The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich

It is incredible to think that any political group much less the Nazi Party could have supporters throughout so many different groups and social classes. They had followers from the middle to the upper class and from workers and farmers to professionals. This leads to the question of why the Nazi party gained such widespread support and became such a mass movement. The Nazi’s were so widespread because of economic and social upheaval and discontent, their flexibility and ability to adapt, and having a leader such as Adolf Hitler.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich was a summary of Adolf’s journey from his boyhood to his final decision to end his life. Shirer successfully made his case as he laid down many points that proved the foolishness of the German citizen in becoming aroused by Hitler’s power and not reacting to stop him from getting any more powerful. The point of view must be addressed. Based on the author’s choice of words and writing, it was clear that he had found Hitler distasteful as he uses the words restless, bitter, demonic, and ruthless to describe the Fuhrer throughout the book. Therefore the writings in the book could have been influenced by the fact that he lived and worked in the Third Reich and witnessed Adolf Hitler’s rise of power first hand. The audience of the book, based on the difficulty of reading and the content, should be for young adults and older, historians, and for anyone interested in this topic. The book could be used for further research into this subject or simply for the pleasure of new information that have never been seen before in other famous Holocaust stories such as The Diary of Anne Frank. This book will definitely stimulate further conversation among historians and history lovers and historiography on this subject as the author’s thesis is quite controversial. Overall, I have liked the thoroughness of this book and all the interesting insights in which I have never come upon with other books talking about the Third Reich, I don’t recommend taking this

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.

In November of 1923, Hitler tried to take advantage of the crisis facing the Weimar government by establishing a revolution in Munich, Germany. It seemed like the perfect opportunity, but poor planning and misjudgement resulted in failure and the low security imprisonment of Adolf Hitler. After Germany’s failure in World War I, the Weimar Republic had been declared the new democratic government of Germany in February 1919. “The Weimar Republic was a genuine attempt to create a perfect democratic country [and] looked like the perfect democracy, but it had [several] weaknesses....”

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.

Most Americans are aware of the plight of the Jewish population during Nazi rule in Europe and the many horrific and revolting things that occurred during the Holocaust. Of the estimated eleven million people killed during the Holocaust, more than five million of these victims were not Jewish. Were non-Jewish people treated differently or did they suffer the same consequences under Nazi rule? The answer is, that while non-Jewish people often suffered the same fate as the Jews, the Jewish people suffered a more heinous and cruel version of the Nazi reign of terror as evidenced by historical accounts recounted by concentration camp survivors and those who lived during this time. Under the Nazi rule, the leader, Adolf Hitler’s design was to eradicate all groups other than the blue-eyed, fair-haired Aryans. Groups such as Polish Christians, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, Roma gypsies, the physically and intellectually disabled, prisoners of war and any other person or group opposed to Hitler were persecuted, but his first atrocities were aimed specifically at people of Jewish decent.

Females of every age group, whether it was minimal or considerable, were treated differently during the Third Reich compared to during the Weimar Government. Throughout the Weimar Government, there had been movements to increase the rights of women. Under the constitution, women had complete equality with men. This incredible step was entirely erased once Hitler came to power. In Hitler’s mind, the natural role for women was domestic, they were best equipped to look after the home, care for the husbands and raise children so that’s what they should do. Life under the Nazi’s control had many changes, most impacting for the worse for women however, despite this, the support for Hitler from women increased and remained strong.

From the beginning of the National Socialist Party’s rise to power to the downfall of the conquering Nazi regime, the ideology of a racially and biologically superior Germany was a large motivating force for the actions taken by the regime’s leaders and its people. National Socialist supporters saw the fictitious Aryan race as the pure, master race of Germany, while minority races and religions, namely Jews, as well as any subculture that did not follow Nazi ideology or social norms, were deemed as inferior sub-humans. Despite the connection of race superiority between Aryan men and women, however, women, somewhat similarly to racial minorities, were perceived as submissive, lesser humans to the Nazi political leaders when compared to the supposedly influential and flawless Aryan men. Men, according to Nazi ideology, are who “make history” and will “devote [their] powers” towards the victory of Germany and the domination of the Aryan race over Europe. Yet, for the Aryan race to successfully rule Europe, a new and large generation of pure Aryan Germans must come into fruition, thus the need for Aryan women’s compliance in bearing many children was essential.

The first topic of the semester will explore the rise of Fascism in Nazi Germany and the methods by which citizens of Germany and Austria were influenced to join in Nazi ideology and policies or to resist them.

Many historians believe that due to the Wilhelmine Era and the expansion of the German nation, as a whole, led to the outbreak of World War One. During the Bismarck era, Bismarck 's main goal was to keep France isolated and stay in good relations with Austria and Russia so that it would prevent a two-front war. Although Bismarck 's foreign policy was creating cooperation, it did not last very long. The spark of World War one came from the Wilhelmine era, which turned away from everything Bismarck’s foreign policy represented. The expansion of the military scared Europe, the industrialization of the railroad was a suspicion to other countries, and

The Second Reich lasted from 1871 until 1918. The first era was known as The Era of Bismarck where Germany started to become a powerful economic and political force in Europe. However, due to Bismarck’s authoritarian rule causing political and social tensions, he was removed from office. William I reined as emperor since the founding of the Second Reich but died in 1888. His son Frederick III then took over only to die of throat cancer months later. This string of events led to William II taking office in 1890. William had his own ideas about both the domestic and foreign policy that

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 Weimar Constitution was a genuine attempt to create a perfect democratic country. In his book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960), American historian William L. Shirer described the Weimar Constitution as "on paper, the most liberal and democratic document of its kind the twentieth century had ever seen ... full of ingenious and admirable devices which seemed to guarantee the working of an almost flawless democracy.” The constitution guaranteed equal rights to the German people, yet also contained the fundamental structural flaws that would play a major part in the Republic 's downfall (and thus the Nazi Party’s rise). Two clear examples of such weaknesses were the use of an excessively proportional electoral system and the

The Nazi party affected many people around the world through both the Holocaust and World War II. Hitler had a plan to exterminate all the Jews, and propelled this idea through the Holocaust putting Jews in concentration camps and killing them. Hitler's evil plan caused one of the world's biggest tragedies, World War II.

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