The Sonnenrad: The Nazi Party

Millions of people dead, all because of a little thing called religion. During the Holocaust, the Nazi’s judged the Jewish community because of the success, or lack of success, of the Germans. Judaism has been prejudiced for hundreds of years. But only recently has the Star of David represented the religion; although the Holocaust has changed the outlook on this symbol drastically. All throughout time the significance of the Star of David has changed: from its original meaning to the way we see it today.

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

After World War II started in 1939, the Nazis ordered Jews to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothing, so they could be easily recognized and targeted. Homosexuals similarly targeted and forced to wear pink triangles. Nazis began ordering all Jews to live within small, segregated areas of big

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.

This both emphasizes the heavily enforced identification of Jews with yellow cloth or Stars of David, as mentioned earlier, as well as the heading of these mass killing acts by SS soldiers and other members and conspirators with the Nazi party of Germany. This ties together the two ideas mentioned earlier in different stages, the identification in stage two, and the legalization of Jewish separation by a governing entity in stage three. These two very early stages of genocide have escalated into mass bouts of organized violence and you can still see the results of propaganda on the yellow arm bands and stars on Jews clothing as they are driven to mass grave.

Muslim Caliphs, Medieval Bishops, and, eventually Nazi leaders started to use the Star Of David to identify Jews. Anti-Jewish measures to segregate Jews from the rest of the people, and made their status inferior. In Western Europe “Jewish badges” disappeared as the French Revolution was coming, and the Jewish slaves were being freed. The Nazi Officials implemented the Jewish badge between 1939 and 1945, in a vicious (intense) manner. What was more important was that they were being sent to ghettos and killing centers in German-filled Eastern Europe. During the Nazi era, German Authorities represented the Jewish badge as a key part to their plan to execute the Jews in Europe. The badge was not only used to humiliate Jews, but to control them

represents photos that were taken and the horrific images of what occurred to the Jewish

A basic yellow star can be placed in any film representing the awe and wonders of midnight and its amazing illumination of outer space. It is also used as a way of acknowledgement, complimenting elementary school kids on good behavior. Not to mention, the first word of a hit movie saga that had children jumping up and down on furniture and sliding their hands across the air—when their parents said no to their favorite snack. But to many others, this yellow star is associated to completely different words like genocide, gas chambers, and extermination. This same yellow star, so often seen in our society, labeled Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, and contributed to the deaths of over six million Jews and a total of eleven million people. Strangely

Many of the symbols Isis has adopted are those of Prophet Muhammed. One of the symbols Isis has adopted is the monochrome flag. The flag is often called the Black Banner or Black Standard (Porzucki). It is believed that one of the Prophet’s war banners was monochrome. The Black Banner is an ancient tradition in Eastern, Arabic and Islamic culture. In the Middle East, colors have important meanings. To some believers, the colors do not only represent the jihad or the caliphate, but it represents the final battle at the Day of Judgement (Prusher). Additionally, the calligraphy on the flag represents great importance. The calligraphy evokes images of the Prophet as well as images of the ancient caliphate (Porzucki). At the top of the flag, the calligraphy reads, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammed is the messenger of Allah.” This text is known as the Shahada. Across Islam, the Shahada is used as a declaration of faith. Another symbol they have adopted is represented by the white circle. The text inside the circle also reads “Muhammed is the messenger of Allah.” Some people believe that this is supposed to symbolize the Prophet’s official seal. The use of Prophet Muhammed's symbols creates a sense of endorsement of Isis’s action. The symbols on the flag were strategically chosen to evoke the faith of muslims and the image of their goal of the

The Schutzstaffel, better known as the infamous SS, were established by Hitler, to act as protection force at Hitler’s mass meetings in public. Many of these meetings were violent and ugly, during the Nazis early quest for power. As such it formed part of the Nazi militia, the brown shirted Sturmabteilung, also better known by the initials SA. Unlike the SA, however, whose origins derived from the nationalist Freikorps of the post – Great War period, the SS owed its loyalties to Hitler alone and was neither conceived as, nor permitted to become a mass movement.

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.

A reoccurring symbol in the film is the eagle, which represents Germany and its harmony under Hitler’s rule. The next scene takes place in a party Congress where many party officials speak highly of Hitler and his role in Germany. Reich President von Hindenburg is mentioned before any of the speeches about Hitler in order to honor him even after his death. Before Hindenburg’s death he was above Hitler in power. To capture foreign audiences the film mentions honor for representatives of the foreign countries who are honoring the party by taking part in the Congress. An important aspect to Hitler, which is the Army is also honored and it is voiced that they are now rightfully under the leader Hitler’s control. In the first speech it is said that

One thing that I learned from reading this selection that was especially important was Hitler and the Nazi Party’s coming to power. One reason it was especially important because the Nazi rise to power triggered the holocaust. Hitler made it a priority to kill all Jews in Europe. Around 6 million Jews died during the holocaust at the hands of Nazis and other anti Semitic groups. “The Nazis were killing Jews in huge numbers, but it wasn’t until January 20,1942, that they devised their “Final Solution” to the Jewish problem. That day 16 Nazi leaders met just outside Berlin, at Wannsee. According to their notes at the meeting, “ Europe is to be combed through West to East in the course of practical implementation of the final solution. . . . The evacuation jews will

In Jewish religion the Menorah is a common and very sacred symbol dating back to ancient times. The Menorah is representative of the state of Israel, as well, as the divine light and is probably the most recognizable Jewish symbol. According to Jewish history, the Menorah was originally a seven-branched candelabra beaten out of a solid piece of gold and was one of the sacred vessels in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The Menorah is said to have stood in the southern part of the temple and was lit daily by the temple priest using only the highest quality fresh olive oil. The Menorah is of unique design and symbolizes the divine light. According to Jewish history, God commanded that the Menorah’s goblets be turned upside down on their stems, emphasizing the importance of spreading light to others. This design reflects the Menorah’s exact purpose in the Holy Temple, which was to spread the light of Godliness to the entire world.

In the world today and since the beginning of time fear is and always has been a powerful emotion. For the people who control it it’s the perfect tool. They disguise it as happiness while they can conduct their evil actions, and their choices can appear to be the right ones when the mind is fogged by panic. While the person who controls the fear uses it to control an entire society. George Orwell did a wonderful job in portraying how this could happen in his novel: 1984. This is exactly what was happening in Germany after World War One. After World War One Germany was left broken, spiritually, physically, and financially. Initially after the war Germany tried to recover by means of social spending. They began building new and repairing and old public transportation works. They worked on modernizing old and building new power plants and gas works. Germany started working on all of the public projects in an effort to help combat the ever so rapidly increasing unemployment rates that they faced, while also rebuilding the nation. However after causing so much destruction, and being held responsible for igniting the fire that was World War One, The treaty of Versailles called for Germany to pay over $30 million in reparations to the nations that wreaked havoc on. All of these social projects being used to fight unemployment, along with the reparations that they were being forced to pay were starting to take a huge toll on Germany’s