... "Germany has an annual increase in population of almost 900,000 souls." Feeding "this new Army of citizens" would prove to be increasingly difficult unless Germany took corrective measures. Hitler set forth four probable policies on solving this population dilemma: birth control, internal colonization, expansion of export industries, or " the acquisition of new land and soil." Hitler rejected the first ... three on the grounds that these would only serve to further weaken the German race. He decided on the policy of territorial expansion thus allowing for the natural strengthening of Ar...

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... in Bavarian politics, mainly attracting the urban bourgeoisie. In July 1921, he became party chairman with dictorial powers. His goal was to overthrow the government, but he had to compete with numerous other right-winged groups and his friend Ernst Roehm, a Bavarian staff officer. Roehm advocated the primacy ... the relationship of both individuals and nations.) He continually stressed that the German people were racially superior and the "lower classes" were here to serve the superior white Europeans. These races were anyone who non- European such as Asians , Native Americans, and espe...

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... way to make a living. Hitler would rather do odd jobs such as shoveling snow, or beating rugs instead of getting a regular job. Since he had no set income he was forced to move into the ghettos and became somewhat of a bum. He finally got a job painting postcards and advertisements. He had little money ... Germany at the age of 24. He left Vienna to get away from the mixture of races and to escape the military that he had to serve in with Jews. The First World War in 1914 was Hitler's chance to let go of his frustrating childhood. Hitler proved to be a brave soldier ... have had this re...

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... country would immediately mean war with the other members of the alliance. The problem with this system is that, in this case, it did not serve it's purpose, because a minor incident which would have turned into a Third Balkan war ended by gradually becoming an European war, and later, ... nationalism of the different nationalities in Austria-Hungary, which lead to threats to the stability of the Austrian Empire. This situation made the government especially alert to confront and extinguish any direct or indirect threat to its power. But this also lead the Austrians to look forward ... to...

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... was insufficient even infants. There were 763,000 civilian deaths connected to malnutrition and starvation which was due to the blockade. The German government had to set food rationing to provide enough for the population. The blockade was also very effective in cutting off supplies of nitrates, which were vital for ... of fodder and fertilizers. The shortage of artificial fertilizers was made worse by labor shortages as more men were called to fight. The German Government gave high importance to the army and the soldiers were given the maximum amount of rations as illustrated by the ra...

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... the group: The Hitler Youth program had three different phases, the early years (1925-32) when they had to compete with other youth groups; the Government years (1933-39) when independent groups were suppressed and young Germans were indoctrinated in preparation for the War; and finally the War years (1940-45) ... greatly as they were taught what to believe and had opinions enforced upon them rather than believing in what they themselves felt was right. The Government Years (1933-1939): The Hitler Youth however became less popular towards the late 1930's as its activities became more war...

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... a village and is no longer able to visit her sister in the nearby city since the train service was cut off, as insufficiently profitable. No bus service was set up as an alternative, since "everybody- owns a car. As a result Mrs Meier can no longer leave her village. There have been massive cut backs in ... railway connections in rural areas by the German railway association in order to install "high-tech lines- at great cost to serve high income passengers, who would otherwise travel by 'plane. Mrs Meier also has problems with her daily shopping, as the small shops in the village have ...

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