having a better life and building the perfect community for them. There were several events that lead to the Holocaust, but these are the main ones that will be focused in this paper. The Nazi party members were mainly young and came from the industrial working class. At this time, people in Germany had suffered from the global depression after the U.S. stock market crushed, from the Spanish Civil War and now they were suffering due to the World War II. Hitler’s fallowers were looking forward to being in war, “many thought of war as exciting, like the games they played as children during World War I. The desire of being in war that Hitler’s fallowers had, made it easier for the Nazi party to take over and proceed with their idea of building …show more content…
The control that Hitler had on his fallowers was based on the physiological behavior that occurs when someone who has power is viewed as someone who is correct and their actions and beliefs are justifies. Stanley Milgram from Yale University conducted a research to test obedience to a toxic leader. The results show that when someone is given an order by a person in a higher power, there’s a high chance that people will do what ever they are told even if its hurting another person. The experiment consisted of a person with a white coat who was supposed to represent the researcher. The “researcher” asked volunteers to give electrical shocks to a person every time they got a question wrong. The volunteers also needed to increase the amount of electrical current until they reached a deathly amount, which the majority of the volunteers gave to the person. Even when the volunteers hear the other person screaming and asking to be released, they continued since they researcher told them to continue until they were told to stop. Based on this research we can see how much of a physiological influence a person with power has on its
The second World War was a consequence of one man and his idealistic dream. Adolf Hitler strove to further the "Aryan" race at the expense of other people and cultures. However, for such an idealistic man, Hitler was fairly unoriginal. He borrowed the swastika, the main symbol used in the war to indicate Nazi rule, from ancient civilizations. Hitler also borrowed mythology from other cultures to promote his ideas.
Shortly after the end of WWII, British Intelligence officer Hugh Trevor-Roper was given the task to establish the facts of Hitler's end, and thereby to prevent the growth of a myth. His report, later published as “The Last Days of Hitler”, draws on Allied intelligence's interrogations of survivors who spent time in the bunker during the last ten days of Hitler's life. Trevor-Roper organizes his book chronologically, but it's more a series of character sketches than a strict time line of events. We see a raving, physically broken, nearly insane Hitler contemplating both his heroic death and the complete and
Consent is the permission for something to happen or the agreement to do something. Although admittedly it played a part in initiating Hitler’s power and then later maintaining it, it was not the most important element. Terror was the most important element in maintaining his power. The other elements that were important in maintaining Hitler’s power include propaganda, necessity of economic depression and the removal of other political parties in Germany. Interpretations A and B refute the view that consent was the most important element in maintaining Hitler’s regime in power. Interpretations C and D however support the view that consent played an important element, albeit interpretation C was consent through propaganda.
Machiavelli’s The Prince outlines tactics for a leader to seize and maintain lands under his power. His tactics have been demonstrated repeatedly throughout history, and though his approach is hardly ethical or idealistic, one cannot deny the fact that it has proved to be effective. Hitler is an example that exemplifies the accuracy of what Machiavelli said would bring success in the acquisition of new provinces.
Economics Depression and Hitler's Rise to Power The economic depression 1923 & 1929, contributed to Hitler's rise to power in many ways. The first thing that led to the economic crisis was when the German economy collapsed, as a result of the depression and low employment. This was a result of the Treaty of Versailles that forced Germany to pay reparations to the allies.
Adolf Hitler was one of the 20th century's most powerful dictators. He was responsible for World War II and the death of millions. Hitler saw a nation in despair and used this as an opportunity to gain political power. He saw a nation of unemployed and hungry citizens and promised them economic prosperity in return for absolute power. Someone once said "The Nazis rose to power on the empty stomachs of the German people".
“Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all.” (Hitler 137) Hitler was driven by his hunger for power, causing the death of millions of innocent people. No one could have known the dramatic effect this man would soon have on the world.
Hitler's Rise To Power The reason I have chosen is The Treaty of Versailles. I have chosen this reason because I feel that it played a major part in Hitler's rise to power. I feel there are a number of factors why this helped Hitler's rise to power.
