The Nazis gained fuel for their growing movement in the form of propaganda denouncing the Versailles treaty. In their twenty-five point party platform of 1920, point two stated that they demanded “equality for the German nation among other nations, and the revocation of the peace treaty of Versailles…” Point three demanded “land (colonies) to feed our people and to settle our excess population. “(Remak 28) Hitler carried a copy of Article 231 on his speaking tours to evoke emotion from his crowds. (Remak 20)

The French took advantage of the demilitarized zone in the Rhineland in

January of 1923 and moved into the Ruhr industrial region of Germany. French officials blamed German tardiness of reparation payments as the cause of the invasion. The Invasion proved to be a diplomatic catastrophe for the French and provided a training ground for Germans that were too young to have fought in the war. Herman Fuhrbach, like many other young Germans, gained military training from one of the multiple resistance groups operating in the Ruhr area during French occupation. Fuhrbach officially became a storm trooper of the Nazi party in 1926, and his story resembles those of other young men who resisted the French. (Remak 45,46)

A popular societal belief in Germany was that Jews were especially responsible for Germany’s loss in the war because the Jewish community had certain members who profited during the Great War. Anti-Semites took this opportunity to accuse the Jews in Germany of “living it up” (notes) on the home front while good German boys were dying on the fields of battle. The popular assertion that German Jews did not do their part in the war was invalidated by a census taken of the German military forces. The German words for the census translate to Jew Count, giving the process a negative connotation. The census found that the amount of Jews in the army was almost exactly proportional to those of other sects in Germany. The public knew tha

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