The Federal Republic Of Germany

It’s 1931, and Germany is in a massive post World War I depression. The unemployment rate is at 70% and millions of Germans are jobless. People have lost hope and faith in their country, and Germany in itself is starting to lose respect worldwide. A glimmer of hope came when Berlin was chosen as the host city for the 1936 summer Olympics. This was two years prior to the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor, and Germany was still under the rule of President Hindenburg. In an attempt to rejuvenate Germany, Hitler vowed that he would give every German citizen what they wanted. As Chancellor, Hitler promises the unsatisfied Germans an improved life

The shooting and the day before. “Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War.” (Kent State Shooting, National Geographic). People believe this may have been the downfall to richard nixon but that is only opinionated. Considering the fact that the dates are so close, people believe it was because of Nixon. Indeed it was a protest rally for the Vietnam war to try to end violence, it ended in violence. It was immediate caos. The total number of deaths was four. The total number of non-fatal injuries was nine. This rally was supposed to be a peaceful protest but it ended with those numbers.

According to Jeff Hay, Nixon “like the protestors, he wanted to stop the war, end the draft, and stop the killing.” When Nixon changed his mind and realized we had to be involved many people around the country got very upset that he did something he said he was going to do the opposite of. When Nixon declared that the U.S. would be staying in Vietnam to fight in the War these students go very upset. This action caused a lot of protesting in Washington D.C., Kent State and many other places (Hay). The anger of the students led to protesting, which led to violence, which ultimately lead to the national guard firing on a group of about 1,000 young students (Kifner). In “The May 4 Shootings at Kent State University: The Search for Historical Accuracy” “The decision to bring the Ohio National Guard onto the Kent State University campus was directly related to decisions regarding American involvement in the Vietnam War” (Lewis). Without the announcement from President Nixon, of the involvement in the Vietnam war, the Shooting at Kent State would have not taken place. The shooting was not Nixon’s fault, but I think that it made students really mad that they had been told something different than what he was really going to do. It sparked a lot of fire in these people and led to a violent

The students walked to the door as George Wallace, the governor of Alabama at the time, stood in front of the entrance to the school to not let them in. The governor was removed by national guardsmen from Alabama ordered to the school by president John F. Kennedy (University…). The students

People who were over the age of 30+ were for the war. On May 4th 1970 Richard Nixon gave a speech explaining on how he was going to send more troops in to Vietnam to help the war effort, so this caused riot and chaos in Kent State University, 4 students were gunned down by State troops and 9 students

The student body at Kent State numbered about 20,000 and had been considered conservative, but not overly political. In fact they were thought of as rather passive politically. The shootings were a culmination of four days of demonstrations by members of the student body. The students were protesting the invasion of Cambodia by American forces.

The Vietnam War was a controversial subject on its own, however on May 4th, 1970, the tense relationship between young adults and governmental authority would reach a peak frequency, when the National Guard opened fire on college students in Ohio. Some of the students were protesting, even to a violent point, by throwing rocks and yelling at the Guardsmen. Others were simply carrying on with their lives, at a time where the war was expanding, not only across Asia, but across American classrooms and schools.

On May 4, 1970 at approximately 12:24 PM members of the Ohio National Guard shot at and killed several unarmed Kent State University students. These students were protesting President Nixon’s decision to invade Cambodia. While some of the students who were shot at were actively protesting at the time of the shooting, others were simply walking by or casually observing the protest from a distance. How could an appalling incident like this occur? What possessed the members of the Ohio National Guard to shoot at unarmed students?

The Failure of Democracy in Germany in the Period 1928 to 1934 Those in power in Weimar Germany so consistently mishandled the political and economic situation leading up to the period 1928-1934, that a well-structured challenge from the Nazi Party brought about the fall of democracy. This Nazi Party was stronger ideologically, structurally within the party and politically, with Hitler as Fuhrer a major factor himself. In addition, factions within Germany for whom a right-wing political system was more beneficial, such as the army and big business, aided the eventual change in governance. Thus a series of events occurred which can be summarised by these three main factors: failure of the Weimar

The German government holds the most responsibility for the massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. They deliberately made choices that compromised the Olympic Village’s security and were not prepared for an attack. The government failed to make sure the Olympic teams were safe and that negligence made the abduction possible. Even after the Israeli team was taken hostage, the German authorities botched multiple rescue plans and their sloppiness and unpreparedness caused mistakes that led to the Israeli team’s execution. The main reasons the German government is to blame is their failure to prepare and their inability to respond.

Soon after Hitler took power in 1933, questions began to arise from the United States and other Western democracies of whether or not they should support the idea of the Olympic Games hosted by the Nazi Regime. America was particularly concerned about the persecution of Jewish athletes that lived in Germany in 1933. In the United States, debate over participation in the 1936 Olympics was a hot topic. The U.S. always sent one of the largest teams to the Olympics. Groups on either side of the debate stated strong views of whether the United States should participate in the Olympics in Hitler’s Nazi Germany.

A country’s history could define how the society’s attitude would be towards several aspects topics or clothing, in this case. For instance, the southern states in North America has this stereotypical assumption that everyone is racist white trash because of what the African Americans went through prior and post-Civil War. That could also be said towards the German Armed Forces. In America, we respect whenever a man in uniform is in a public saying by thanking him or her for their service. However, that could not be said for what the German population does. It is sad to say that the travesty of the Second World War is still reflecting towards what the citizens of Greater Germany perceive the Armed Forces. “Instead of marking Veterans Day or Armistice Day on Nov. 11, Germany on Sunday observes Volkstrauertag, its national day of

Political system. The Federal Republic of Germany is a federal state created by the German Federal Constitution (Grundgesetz, Art. 20 (1)). Germany consists of 16 states (L„nder) each with their own constitution.

Florian Breitmeier endorses this view of a virulent response to victory in 1954. He describes a scene in which 85,000 fans greet the players in the Olympic Stadium. Traditional symbols were omnipresent as the crowd waved German flags distributed by the Bild-Zeitung, while President Heuss read aloud the third verse of the national anthem. There is, however, some dispute as to the nature of the celebration. Hans-Peter Schwarz describes national identification at the time of victory as ‘sehr begrenzt’, and warns us ‘vor übertriebenen Vorstellungen’, explaining that the celebration tended towards a more regional appreciation of the victory: ‘Eher kam jeweils eine regionale oder lokale Identifikation mit einzelnen Spielern zum Ausdruck.’ There seems little doubt that the response to the victory

Germany is a country located in Central Europe. It shares borders with Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Unlike many other Central European countries, it is not landlocked, having its northern border run along both the Baltic and North Seas. The central area of Germany is mostly hills and forests while the extreme south is dominated by the Alps. The major water sources include the Rhine and Elbe river as well as Lake Constance. Germany enjoys a seasonal climate, not dissimilar to what we experience here in the Midwest.