The herald of National Socialism'. One of the common misconceptions of Wagner is the idea that he was a spiritual precursor of Hitler. The poet Peter Viereck wrote an essay in 1939 entitled "Hitler and Richard Wagner- in which he argues that "this warped genius- [Wagner] was "perhaps the most im...
The herald of National Socialism'. One of the common misconceptions of Wagner is the idea that he was a spiritual precursor of Hitler. The poet Peter Viereck wrote an essay in 1939 entitled "Hitler and Richard Wagner- in which he argues that "this warped genius- [Wagner] was "perhaps the most im...
Assignment 'The foreign policy of the Third Reich derived from the ideological principles and long-range goals of National Socialism. ... In 1921, Hitler became the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei short NSDAP) and on January 30, 1933 Chancellor (Prime Minister) of Germany, the German Reich, known as the Third Reich. ... National Socialism can aswell be called Hitlerism as long as The Third Reich began and ended under his dictatorship. ... They supported the idea that Hitler had a well-organised plan to take the p...
the governments after the war were weak. they were coalitions (made up of more than one party) and were not able to take decisions. ... Mussolini set up the Fascist Party and posed as a strong man who could sort out Italy's problems. ... This stated that whichever party won the next general election would receive two-thirds of the seats in parliament. ... When a leader of the Socialist party, Giacomo Matteotti, spoke out against the Fascists he was kidnapped and found murdered. ... Supporters come from groups across the fascist spectrum, regardless of party differences. ...
1.a) Explain how the Nazi Party consolidated its power in Germany in the period 1933-1939. The Nazi Party is now known as the most callously notorious political party of our modern times. ... The Nazi party was the very quintessence of Hitler himself. ... By mid-1935 unemployment was reduced by two thirds and the German Gross National Products grew 102% since Hitler became chancellor. ... They were thought to be the carriers of the Third Reich into the future. ...
This essay will attempt to prove that by the end of 1934 Adolf Hitler's Nazi party had begun a campaign, which could have ultimately turned Germany into a totalitarian state. ... Craig - "Gleischaltung" The SS where heavily involved in the policy of Gleischaltung as it was their duty to see that the Third Reich prevailed where the old Reich had failed . ... This did not mean that he was responsible for all decisions in the Third Reich or even that he initiated all policies - far from it - but it did mean his decisions could override all laws, rights and systems. ... When Henrich Hi...
By the mid 1920's Adolf Hitler was the undisputed leader of the Nazi Party. ... Both factors saw some support move from the communist party to the Nazi's and Hitler. Ultimately the murders resulted in one less party to oppose the Nazis. ... Middle class voters soon became disillusioned by the Weimar government, and turned their voting habits around towards Hitler's Nazi Party at the expense of the National Party, the People's Party and the Democrats. ... One of the more successful was the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler. ...
Hitler's party had 230 out of 608 seats in the Reichstag in the July 1932 elections. ... Soon thereafter the trade unions were dissolved, and opposition parties were dismissed. ... Once again showing his ability to be "master of the Third Reich", Hitler used the intended Machiavellian policy to "divide and rule." ... "The appeal to personal loyalty had been Hitler's hallmark, especially in moments of crisis since the early years of the party". This type of practice was used to govern the Third Reich. ...
Single-party states tend to arise during times of crisis; whether it's because of political instability, war, or an economic recession. ... In Hitler's case in Nazi Germany, the Third Reich set up a "Terror State", which was comprised of the Gestapo, the SD (Sicherheitsdienst), and the SS (Schutzstaffel). In this Third Reich, The Decree for the Protection of People and State was issued and it allowed the indefinite arrest of people without trial. ... The SPD (Social Democratic Party) and the KPD (Communist Party) were two opposition groups in Germany that had the majority of the supp...
In the May 1924 Reichstag election the parties winning most votes were the Social Democrats (SPD) and the German National Party (DNVP), who, although initially against the Republic were broadly in favour by 1928, with radical parties like the NSDAP gaining little support. This trend continued to the elections of 1928, where the SPD gained nearly a third of the votes. ... This method meant that no one party had the majority of votes and so coalitions had to be formed between parties. ... Coalitions did not last very long because parties found it hard to compromise and were stubborn about their ...
The second feature of the six-point syndrome is the concept of a single mass party, led by a dictator, hierarchically organized and monolific. Thirdly, the concept of the "Terrorist police control", which not only supports but also, supervises the party. ... The first problem is the concept of a single mass party and a monolific structure. ... On the other hand, the bomb threat of 1944 revealed an attempt by seniour members of the Nazi party to assassinate Hitler and seize his position of power. ... There are serious deficiencies and problems in the application of Friedrich's model to th...
