The Power Of The Nazi Party

Due to the failure of the Weimar Republic and general public dissatisfaction arising from poor economic conditions exacerbated by the Treaty of Versailles, coupled with the 1929 Wall Street Crash, German citizens were understandably desperate for change. Until this point in time the Nazi party, and Hitler, had been essentially unpopular. However, the economic situation ensured Hitler’s increasing popularity as the people looked toward more extreme but non-communist ideals. The initial consolidation of Nazi power in 1933 arose from key events such as the support of the Nationalist Party with the Nazis to form a coalition government, implementation of the Enabling

Within Germany, a country torn between the rise of a totalitarian party that determined a superior race, Nazism, and the survival of the oppressed, young Germans face a test between a sense of self and society. Individuality would be suppressed within this new type of society, and being different would be the deadliest obstruction to life. The violations of the rights to life, religion, and speech are relived through the stories of the German youth that lived through this haunting time, whose name would be tarnished in their struggle to survive. In their fight, their morals would be challenged and influenced until the Nazi regime ended, and the violation of human dignity would leave them wondering if life was worth living after all. The Nazi Party grew under its leader, Adolf Hitler, which struggled not to use violence against those that disagreed with their views, starting with armed groups known as the Strum Abteilung, who pledged to be ready to sacrifice their life in the aims of the Nazi Party and absolute loyalty to their leader. Their cruel intolerance began by their strong nationalism and their hatred of democracy and communism, and they gained power through the economic depressions around the world, controlling the media by instilling fear and propaganda that influenced a strong belief in their leaders. This belief in the leaders would soon seem to override Church influence when the official body of the Church failed to do anything significant

Hitler’s rise to power was the result of many factors, but Hitler’s ability to take advantage of Germany’s poor leadership and economical and political conditions was the most significant factor. His ability to manipulate the media and the German public whilst taking advantage of Germany’s poor leadership resulted in both the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler and the nazi party. During the early 1920s, Germany was struggling with economic instability and political uncertainty. Germany, after being defeated in the Great War, was forced to sign the unforgiving treaty of Versailles, which the Weimar Republic was held responsible for. This brought forward feelings of fear, anger and

This essay will explore the various social, economic and political events and circumstances that arose in the early 20th century and together contributed to the emergence of fascism with reference to Germany specifically. The analysis will explore the impact of WW1, a change in social structures with ideologies and beliefs, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. The continual crisis year after year in all aspects pushed German society to turn to fascism as a way off counteracting everything that had carried the state down.

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.

No group or individual has twisted so many symbols’ meanings as the Nazi Party. Famously, they corrupted the meaning of the swastika, changing it from a symbol of life to a symbol of death and despair. However, they also adopted and changed the meaning of many other symbols, such as the sonnenrad, which means literally ‘sun’. The sonnenrad is a symbol that looks much like a bull’s eye except with the inclusion of twelve ‘arms’ that stretch from the center circle all the way to the outside ring, bending at ninety-degree angles twice before reaching their final goal. Originally, the symbol was meant to symbolize nothing ‘evil’ or ‘bad’ in any sense. However, with its extensive use within the Nazi party and modern neo-Nazis, its meaning has quickly

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.

Nationalism was an essential and indispensable variable in the ruin of the Weimar Republic and thusly, the resulting disappointment of vote based system in Germany in the period 1918-1934. The feeling of dependability and commitment to one 's country, which the German subjects had felt in their aggressive past, was at last crushed by WWI and its outcomes. In spite of the fact that patriotism was a noteworthy reason for the disappointment of vote based system in Germany, there were numerous different components adding to the anxiety upon the nation 's administration right now. This incorporated the Treaty of Versailles, the Reparations Bill, the control of the Ruhr and hyperinflation. A few endeavors to introduce nationalistic convictions back in the legislature happened, the most vital of these being the Kapp Putsch by the conservative patriots and the 'Lager Hall ' Putsch by the conservative Nazi party. The thwarted expectation felt by the general population and their need to restore pride in their country impacted numerous elements that prompted the disappointment of vote based system, and to the ascent of the Nazi political gathering and its pioneer Adolf Hitler.

The result of the November pogroms was that many Jews looked to emigrate from Germany to a safer, less racial prejudicial country. Jews now believed that they either had to emigrate or face certain death. As Jews attempted to immigrate to other countries, this sparked a world controversy of what to do about Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany. Many countries still refused to accept substantial number of Jews , which led to a world convention to discuss the negotiation with Nazi Germany to find places for Jews to live. This world controversy of what was happening in Germany caused Hitler to give a speech on January 30 1939. In this speech, Hitler spoke to the Reichstag about his foreign policy and the Jewish question. During the speech he

On January 20, 1942 a meeting was held with fifteen men who were either part of the Nazi party or other powerful government leaders. The meeting took place in a wealthy area in Berlin on a lake that was named Wannsee. The “final solution to the jewish question” was the focus of the meeting. The term “final solution” was the phrase used by the Nazi’s for their plan for the extermination of all European Jews. This meeting was the first time that the government leaders not involved with the Nazi party were introduced to the plan for the Jews that the Nazi’s had carefully developed. The meeting was formally known as the Wannsee Conference and the minutes that came from that conference were top secret and were not meant for others to see

Propaganda was also one of the main methods that helped the Nazi Party to gain power.

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 Nazi Party’s strength in three main areas allowed it to precipitate the failure of democracy in Germany. Ideologically, structurally and politically the Nazi party was superior to the Weimar Democracy especially in the period 1928-1934. Ideologically, historian Hans Mommson claims the Nazi Party was a “catch all party” in that the party’s nationalistic, socialist and racist policies

When people think about the Nazis and what they stood for, most people would always say that they were murderous psychopaths, but after reading The Twenty-Five Points of the Nazi Party Program , it shows that they didn’t start out like that. The readings show that what the program was aiming to do was help rise Germany from the despair of getting the bad end of the deal at the end of World War I. As you look through the text you can see that most of the points are aiming at certain areas for what they wanted for Germany, such as land. As I was reading through the text, I was not that surprised at all by the demands that they were wanting. Going through and reading The Twenty-Five Points showed that the Nazi program were mainly wanting Germany to get back to the proud country that it used to be, and over time it was able to through the Nazi program.

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.