The Nazi Party, also known as the National Socialist German Worker’s Party, was a mass movement under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. This movement ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945, and promoted German pride and anti-Semitism throughout the German Nation. The group was founded in 1919 and clearly expressed their resentment and anger towards the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Because of the treaty, the Germans had to take full responsibility for the war, as well as pay reparations, their army was minimised and they lost a tenth of their territory, and the Germans believed that the treaty was an attempt to ruin their economy. The Weimar Republic, which was the democratic government founded in Germany, was suffering by violent uprising and economic difficulties. The treaty was one of the main motives of the Nazi Party, as well as …show more content…
Hitler promised Germany to overthrow the treaty, as well as stop reparations and restore pride to Germany. In Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf, which translates to My Struggle or My Battle, he stated that he planned to abolish the Treaty of Versailles, and he broke the terms of the treaty many times. Although the treaty only allowed Germany to have an army of 100,000 men, Hitler built up his army in privacy, before holding a public rearement rally in 1935. However, the other nations let him get away with it, in fact, despite the treat only allowing Germany six battleships, Britain allowed Germany access to 35% of the British navy. Therefore, in 1939, Germany possessed 94 warships, 8,250 aeroplanes, and almost one million men in the army. The Nazi Party thrived and flourished because of the Treaty of Versailles, and it is possible that if the treaty did not exist, Hitler may never have come to power. The Nazi Party offered a way out of the great depression that happened as a result of the treaty, as the reparations Germany had to pay were so
The Treaty of Versailles caused World War II by taking much of Germany’s land. It took away important parts of land including Alsace, Lorraine, and the Polish Corridor, losing 40% of their coal production (Doc A). Because of this, Hitler stated in his book, Mein Kampf, “No nation can remove this hand from its throat except by the sword” (Doc A). This shows that from the beginning, Hitler had a militaristic stance of fixing their problems. He
The Nazi group had a major impact on the government and influenced the decision for the next Chancellor of Germany. “...Paul von Hindenburg, had appointed Hitler Chancellor. Having won more than 37 percent of the vote in the previous year's legislative elections, Hitler's Nazi party had enough power to effectively paralyze Germany's democratic government, which had been in place since 1919,” Smith says (pg.15). This shows that Hitler's Nazi group was extremely powerful and explains how Hitler arose to power. This quote reveals that Hitler had the most power since 1919, which demonstrates how powerful Hitler will become in the future. “By the early 1930’s, Germany was in desperate shape. Its defeat in World War One and the harsh conditions imposed by the United States, Britain, and France in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles - included debilitating reparation payments to the victors - had left Germany humiliated and impoverished, with ruinous inflation eating away at its economy. The worldwide Depression that followed the 1929 U.S. stock market crash exacerbated the situation as banks
The Weimar Republic was a German Reich that reigned from 1918-1933. The downfall of the Weimar Republic started when they lost World War 1. The Weimar government failed and Germany became a fascist country because of the Treaty of Versailles, inflation in the economy, and governmental propaganda. One reason why the Weimar Republic failed and became a fascist country is because of the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was a document that held Germany responsible for the casualties of World War I. Germany was blamed for not only their actions but the actions of their allies, this is proved by Article 231, in the Treaty of Versailles.
The Nazi Party began in 1919 as the German Workers' Party in Munich created by Anton Drexler(“Nazi Germany”). The Nazis came to true power with an influential leader in Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a powerful leader who tapped into the fear of his followers to guide them into becoming strong followers. The Nazi’s propaganda seemed to promise the citizens of Germany to pull them out of the depression they were in at the time (“The Nazi Rise To Power”). The Nazis wrote each of their speeches depending the audience they would have. An example of this is, “ when speaking to businessmen, the Nazis downplayed antisemitism and instead emphasized anti-communism and the return of German colonies lost through the Treaty of Versailles”(“The Nazi Rise To Power”). On January 30, 1993, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany after a series of previous failures of
Living space then, was a necessary objective in Hitler 's eyes, but in order to achieve this space he needed to develop Germany 's army first. So he did. Between 1933 and 1939 the Treaty of Versailles was secretly avoided to massively increase the size of the German army, from 100,000 to 300,00017. The Luftwaffe, German air force, also rapidly increased and by 1940 it was the strongest among all the European powers. The German war machine was impressive, in just six years it went from being the weakest army to one of the strongest18. However, this created a vicious circle in terms of foreign policy for Germany: Hitler wanted living space, so he built up the army. However, in order to pay for this rapid rearmament, he had to conquer territories. Thus, Hitler made war profitable and a key part of the foreign policy of Germany19.
