Hearing the name Hitler, reminds people of the terrible things that he did to people, mostly those who practice Judaism. People think of him as a troubled man with disturbing thoughts of world domination. They remember how he started a global war to take over Europe in order to create a whole new nation with his perfect Aryan Race or Master Race. Hitler rose to power through, manipulation, ambition, propaganda, and through being a good speaker. All through by promising his people that he’ll restore Germany to its former glory. As every crisis occur, there would be one person who will have an idea and would do whatever it takes to get there and secure their power. It all begin, when the Allies made a successful advance on the Germans making the war for them unwinnable. “Germany had to sign a treaty (Treaty of Versailles) in which they lose their land, reduce their army to 100k, and had full responsibility for the war, since Austria …show more content…
“How did the Nazis gain power?, https://www.theholocaustexplained.org). They printed so much money, that they had become useless and was found in the streets and some would sweep them into sewer drain, kids would make stacks of money, and buying food is way too much to have around. This sudden drop of value in currency is called Hyperinflation and Germany was desperate to pay back the war reparation. As Germany accepted the cause of WW1 and had to pay for war reparations, then “In 1929, the Great Depression happened. It led to American banks withdrawing their loans from Germany, and the already struggling German economy collapse overnight. Hitler took advantage of the people’s anger, offering them convenient scapegoats and a promise to restore Germany to their former greatness.” (Gendler Alex, Hazard Anthony, How did Hitler rise to Power?, YouTube). This overwhelming event, strengthens Hitler’s support with people calling for a stronger leader that will not let Germany down but put Germany to their former
According to Document 2 “In the period following the end of World War 1, Germany experianced a disastrous perioid of inflation. The German governemnts method of financing the war by borrowing heavily and printing large quantities of unbacked currency began th inflationary spiral. This lead to political violence.” The german economy was in ruins at the time, one us dollar was equivilant to 4,200,000,000,000 German marks at one point. This helped Hitler Rise to power because the people felt that their economy was very very weak because of the government, and they wanted a new upgraded government.
The debt cycle continued on between Germany, Great Britain, France, and the United States until the Great Depression caused the economy to collapse. Germany made an abortive attempt to solve the problem by printing more money to pay off its debts. Consequently, this worsened the situation; hyperinflation in Germany devastated the lives of the entire German population, people were helpless and in poverty, many even used the worthless currency to cook and make fire (“Konwinski Binder”). In fact, Germany was not able to pay off its war debts until a century later (Smith), emphasizing the lasting impact of war. Not only did the economic crisis cause the German citizens to panic, when Kaiser Wilhelm II fled to exile after the Treaty of Versailles was signed, an unstructured political organization spread fear throughout Germany.
Throughout the 1930s, countries who were upset over the outcome of World War I started to take aggression toward the other countries who had oppressed them through the Treaty Of Versailles. When Germany was defeated they became embarrassed and wanted to prove their superiority to other countries. However, Germany was in severe debt from World War I. As they struggled through financial ruin, many citizens were frustrated with the situation they faced and were extremely unhappy. This allowed the Nazi party and Hitler to rise to political power in Germany. Hitler was determined to restore glory to Germany and enact revenge on the countries that embarrassed them.
The article, “Teens against Hitler”, by Lauren Tarshis explains the challenges that Ben Kamm, a partisan fighter, must go through while fighting off the Nazis. Ben, like the other millions of Jews, lived during one of the most devastating chapters of history, World War II. Ben and his family wanted to live freely without the Nazis. But Ben soon learned that he would become a partisan fighter and fight for the Jews. Ben survived the tragedies, but his family died the terrifying moments of the Holocaust. Even though Ben’s family did not survive the horrific regimes of Adolf Hitler, Ben showed an aments amount of courage through WWII.
[Doc 1]. This responsibility forced Germany into massive debt, as they had to pay large sums of money while their economy was still in ruins from the war. This plight initially led to the weakened economy described
One of the main factors was hyperinflation. This is when prices increase while value of money decrease. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, hyperinflation caused a depression, which undermined, “the stability of the German economy.” Jobs were hard to find and didn’t pay enough even when you had one. This caused the people of Germany to be in desperate need of help from anyone who could offer it.
