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    did within the Nazi Party as well as partially on the qualities that made them both respectively good leaders. The German Workers Party was formed on the 5th January 1919. It was set up by Anton Drexler, Karl Harrer, Dietrich Eckart and Gottfried Feder. It later became the National Socialist German Workers Party in 1920 and was called the Nazi Party as a nickname. Drexler was the Chairman of the Party from 1920-1921 and was succeed by Adolf Hitler from 1921-1945. Within the Party there were other organisations:

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    Hitler, and his Nazi party managed to come to power in Germany for many reasons. Of these, the most prominent are the collapse of the Weimar Republic, Hitler’s excellent speaking skills, his ability to manipulate people/strike fear into his political opponents, and his ability to appeal to many Germans. Hitler’s political career began in 1919. While he was working in the military, he was ordered to investigate the German Workers’ party. One thing lead to another and Hitler went on to join, and dominate

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    Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was a German political leader, and one of the 20th century's most powerful dictators. He caused the death of millions of Jews and other minorities, because he strongly believed that they were unfit to be part of his perfect Aryan race. Hitler was born in Austria on 20th April; 1889. His father was a respectable customhouse official, who refused to let his son do what he most loved-art. Hitler was never very strong academically

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    people they believed would help them rebuild. The people who would rebuild would also destroy the freedoms of the German people through their aggressive takeover. This takeover by the German National Socialist Party, dubbed the Nazi Party by Bavarians, was defined for the brutality and the totalitarian government by which it ruled. So the question is, how did they take over? How did a party made from the hands of but 5 people manage to conquer all of Germany during the 1930s? This is due to the harsh

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    The thought of losing a war when German propaganda was at it's highest point (Nardo) seemed almost impossible. When news arrived to the people of Germany that the army was retreating many people were astonished. A mutual feeling of betrayal was developing fast across Germany and someone needed to pay. Germany had not been united in many years, before World War One it had been part of the Holy Roman Empire but with the collapse of the empire it had been broken into many separate states. Under the

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    Plan of Investigation: The motive of this investigation is to analyze the extent of which the Volksgemeinschaft policy affected the rising of German anti-Semitism. The policy arose from the yearning of a society in which there would be less to no differences in class and more unification within the people. The Volkgemeinschaft itself can be defined as a “people’s community.” One of the aspects to consider when analyzing the importance of the Volksgemeinschaft is the terrific and grand impact it had

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    people were out of work. Still fresh in the minds of many was Germany's humiliating defeat fifteen years earlier during World War I, and Germans lacked confidence in their weak government, known as the Weimar Republic. These conditions provided the chance for the rise of a new leader, Adolf Hitler, and his party, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, or Nazi party for short.” The Great Depression hit the United States very hard, but another country it hit was Germany, because American Banks withdrew

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    concentration camps.”[4] These events led down a slippery slope toward the final solution. The Nazi party perpetuated this hatred, and often took part in the events. The Kristallnacht marked the beginning of the Nazi policy of detaining Jewish people, based solely upon their ethnicity. Hitler had authorized these events, and was finally realizing his long-lived plan of racial purity within German and Austria. There were also a social precondition against the Jews before the two wars and this prominent

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    things including, the availability of women voters and unpredicted expansion of the number of voters, a development of mass communication with a high mass of mobilization and modernization originally asserted by socialist parties, poorly organized middle-class and political party structures. Fascism was motivated by deep resting fears of social and political revolutions of the ruling elites and large parts of the middle and lower-middle classes. Nazism had the theory of racism and of the perfect Aryan

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    The Rise Of Hitler Youth

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    and even more. A young german must be as educated as all the adults , greyhounds. The youth can avoid doing this active service if they all pay their subscription. The nazi party would not have been so terrible if the decisions or actions taken weren't so harsh. HItler and the nazi party influenced and used a generation of young germans through involvement is the Hitler youth . Hitler and nazi party were involved in the war , hitler's religion served none as the nazi party. Hitler's education was

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