Due to the failure of the Weimar Republic and general public dissatisfaction arising from poor economic conditions exacerbated by the Treaty of Versailles, coupled with the 1929 Wall Street Crash, German citizens were understandably desperate for change. Until this point in time the Nazi party, and Hitler, had been essentially unpopular. However, the economic situation ensured Hitler’s increasing popularity as the people looked toward more extreme but non-communist ideals. The initial consolidation of Nazi power in 1933 arose from key events such as the support of the Nationalist Party with the Nazis to form a coalition government, implementation of the Enabling
The beginning of the Nazi Party can be traced back to 1919, just a year after the end of World War 1. Beginning with a group of unemployed soldiers unhappy about the Treaty of Versailles, the group quickly spiraled into a mass movement. In 1921, a former army veteran by the name of Adolf Hitler joined the association and quickly became the group's leader. Hitler soon began gaining new members as he went throughout the country advocating anti-semitism ideas and the idea that Germany would continue to suffer, unless their was a total revolution of German life where Jews and communists were eliminated. His ideas caught the attention of many, especially young, economically disadvantaged Germans, as they saw this as a chance to gain more than they ever had
In the year 1933, six years before World War II began, the Nazi party came to power in Germany under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. At this point, the German nation was in an
In 1933 Adolf Hitler was chosen as Chancellor of Germany by president Paul von Hindenburg. With this, the Nazi party came to power. Originally called the National Socialist German Workers party (Nazi for short), the Nazi party emphasized how Laissez-faire capitalism, economic liberalism, and democracy failed in government. The National Socialists stressed the importance of the impeccability of the German race. Although they had very determined ideas, The Nazi party began as a relatively small group in 1918. But coming into the 1930’s this was not the case. The widespread use of propaganda and radio broadcasting were instrumental to the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party.
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
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.
Nazism, the ideology devised by the National Socialist German Worker’s Party or Nazi Party formerly known as the German Worker’s Party until Hitler came to power within the party, regards itself as national socialist. Hitler(1922 speech ex.1) described national as, “to be ‘national’ means above everything else to act with a boundless and all-embracing love for the people and, if necessary, even to die for it” , and social as , “to be ‘social’ means so to build up the State and community that every individual acts in the interest of the community of the people and must be to such an extent convinced of the goodness, of the honourable straightforwardness of this community of the people as to be ready to die for it.” This essay will reinforce the point that Nazism is a nationalist and will do so by examining the key factors of the actions National Socialist German Worker’s Party or NSDAP took to improve the economy of Germany.
After World War I occurred, many Germans were still upset. Germany was burdened with many war reparations that they couldn’t pay. Many of these upset Germans helped to form the Nazi party- or the National Socialist German Worker’s Party (“Nazi”). They called for strong militarism, nationalism, and wanted to expand Germany’s
The leaders of the Nazi party made it one of the most infamous groups to lead a nation in history. The horrible things done under their rule and with their stamp of approval has made the term Nazi one of the worst possible. The amazing thing about the Nazi party is that many of the main aspects of their ideology existed in Germany even before they formed or came to power. Some of the major aspects of Nazi ideology such as antisemitism, the desire to expand the German empire, and the belief in the strength of the Aryan race existed in Germany years before Adolf Hitler was a name anyone in Germany would recognize.
From 1933 to 1945, Germany was under the leadership of Adolf Hitler and the Nationalist Socialist German Party, or Nazi Party. The group promoted German pride and Anti-Semitism, hate towards Jews, and expressed disgust towards the Treaty of Versailles, a peace document signed between Germany and the Allies at the end of World War 1 (History.com Staff). In order to grow his movement, Hitler recruited Germans for his armies, his factory workers, and his death camp guards. Because of this, it was easy to assume that all Germans supported the Nazi dictatorship and the ideas they preached. However, throughout this time period many Germans of different political and religious beliefs came together to protest against the regime.