In Hitler's attempt to gain political control and power he used coercion through a process of force and threats to influence people. Coercion is forcing people against their will to do what one wants them to do. Although threats and force can change behavior, they usually aren't the best approach. The recipient of the threats can counterattack, leading to an escalating cycle of hostility (Adler & Elmhorst 421). Hitler and his Nazis threatened high treason resulting in death if people agreed with reparations (Chambers et. al 937). Hitler formed and organized the SA (Street Army) police, and the SS, a select group of bodyguards dressed in black, that helped to carry out his coercion practices on a national scale. In order to maintain control on a national level, he needed to eliminate his opposition or those who did not cooperate and stood in his way. "Hitler admitted to 74 deaths; subsequent estimates raise the figure to as many as a thousand" (Chambers et. al 939). All of this terrorism was so he could maintain control with a strong arm, even within his own circle of influence.
Adolf Hitler’s rise to power as Chancellor of Germany and leader of the German people is often portrayed as the result of a sweeping electoral victory. In reality Hitler’s rise was incremental, requiring (a patchwork of political support from) an assimilation of support from various demographics as well as influential political figures. An area of perpetual historiographical debate is, specifically, which demographic was more essential to Hitler’s rise - one school of thought maintains the significance of the lower middle class in the (spread and rise to power of the) popularization of the Nazi party, while the other argues that it was the “German elite” who more effectively aided them. The following essay will focus primarily on the
Good morning, today I would like to start with asking a simple question, what is power? Power can be defined as, a person’s ability to influence the behaviour of others or the course of events. (Oxford Dictionary, Power) The quote by Plato, a Greek philosopher stated ‘the measure of a man is what he does with power.’ This can be directly related to the leaders in our world today, as well as the ones of the past. The 20th century produced many powerful leaders; Adolf Hitler is considered to be one of these and attained great power throughout his lifetime. Hitler rose to his powerful position in Germany through politics as the leader of the Nazi Party. Like most, his journey towards power was extensive and he faced several struggles in the process. For today’s presentation I will cover Hitler’s journey towards power, from the very beginning and the many fortunate factors at this time which ultimately led him to his powerful position. Factors such as; Germany’s defeat in World War I in 1918, the stock market crash and economic crisis in 1929 as well as the fear of communism taking over Germany and his effective use of propaganda. The starting point of Hitler’s passion for attaining power in Germany was in 1914, when Hitler joined the war.
Anger and hatred can be produced with such little integrity it is frightening. Adolf Hitler’s work, Mein Kampf, is filled with such fury and abhorrence. Millions of people bought into his ideas without even stopping to question the validity of his work. Considering at this time many Germans were freezing, starving and suffering from a huge economic depression not much had to be said to get people on Hitler’s side. Hitler makes many false statements and provides no evidence to back many of them, he simply finds the Jews as something to blame Germany’s problems on. In Hitler’s work he also contradicts himself on numerous occasions. If people had stopped to think about what Mein Kampf was really saying these falsies
The Rise of Hitler During the 1920's and early 1930's Germany was trying to recover from World War. It had to pay reparations and try to rebuild the economy from bankruptcy. It was because of the weaknesses of the economy and the Weimar Government, together with the growing popularity of the Nazis that Hitler was able to become Chancellor.
Adolf Hitler, to some, was a great ruler, but to others he was a murderer. Hitler was the leader of the Nazi party and was the dictator of Germany. He ordered to have millions of Jews murdered or thrown in prisons.
Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazis, was the most powerful dictator of the 20th century. Adolf was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934-1945. Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria on April 20,1889. He put fascist policies in place that led to World War II and the deaths of at least 11 million people. Of the 11 million people, an estimated 6 million Jews were killed in a mass murder. After WW1 Hitler relocated to Munich. Hitler replaced Brexter as the Nazi party chairman in 1921. From 1933 to the start of WW1 Hitler and his Nazi government instituted laws and regulations to exclude Jews in society. Hitler’s leadership was very significant to Germany and the German people because he took big risks and was outspoken about what he had to say.