... to come to power. German people, feeling confused by the social and economic chaos of the 1920's and 1930's could do nothing but gravitate towards someone like Hitler. Hitler had answers for everyone's problems. He promised to restore order and greatness. And many people accepted Hitler with open arms. Which was partly due to poor alternatives and due to the fact ... due to the Wall Street crash the increase in economic trouble in Germany in the late 30s ironically helped the Nazis gain voters, as they claimed to have all the answers. People who had never voted before in their lives rap...

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... but its revenue began to shrink. The German people wanted a solution to the problem and looked to the Nazis as an alternative to mainstream parties, and they seemed to have answers. II. Mein Kampf Following the Munich Putsch, Hitler went on trial in 1924. He denied treason and instead claimed he was attempting to restore Germany, attacking Weimar. The judges were ... ...

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... an ancient and cultured people, steeped in Christianity, cultivating the arts and sciences, and preeminent in modern technology collapsed into savage barbarism in the mid twentieth century? To seek the answers we must look back to the turbulent years between 1920 and 1934. At the end of WWI the Allies proposed the treaty of Versailles to Germany. The treaty was the ... ...

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... his adopted country to be in turmoil. Unemployment was extremely high, and groups were starting revolutions. Dozens of new political organizations and parties appeared. Each party claimed to know the answers to solve the problems the country was having. Most of these groups were patriotic, antidemocratic, and very anti-Semitic. Hitler was a member of one of these groups. He joined a small ... ...

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... them together with Jews and Marxism. One of his first strikes was by writing the poem Marxerei, "filled with contempt for the German people's willingness to believe that Marxism had answers for Germany" (Flood 46). In that way, the central government had begun to be undermined by his accusations that they were being controlled either by the Soviet Union, or by ... ...

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... for a dictator to emerge. German people, feeling confused by the social and economic chaos of the 1920's and 1930's could do nothing but gravitate towards someone like Hitler. Hitler had answers for them He promised to restore order and greatness. Almost anyone could have stepped in his place, spoke the same words, and achieved the same hold over the people as ... ...

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... than ever, we"re starting to realize what it's like to be in a difficult situation, needing somewhere to turn to in order to place the blame or perhaps find some answers. Not only has Germany showed us how easy it is to lose control over a country but other countries such as Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Kosovo have been faced with similar ... ...

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... boundaries penetrated. This type of threat was much more difficult to respond to. How could the state provide a sense of security to the populace when boundaries were easily penetrated and answers elusive? War could now be staged by land, sea, or air - who's land, sea or air seemed irrelevant. The direct application of these new machines was devastating but also had ... ...

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... by a coalition of hostile powers. If it is true that Germany was driven by aggressive instincts, then of course Britain, France, and Russia were justified in preparing their defenses. The answers to these questions may never be unanimously agreed upon but there are a few puzzles that remain. Why did Germany's efforts to break the Triple Entente yield no more than momentary ... ...

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... after the Great War and, combined with the worldwide depression, its economy was completely devastated" ("History 20", 2002). During theses hard times and trials, the people looked to Hitler for answers to their problems. He thought up special programs that would give people jobs and also help to boost the economy. Hitler used his leadership and he slowly began to mend ... ...

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... than ever, we"re starting to realize what it's like to be in a difficult situation, needing somewhere to turn to in order to place the blame or perhaps find some answers. Not only has Germany showed us how easy it is to lose control over a country but other countries such as Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Kosovo have been faced with similar ... ...

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... a priest in God's name shortly before death, they were guaranteed salvation - providing their sins were not too numerous. There was little feeling that the Church did not provide the right answers; or that salvation was not accessible to all who were prepared to make the effort necessary to obtain it. One of the methods for the atonement of sins was the ... ...

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... as the Weimar Republic, was unpopular. A radicalisation of political opinion occurred, which polarised the politicians. Both an extreme left and an extreme right were cultivated, as the Germans searched for answers. The loss of the war caused extreme poverty, which in turn let disease run rampant. Tuberculosis, influenza and starvation were all rampant. This radicalisation culminated in the formation of the ... ...

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... -German-. Wilfred Franks is one of the very few surviving students of the Bauhaus and was the first English man at the school and in these following quotes I believe he answers the following question very satisfactorily. "How did the rise of fascism affect the Bauhaus?- "Paul Schultze-Naumburg was the architect that they sent into the school to re-establish pure ... ...

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... necessarily true, because we know that foreign countries would invest in certain economies. For example France invested in the building of railroads and mining in several countries. Based on the answers given to the first two questions Gerschenkron's analysis is helpful in understanding that countries that industrialize later have interrelated factors that starts with one problem and progress to different problems ... ...

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