... a proof to represent the strong and virtuous nature of the thousand years Reich. Therefore, art in the Third Reich was just a form of propaganda that encouraged the superiority of the Nordic race, the hunger for faithfulness and obedience of the German nation. Paintings of the Nordic peasants certified a come back of the pre-industrial nonviolent rural Germany. The oil painting Kalenberg Farm Family, by Adolph Wissel, portrays a warm situation of a family relaxing, most probably after a working day in the field. It ... encourage the sacrificing of personal time and effort for the "great...

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... rid of the self-indulgent, tight-fisted Jews whose aim was to combine with Communists and take over Germany. The exhibition was successful in indulging the Nazis anti-Semitic views and confirmed the trepidation that had began to grow amongst the Germans. The exhibition was also successful as it allured 412,300 visitors, over 5,000 a day. The swastika symbol has been around for thousands of years. It is an ancient symbol meaning ... and growing up full of inferior views towards the Untermensch. The League of Young Maidens (BDM) was the only female youth organization in Nazi Germany. It w...

• Word Count: 2000
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... a regime that attempted to alleviate Germany's turmoil after World War I. The party had many intentions; military conquests, expansion of Germany's borders, oppose political positions and create the superior German race in both a physical and cultural manner. As the Depression and unemployment increased, so did the support of the Nazi party. This was due to guarantees of relief for the unemployed as well as the creation of an orderly and prosperous society for all ... required to wear the swastika (official NAZI symbol), and dismissal was swift for teachers who were known to be critical...

• Word Count: 1125
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... righteous nature of the "thousand year Reich". 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. Images of the Nordic peasant endorsed a return to a pre-industrial idyllic rural Germany. The oil painting "Kalenberg Farm Family", by Adolf Wissel, depicts an intimate domestic situation of a family relaxing, presumably after a day of "working the land", in a tranquil natural ... encourage the sacrificing of personal time and effort for th...

• Word Count: 2253
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... been crushed after World War I. The humiliation imposed by the victors in the Great War, coupled with the hardship of the economic Depression, created bitterness and anger. That anger frequently found its outlet in an ideology that asserted not just the importance of the nation, but its unquestionable primacy and central predestined role in history. Italy was the birthplace of fascist ideology. Mussolini, a former socialist journalist, organized the first fascist movement in 1919 at Milan. The Nazi racialist ... to provoke national feeling, such as, the black shirts in Italy and the bro...

• Word Count: 1866
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... necessary to separate the Jews from the physical communities as well. Beginning in 1939 it was mandated by the German government that any Jews age ten and older must wear an armband bearing the symbol of the Star of David. This was done for identification purposes which would make the placement of the Jews in many ghettos where they would be segregated from the rest of society. After this, the rest was easy for the Nazis. They had ... successfully created an emotional between the Jews and the rest of society, labeled them as others, undesirables, and unworthy of being placed into societ...

• Word Count: 4395
• Approx Pages: 18
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate