosexuality. [2: Wall, Wendy. "Anti-Communism in the 1950s." www.gilderlehrman.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2016. .]

In 1933 Adolf Hitler was chosen as Chancellor of Germany by president Paul von Hindenburg. With this, the Nazi party came to power. Originally called the National Socialist German Workers party (Nazi for short), the Nazi party emphasized how Laissez-faire capitalism, economic liberalism, and democracy failed in government. The National Socialists stressed the importance of the impeccability of the German race. Although they had very determined ideas, The Nazi party began as a relatively small group in 1918. But coming into the 1930’s this was not the case. The widespread use of propaganda and radio broadcasting were instrumental to the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party.

The organization Hitler was a member of was popularly known as the Nazi Party. Originally was a small group of people under the name of German workers party. Adolf Hitler attended the meetings and joined it in 1919. Soon after he became leader of the party and changed the name to National Socialist German Workers Party. Hitler increased the Nazi party’s political power steadily. Then in 1933 Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. (3)

During the 1930’s Germany was at an all time low as the worldwide economic depression hit Germany hard. The confidence in Germany from the people was lacking due to the fresh memory of their defeat in World War I. This caused great need of a new leader, someone who could give the people change, and Adolf Hitler knew he could do just that. His rapid rise to power began when he started to promise things that intrigued the German people. He promised the hopeless and needy a better life, and promised opportunities that were exactly what the people needed. This caught the attention of so many young unemployed and middle class people. His party, known as the Nazi Party, won 33 percent of the votes in the 1932 elections. And by January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor, which was the head of the German government. Germany started to feel like they might've found the leader they'd been so desperate for.

In the 1950’s, communism runs rampant in America, people are getting accused left and right for being against America and those who are caught have to name names of those who are also supposed to be communists. The House Of Un-American Activities Committee (H.U.A.C)officials would say, “Tell me who was with you and confess yourself as a communist, or else.” Reflect back to 1692 in Massachusetts, when witches scorn the town of Salem and it seems as if everybody is a witch. Judges would order, “Tell me who you saw with the devil, confess your sins to God and tell us who was with you or be hanged!” There are several parallels between Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and The Red Scare of the 1950’s due to the

Hitler and his parties rise to power were not as swift and decisive as many people think it to have been. Hitler’s political career started as a spy in a Munich Beer hall. According to “The Rise of Adolf Hitler” , Hitler went to a meeting in a beer hall in Munich thinking he was going to stamp out a communist uprising he actually ended up being persuaded to join the group after and outburst impressed several members( Hitler Joins German Workers Party). Although unimpressed by its disorganized and small workings, Hitler saw the party as something that could become a movement and agreed with there doctrine(Hitler Joins German Workers Party). After making many changes the party and its meetings grew in size. In 1921 Hitler was named the leader of the Nazi party. However this and the 55,000 members of the party were not enough. In 1923 on the cusp of a terrible inflation and mass hatred for the government Hitler planned a putsch to overthrow the new government and mimic Mussolini’s march on Rome(The Beer Hall Putch). It failed miserably and Hitler was imprisoned. In prison is when he wrote Mein Kampf. After serving 9 months of a 5 year sentence Hitler was released from prison with the goal of not making the same mistakes. He publicly stated that the only way the Nazis would seek power would be through the system(A New Begging). This would earn him much support and as future elections would ensue the Nazis soon gained a large seat in

Adolph Hitler became head of Germany’s National Socialists Party in July of 1921. By 1933 the once unknown Hitler was given dictatorial power. As his power grew the new dictator grew more restrictive and power hungry. Books were burned, Jewish-owned businesses were boycotted, the Nazi Party was made the only party, and concentration camps were opened, all in the first year of Hitler’s

The leaders of the Nazi party made it one of the most infamous groups to lead a nation in history. The horrible things done under their rule and with their stamp of approval has made the term Nazi one of the worst possible. The amazing thing about the Nazi party is that many of the main aspects of their ideology existed in Germany even before they formed or came to power. Some of the major aspects of Nazi ideology such as antisemitism, the desire to expand the German empire, and the belief in the strength of the Aryan race existed in Germany years before Adolf Hitler was a name anyone in Germany would recognize.