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Adolf Hitler Research Paper

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Through the Ashes
By Blair Bezzina

Adolf Hitler, was a German dictator who rose from nothing to leading the Nazis in WW2. After the German defeat in WW1, Germany was in chaos and through the chaos of the stock market crash, the reparation's that Germany owed and the threat of communism Hitler came and rose to power. Hitler's economic policies were the most important as these policies helped Hitler rise and maintain his power over Germany. One of his quotes which state “If you don’t like a Rule... Just Follow it.. Reach on the Top and Change the Rule,” (A-Z Quotes, Adolf Hitler 2017) which is essentially what he did, he rose from nothing to leading Germany and changed the rules. Yet certain economic policies of Hitler's such as, the RAD, the Full Employment Act and his Rearmament policy, proved to be effective more than others in his rise to power over Germany and helped him stay in power all the way till he committed …show more content…

This was a policy that the previous government instated to try to help reduce the numbers of unemployment in Germany, which Hitler took over after he came into power. Hitler enforced this policy on all males between the age 18 and 25, to do at least six months of training under the Reich Labour force, wear military uniform, and live in camps for example ("BBC - GCSE Bitesize, 2017). The RAD was extremely hard labour but "also enforced Germans to be racially conscious," ("Forced Labor: In Depth", 2017) which benefitted the German Society by giving the unemployed jobs which got them of the streets and back in homes. This made the society very happy as they had jobs. Hence Hitler was able to maintain his power over Germany by using his RAD because it gave the society a chance to do something for Germany. Which then links back how Hitler's economic policies were the most important to Hitler gaining and maintaining his power over

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