As economic conditions worsened, the appeal of the Nazis was far more effective than that of other parties; the Nazis were the one group which claimed to have all the answers. The Nazi party offered simplistic but appealing solutions to their problems and was not bound to one class or interest group. ... On October 24 1922, Mussolini, with the support of conservatives and former soldiers, demanded that the government be entrusted to his party. ... "The structuralists see the structure of the Third Reich, a chaotic, badly run government that was weakened by Hitler-. ... The second or ...
A sure link to the Nazi party's regime of the formation of the Aryan race and the identification of Jews. ... This Nazi education policy had two main objectives, the first, indoctrination of the young and the second, training of a party elite to control the armed services and the state. The independent nationalist socialist education system had three branches; the Napolas (National Political Institutes) and Adolf Hitler schools (later created more firmly under the party's control). ... Education led to development of a "Third Reich" which strongly valued leadership and phy...
Thus, art in the Third Reich was merely a form of propaganda that insidiously promoted the superiority of the Nordic race, the need for loyalty and obedience and the invulnerability of the German nation. ... The composition is extremely ordered, controlled, and dignified, there is no indication of social unrest under the rule of the Third Reich, it is an ideal Utopia where the every day person a subject worthy of intense interest. ... Thirdly, in the foreground, the swastika stands within a semi-circle, both flaming and bringing light to the night. ... The painting portrays Hitler (the leader ...
Question "Nazi anti-feminism was a kind of secondary racism in which women in the Third-Reich were the victims of sexist-racist male regime which reduced women to the status of mere objects." ... Block, a female academic historian specialising in German history, "Maternity and Gender Policies", 1994) How valid is this interpretation of the impact of Nazi Policies on women in the Third Reich during the 1930's? ... As the party told the people the, "Women's Place was In the Home," more and more women entered the workforce, between 1907 and 1933 the female workforce increased by ...
These religion conflicts drew much resentment from general public onto these minority racial groups, and this hatred reached its peak in first part of the 20th century under the rule of the third Reich. ... Under the political and financial support of the Nazi party, eugenics was studied as cure for the sickness of society. ... The Nazi party just used this method successfully reversed the truth and turned the patriotism of German public into hatred. ...
It is easy to be convinced that all members of the Nazi party were psychotic or extreme anti-Semites rather than normal, average people, often with families and friends. ... A major success of the Third Reich was to create a feeling of normalcy within German society while simultaneously murdering millions of people. ... After the fall of the Third Reich, many Nazi's attempted to defend their actions by claiming an "inner emigration", meaning that while their physical beings were following orders and committing genocide, their "true hearts and souls" were not present and therefore not g...
The SA were devoted followers of Hitler since the founding of the party in 1921, and once Hitler came to power they were expecting recognized for that. Their demands caused great problems for Hitler, as it would entail provoking the army and affronting businesses that helped fund the party. ... It is most frequently associated with the Nazi Party. ... With reference to propaganda the Nazi party had blasted the swastika all over Germany, as the icon for the Nazi party, and people would recognize it anywhere and associate it with the rebuilding of Germany. ... The aim was to instill the inspirat...
Between 1922 and 1945, fascist parties arose throughout the world. They included the Fatherland Front, led by Engelbert Dollfuss in Austria, the Falange founded by Jose Antonio Primo in Spain, the Cross of Fire, renamed the French Social Party led by Colonel Francois de La Rocque, the Gentile National Socialist Movement and the South Africa Fascists, both in South Africa, the Ku Klux Klan in the United States, and the military dictatorship of Admiral Tojo Hideki in Japan (RoSo, 2002). ... Fascists believed in the Fuehrerprinzip, or "leadership principle," where one person with absolute power ...
After Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party rose to popular power in January of 1933, the Jews of Germany, and later all of mainland Europe, would be living in a deadly, deadly society. ... By the end of World War Two, after Hitler's suicide and the overthrow of the Nazi regime, approximately six million Jews, almost two-thirds of the entire European Jewish population, had been murdered. ... The newspapers thusly disposed of by that argument, Hitler applies it once again to his greatest adversary of all; Socialism, and the German Socialist Party, with whom he was jockeying for power. ... In ...
Some of the of the main form of mass communication that Hitler used were; large meetings within the Nazi party, large dehumanization camps and a book entitled "Mein Kampf- which sold over five million copies before the start of World War II. ... With his hate towards Jews already stated, he massacred nearly six million Jews (almost one third of the Jewish at that time). ... Mussolini established a totalitarian state by the use of fascist ideology upon which was a one party system and all the paraphernalia of the personality cults. ...
One of these mistakes was his agreement to form an alliance with Adolf Hitler and the German Third Reich. ... Though it was extremely unpopular in Italy, he felt by supporting General Francisco Franco with his troops, he was toughening and preparing the population for the war that would surely be the end result of the rearmament of Third Reich Germany. ...
The Rise of the Third Reich With the end of the First World War Germany was left in shambles both physically and economically. ... (Carroll, 1966, 114) These sanctions would be in indirect cause for what would lead to the Nazi party taking power in the early 1930s. ...
