`The Weimar republic was undermined by the radical culture which grew in the 1920’s`
The 1920’s was the time for expressive art culture, which saw to inspire the nation to become more expressive and revolutionised the way people thought about German life, especially German politics. Having previously lived under authoritarian government, where entertainment and social activities were tightly regulated, many Germans thrived on the relaxed social attitudes of Weimar. The influx of American loans and the economic revival of the mid to late 1920s encouraged celebration among the nation. The Weimar Republic were overwhelmed by this resistance to conformity, however there were many forms of which this new concept could be expressed. Thus showing there was no way of controlling the rapidly growing art culture that provided the freedom of speech the people wanted, but the Weimar Republic were at threat with.
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Transformations in Weimar art were shaped in part by the social and economic conditions in post-war Germany. Artists questioned traditional values and styles of the 19th century that emphasised strength, authority and militarism. Otto Dix, a former soldier, was haunted by his wartime experiences. He moved to Dresden, one of Germany’s leading artistic cities, influenced by the expressionists and the Dada movement. In the early 1920s Dix began work on a series of paintings depicting the war. Probably the best known of these pieces is The Trench (1923). Dix also represented Weimar, painting crippled war veterans and civilians on the streets of Berlin. The confronting themes and monstrous detail in Dix’s work created such a stir that many galleries blacklisted him. This artistic revolution did not please everyone. The traditionalists and the reactionaries hated Weimar art; they thought it corrupt, frivolous and gave a poor representation of Weimar, making it look
Leah Griffin 3/6/15 HIST 121 Document Analysis Paper World War I played a key role in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. After the devastating war, Germany was viewed as the main instigator and the European Allied Powers decided to impose strict treaty obligations upon Germany. This treaty, also known as the Treaty of Versailles, was signed by Germany and went into effect in June 1919 (“Treaty of Versailles, 1919” 1). The treaty forced Germany to give up the land it seized from multiple countries during the war and also forced Germany to recognize the independence of several others (“The Treaty of Versailles – 1919” 37-43). The treaty also forced Germany to agree to many other humiliating terms that did not rest easy with the German public
Adolf Hitler often proclaimed, “Whoever has the youth has the future.” This future would entail the most destructive war in history and the systematic murder of millions of people. This research will study how the Hitler Youth, a youth organization affiliated with the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Nazi Party), affected the German population, particularly its members, from 1922 to 1945. Specifically, this research will examine how formal and informal Hitler Youth training influenced its experiencers’ decisions to acquiesce to and perpetrate the Holocaust. This research about the Hitler Youth’s effects on people’s behavior during the Holocaust will analyze the role of Nazism versus preexisting societal trends in cultivating genocidal mindset.
The collapsement of the Weimar Republic was due to many social, political and economical issues within. From its birth it faced numerous political problems, for which the causes were many and varied. These problems included political instability, deep divisions within society and economic crisis; problems were constantly appearing for the new government. The Weimar Republic never really had a stable political party, having a whole six different parties between 1924-1928 does not create stability. Many of these parties were also narrowly sectioned, with messed up
The Collapse of Weimar and the Rise of Hitler In 1919, a defeated Germany was forced to abandon government under the Kaiser, who had fled to Belgium and adopt the Weimar, a democratic but flawed system. Soon after Hitler and the Nazi Party appeared, and years later the Weimar Republic fell. What accounted for the fall of the Weimar? My essay will prove that there was not a single reason, but in fact a series of events that lead to the collapse of the Weimar. President Ebert used the Freikorp, who were a rightwing mercenary unit, to put down the Spartacus uprising, a communist inspired revolution.
Ernest Hemingway was a writer who captured the spirit of his generation. Hemingway wrote “The Indian Camp” and “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife”. Indian Camp is a story about a boy named Nick and his father who went to the Indian Camp to help deliver the baby. While there they witnessed the baby’s father commit suicide. This sparked Nick’s curiosity with death. Both stories detail Nick’s coming of age into adulthood. In the Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife Nick’s father wants Dick, Eddy, and Billy to go cut up the wood that is on the beach but Dick tries to tell him that it would by considered stealing because the logs belong to the Magic crew. Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Indian Camp” and “The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife” exhibits Nick Adams’
The Nazis would systematically censor modern art and decide “what art is decent or indecent, uplifting or ‘degenerate’” (Goggin 84) in order to wipe out all threatening ideas and strengthen the Nazi ideal, and Dix’s works were considered the latter. As a form of artistic control, the Nazis publically criticized modern artists as well as banning their works from museums and public displays. The art that was considered to be degenerate were labelled so because they didn’t fit into the Nazis’ criteria of representing solely the good, the positive and the healthy in society. In his art in his war portfolio, Dix portrayed the exact opposite. He painted and drew only death, disease, disaster and decay (Goggin 84-89). Hitler and his party deemed Dix’s works as degenerate because they were considered to be antimilitary and threatening to the Germans, the Nazi regime, and all of Hitler’s plans and beliefs he tried to instil in the German people. As a result of his so-called crimes, many of his paintings were burned and he was forced to join the German army and fight alongside those whose malpractice he wished to expose
The Weimar republic from 1919 to 1929 had many successes and failures, starting in chaos and ending in relative stability. However, due to individual perspective these successes and failures were often viewed as both successes and failures- not either. Class, political leanings and other moralistic beliefs, primarily influenced the individual's perspectives. Overall, due to the relative stability, (the aim of any government) primarily achieved by Streseman's influence, the successes outweighed the failures by 1929.
“Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, which was on Easter Sunday. Adolf was one of four children but none of the other children lived past two years of age. After Adolf was born, his mom, Klara, had two more kids who did live to be older than two. Adolf’s mom, Klara, had been traumatized by the death of her first three children, causing her to go crazy”. Klara always worried about Adolf dying. Adolf also had two half brothers and sisters from his dad Alois Hitler. Alois Hitler was never a big part of Adolf’s life and he struggled with that. Adolf had a dream of being an artist, but that did not match the government job his dad wanted him to have. People say that Hitler was a mean man because of his dad and his early life. His dad would get drunk and go crazy on his family, this is not a way to grow up, and it certainly impacted Hitler and history. “When his father died Hitler roamed the streets dreaming of his future as an artist. When Hitler was 18, he tried to enter the Academy of Fine Arts, but was rejected twice this caused him a lot of frustration.” When Hitler was 25 he was part of the military and served in World War I, this allowed him to release some of the anger and frustration. “While in the army Hitler was wounded twice, once by gas. This is said to be the reason he went a little crazy. While in the war this is when he started to hate the Jews. Hitler said, while in the war that the Jews were everywhere and he began to hate them more and more as he saw
The Weimar Republic would have continued to be a functional government far longer than achieved if not for the defeat of WWI, the economic burdens imposed by the Versailles Treaty, and the flawed Article 48 which all contributed to the down fall of Germany’s first attempt at a legitimate Democracy. This paper will argue that the societal, economical, and constitutional aspects all played a role in the hopeless Democracy Germany attempted which ultimately lead Germany into a totalitarian state that would further shake the world with the rise of the NSDAP and Adolf Hitler.
I frantically search through my pink and purple Janz Sport backpack while my father stands above me, the grinding of his teeth was able to be heard from three miles away. “I can’t find it”, I said. My mind was racing through ideas of how I can present an official document carefully assessing the most intricate aspects of my behavior, personality, and my intelligence. I was scouting for my fifth grade report. “I don’t think my teacher gave it to us, I don’t have it”, I said with the hopes that he would willingly accept my reason for not giving him my report card. Searching the premise of my bedroom, my father continues his investigation of the missing report card. “We will discuss this later”, he says as he exits the room.
As a young boy, Adolf Hitler was not the most educated person, but kept strong beliefs for himself that he shared. Hitler is a well known historical figure because of the mass genocide he had caused in Germany. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria, April 20 1889 to Alois Hitler. Although, Hitler is most well known for what he did in Germany during his adult years, few people know Hitler’s rise to power in German politics.
There was some key dissimilarity that occurred concerning the two philosophies in art also. Nazis had no positive approach concerning Originality that they thought to be a symbol of Communism and ethnic collapse. As an alternative they much moderately endorse art imitating the Nazi principle. However Fascists didn’t have any problem with originality (Shubert, & Goldstein, 2012).
On April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau Am Inn, Austria to Alois Hitler and Klara Pölzl. In the early days of Hitler’s life, he was an unrestrained and carefree child who lived a happy life. His mother was very caring and affectionate towards him while his father spent most of his time either at work or following his hobby of keeping bees. Hitler had an older brother named Alois Hitler Jr. and an older sister named Angela, and a few years after he was born his mom gave birth to another son named Edmund and another sister named Paula. After his father retired and Hitler started to go to school his life began to change. He was no longer able to live his previous carefree lifestyle and now his strict father was going to be watching
There were various factors that contributed to the failure of the Weimar Republic of Germany and the ascent of Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers Party into power on January 30, 1933. Various conflicting problems were concurrent with the eventuation of the Republic that, from the outset, its first governing body the socialist party (SPD) was forced to contend with.
Chaucer's Pardoner is unique within the group travelling to Canterbury. While the Parson, the Wife of Bath, the Clerk, and others would love to sway the group toward their respective opinions and views, the Pardoner intends to swindle the group out of its money. His sermons are based on sound theology, but they are rendered hollow by his complete lack of integrity in applying them to his own life. He is a hypocrite - his root intention is to accrue money. Curiously, the Pardoner is openly honest about the nature of his operations.