... called Hitler their Fuhrer, or leader. His administration was chaotic, as he hated committee meetings and arbitration. Hitler was a passionate believer - to the point of obsession - in the ideology of social Darwinism, or a perverted version of Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest applied to humans. Seven years after Hitler took control of the Nazi party, the National Socialists were failing. They ... parties also began to pick up votes. In this time of economic turmoil, voters began to turn to either the extreme left or far right. Clashes between the communists and Social Democra...

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... thought that the humanity can be divided on the basis of a hierarchy of races. He also considered that life is nothing more than survival of the fittest. He believed that "social Darwinism" extends to the fight between races, and even as animals fighting for food and perpetuation, so mighty in the human species removes blood (supposedly hereditary characters) of the weak. "The ... ...

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... of traits to bring Germany out of those ashes and his name was Adolf Hitler. Hitler, a charismatic, intelligent, rose to power in Germany during the 1920s-1930s at a time of social, political, and economic upheaval (Adolf Hitler Internet) Hitler led Germans to his ideas of a perfect race by blaming the Jews for Germany's problems. He used the Jews and other groups ... to different groups of people. Furthermore, the traits developed by Nazism during Hitler's rise to power became the major characteristic of it exercise of power: charismatic leadership, unrelenting propaganda, "institution...

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