The major cause of Hitler’s political success was due to the tremendous amount of fear that people associated with him. The fear of Hitler is what forced the government to grant him the enabling act, which then lead to the rise of Natsism. President Paul Von Hindenburg thought of Hitler as a threat to their power, so as a tactic to suppress his authority, they thought by electing him into office and appointing him chancellor was enough for him to feel some sort of power and settle down. It gave Hitler a voice in the government and a say what goes on in decision making,so they assumed this would satisfied Hitler and keep him contained. They were wrong.
Between the years of 1914 and 1918, tragedy spread widely across the globe as an event called World War I was responsible for killing over 17 million people in Europe. The feuding sides of the Allies and the Central Powers hoped to end all wars by creating an agreement titled the Treaty of Versailles, but the Treaty failed as World War II was soon to start within the next two decades. The Treaty eventually took an opposing turn and was a contributing factor towards the start of World War II due to the claims that Germany was responsible for every act in World War I. Although the Treaty of Versailles was not the initial cause of the start of World War II, it helped to cause the war through the notions that the treaty removed too much of Germany’s gained territories, it deprived Germany of its military, it severely restricted Germany economically, and it caused Germany to feel guilty towards the war. It is unquestionable that Germany was stripped of all of its colonized land due to the Treaty of
Since the Germans had to pay for all of the casualties and damages inflicted upon other countries, they began creating an excessive amount of money. This lead to the inflation in Germany, and this put Germany in financial trouble where parents began giving this money for children to use as blocks as it was easier to make the children blocks with the money then paying more for a reduced amount of blocks. This is what the Germans called the Depression of 1929. “The depression of 1929 created poverty and unemployment, which made people angry with the Weimar government. People lost confidence in the democratic system and turned towards the extremist political parties such as the Communists and Nazis during the depression” (BBC 2014)
The average German worker had supported Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party because both Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party had appealed to what the average German workers had wanted. After World War I, Germany had experienced a hyperinflation as a result of all the war reparations. The entire German population had become crazed as they were trying to make money in order to purchase food and other basic necessities.
Everyone has heard of Adolf Hitler and how he tried to conquer Europe. He attempted doing it at the right time when everyone thought that Germany was going to lose everything, because, the national debt and inflation was so high. Germany was so desperate for anyone to help them that Adolf Hitler saw a chance to step up and be in charge of everything. Hitler was very good at acting like he really cared about his people. He claimed to the German people that he would help with unemployment, help businesses, success to the failed businesses, and to expand their army to make them more powerful.
Hyperinflation became so grave that it became more economically viable for German citizens to burn German Marks to fuel their furnaces instead of buying real fuel, as four trillion German marks were equivalent to one U.S. dollar (Doc. 6-7). These economic troubles did not stay contained in Germany, for Germany consistently defaulted on its payments to countries relying on German reparations to keep their economy afloat, resulting in many other large European countries falling into extreme debt (Doc. 6). The Treaty of Versailles had no plan to preserve the economy of Europe (Doc. 3), rather only a very flimsy idea to make Germany fix everything, showing once again that its impacts did far more harm than good on the overall economic and political stability of Europe. The Treaty of Versailles also had no plan to stabilize the newly created countries of Europe or make Germany and its allies “into good neighbors” (Doc. 3, 8), all of which led to extreme instability and unpredictability in Europe, as well as the German government itself, a mistake which paved the way for the rise of Hitler and the Nazi
The extent that economic hardship contributed to the rise to power of Hitler should not be underestimated. However, Adolf Hitler’s rise to power was based upon various factors that certainly included the backdrop of economic hardship. The complex relationship between these factors is as important to analyse as the elements of economic hardship. The energy and organisation of Hitler and the Nazis is just as important as the effect of the Treaty of Versailles, the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic (in which Hitler exploited at every turn) and finally, Hitler’s greatest opportunity, the Great Depression. Hitler’s rise to power is one of the most dramatic and yet unbelievable stories in the history of the Modern World.
In the speeches, he gave he often degraded and commended the Jews and exploited his anti-sematic feelings towards them. This helped gain a lot of supporters, especially the lower-class people and the anti-communists. Hitler’s famous themes in his speeches that he repeated continuously were “German had been great. Germany had been betrayed at the end of World War I. The Jews and communists were responsible” 1-11 (Hook,
For the next five years, American loans were put into Germany. The Weimar Republic boomed. In 1929, the Young Plan reduced the reperations even more and extended payments (Tonge, 2009 p.54). Germany, therefore was largely financed by the US. This meant that if something happened to the US economy it also affected the German economy.